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 interests have included human sexuality, LGBT issues in psychology, 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.