Charmaine Troy Ph.D.
Meet Dr. Troy
Charmaine Troy Ph.D. currently serves as the First-Generation and Limited Income Program and Operations Manager at Georgia Tech. In this role, she is focused on the access, equity, and success of first-generation students. She leads the university’s work in supporting the co-curricular success of first-generation college students and overseeing the planning, development, and implementation of programming for first-generation students. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, she served as Assistant Dean for First-Generation Student Success at Virginia Tech.
She has served as a legislative intern at the North Carolina General Assembly where she worked with representatives and their constituents in areas of education, mental health, and juvenile justice. In 2011, she was selected by the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Embassy to participate in an international exchange program between Armenia and Turkey in an effort to promote grassroots civic engagement in education. Dr. Troy previously served as an advisory board member on the Gwinnett County Public Schools Community-Based Mentoring Program in Georgia. She also served as Vice Chairman of the Wake County Housing Authority Commission in North Carolina and as a Director of the Wake County Housing Finance Corporation (nonprofit). She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Montgomery County (VA) Economic Development Authority.
She is co-editor of the book Graduate Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): A Student Perspective and co-author of the book chapter “Mentoring Experiences of Graduate Students in HBCU Professional Programs.” Dr. Troy is the recipient of the Bertha Pitts Campbell Special Scholarship in Education and the Delta Research and Educational Foundation Golden Anniversary Scholarship from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She also received the Educational and Charitable Foundation Graduate Fellowship for Graduate Studies from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is a current member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, The Links, Incorporated, and Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated. Dr. Troy earned a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master in Public Administration from North Carolina Central University, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Higher Education from Morgan State University.
Awards and Honors
Research, Awards & Scholarships
2019
Invited Scholar, NASPA Ujima Institute
Honorable Mention Award Recipient, Dissertation of the Year Award, American Association of Blacks in Higher Education, 2019
Selected Scholarship Recipient, Bertha Pitts Campbell Special Scholarship in Education, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
2017-18
2018-19
2016
2013-14
Selected Scholarship Recipient, Bertha Pitts Campbell Special Scholarship in Education, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Selected Scholarship Recipient, Delta Research and Educational Foundation Golden Anniversary Scholarship, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Selected Participant, United State of Women, White House Council on Women and Girls
Selected Scholarship Recipient, Educational and Charitable Foundation Graduate Fellowship for Graduate Studies, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.,
2013
Inductee, Golden Key International Honour Society, Morgan State University
Selected Participant, Women Writing for Publication Program, American College Personnel Association
2011
Selected Participant, United Civic Alliance Network International Exchange Program (Armenia & Turkey), U.S. Department of State & U.S. Embassy
2009
Inductee, Pi Alpha Alpha Public Administration Honor Society, North Carolina Central University
Selected Recipient, Graduate Student Association Chief Executive Council Service Award
1996
Selected Scholarship Recipient, Leo Burnett Minority Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill