About Catherine Koverola, PhD

Catherine Koverola, Ph.D. is a leader in higher education administration with a career that spans public, private and multi-campus institutions. A program innovator, she has led the development of a doctoral program in Clinical Community and Cross Cultural Psychology as well as graduate programs in Drama Therapy, Mindfulness Studies, and Trauma focused Interdisciplinary studies for students in Guyana and Nicaragua. She has developed culturally relevant programs that serve victims of violence in locations as varied as urban medical centers to remote indigenous communities in Canada and Alaska.

An educator and clinical psychologist, she has been a pioneer in the ever evolving advances of online and hybrid learning delivery models. Dr. Koverola is a steadfast advocate of faculty development and was the recipient of the American Council of Education Massachusetts Women's Network Leadership Award in 2014.

Dr. Koverola has been awarded over $10 million in external funding aligned with institutional priorities. Her work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration and many private foundations. She is an internationally recognized scholar in the area of interpersonal victimization in cross cultural contexts. 

Prior to coming to Cambridge College she served as Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences at Lesley University, as Interim Provost as well as Dean of Psychology at Antioch University Seattle and held several administrative posts at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Dr. Koverola obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fuller Theological Seminary School of Psychology, and holds an MA in Theology from Fuller Theological seminary, MA in Clinical Child Psychology from the University of Western Ontario and a BSC in Biology from the University of British Columbia.