School of Health Sciences

Dr. Marcus C. Tye joined CSI as Dean in 2017 with a 20-year career in academia. Previous appointments were at National University in California, where he worked as Regional Lead for a Master of Arts program in Counseling Psychology, and 17 years at Dowling College, where he chaired the department of psychology, created an institution-wide program of undergraduate honors projects, held roles as a faculty union officer, and worked on special projects with the Provost and President. He began his academic career at the University of Guam, helping develop a master’s program in Micronesian mental health counseling.

Dr. Tye has a deep commitment to helping students succeed in their intellectual and career advancement, and to making higher education accessible to students from a wide range of individual, cultural, linguistic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Dr. Tye has a Ph.D. and MA from the University of North Dakota, and an AB from Princeton University with a year of study at St. Anne’s College, Oxford. A clinical psychologist licensed in NYS, he holds an appointment as Professor in the Psychology Department at CSI. His research and scholarly writing include human sexuality, LGBTQ+ equity, and forensic psychology and law.  He is the author of a number of articles and book chapters on these topics, as well as a textbook on gender and sexuality which emphasizes cultural diversity and the biopsychosocial perspective.