Aarika Camp

Aarika Camp, Ph.D., is the Vice President and Dean of Students. She reports directly to the college president and sit on the President’s Cabinet, where she oversees all aspects of student and residential life at Goucher.

Camp previously served as the associate dean of student services at Nova Southeastern University. In this role, she served as an advocate for students, focusing on student success and building a thriving campus community. At Nova, her responsibilities included providing leadership for Residential Life and Housing; Student Disability Services; Student Media; Campus Recreation & Wellness; Campus Life & Student Engagement; Student Leadership & Civic Engagement; and six academic leadership scholars programs within the Division of Student Affairs.

Camp has a passion for helping students find their voice, recognizing and celebrating their complex identities, and fostering a supportive environment as they pursue their goals. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Miami in women’s literature and political science. Camp then completed her master’s degree in college student personnel at the University of Florida. Her doctorate in higher education leadership is from Florida Atlantic University, where she examined the role of senior student affairs officers’ decision-making on the retention of at-risk student populations at multiple institutions.