Academy Team
Ghada Al-Masri
Dr. Ghada Al-Masri is the Vice President of Educational Services and Institutional Effectiveness at Fresno City College (FCC). She has over twenty years of experience in higher education. She joined the California Community Colleges system as an equity and student success research analyst in institutional planning and later moved to administrative leadership. She came to FCC from Ohlone College, where she served as Dean of Social Sciences. At Ohlone, she also oversaw the college’s eCampus and led equity and Guided Pathways programming. Prior to Ohlone College, she served as a professor of global studies at the University of Wisconsin.
Ghada’s leadership is deeply rooted in her lifelong commitment to advancing equity and social justice as essential pathways to student success. As an undocumented child immigrant to the US, she experienced firsthand the challenges and fears that come with navigating a new world. Crossing the Mexico-US border with her parents and siblings, she was inspired by her mother’s belief in education as a powerful tool for freedom and justice—a belief that continues to shape her work today.
A first-generation college student, Ghada pursued her dream of education with determination. She earned her bachelor’s degrees in biology and anthropology from the University of California, Irvine, and later completed a master’s degree in anthropology and a PhD in geography from the University of California, Davis. Her personal journey fuels her passion for creating opportunities that empower students, faculty, and staff to achieve their educational and professional goals.