Nancy Marchand-Martella
Biography
Dr. Nancy Marchand-Martella is the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Colorado, Colorado Spring (UCCS). Prior to coming to UCCS, Provost Marchand-Martella served as the Suzi and Dale Gallagher Dean of the College of Education at Purdue University for 4 years. At Purdue, Marchand-Martella led the College of Education’s Innovation Initiative, the most comprehensive change in over 2 decades to the teacher education curriculum spanning five colleges. Prior to serving as dean, Dr. Marchand-Martella was Department Chair of Educational Psychology at the University of Oklahoma. She spent much of her career as a faculty member at Eastern Washington University. Dr. Marchand-Martella is widely published in the area of academic remediation with a particular focus on literacy. She is a first-generation college graduate.
