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Julie J. Park

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Associate Professor

Ph.D.
University of California-Los Angeles
Julie J. Park University of Maryland
Department: 
  • Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education
Division: 
HESI
Email Address: 
parkjj@umd.edu
Phone Number: 
(301) 405-7998
Location: 
3214-B Benjamin Building
Research Interests
Racial diversity in higher education, Asian American college students, affirmative action, college admissions, race and religion, race/diversity in STEM
Bio

Julie J. Park is associate professor of education at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research addresses how race, religion, and social class affect diversity and equity in higher education, including the diverse experiences of Asian American college students. She is currently Principal Investigator on a project funded by the National Science Foundation, "Connections Matter: The Impact of Social Capital and Social Ties for STEM College Students."

Her book Race on Campus: Debunking Myths with Data (Harvard Education Press, 2018) tackles misconceptions about how race and diversity work in higher education. She is also the author of When Diversity Drops: Race, Religion, and Affirmative Action in Higher Education (Rutgers University Press, 2013), an examination of how universities are affected by bans on affirmative action.

Besides being published in academic journals, her commentary has also appeared in venues like the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Dr. Park earned her Ph.D. in Education from UCLA (Higher Education and Organizational Change), with a graduate concentration in Asian American Studies, and B.A. at Vanderbilt University (Sociology, English, and Women's Studies).

Fellowships

Calvin Seminar on the Power of Race in American Religion, 2010
ASHE Institute for Equity and Diversity, 2009 and 2010
Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellowship, 2008
Spencer Research Training Grant Fellowship, 2004-2007

Honors & Awards

AESA Critics Choice Award for Race on Campus
ASHE Promising Scholar/Early Career Award
UMD College of Education Exceptional Scholarship Award 
Charles F. Elton Best Paper Award, Association for Institutional Research
Mildred García Junior Exemplary Scholarship Award, ASHE Council on Ethnic Participation
University of Maryland Research and Scholarship Award
Miami University School of Education, Health, and Society Summer Research Award
American College Personnel Administrators (ACPA) Emerging Scholar Award
Finalist, ASHE Dissertation of the Year
ACPA Asian Pacific Islander Network Research Award
Benjamin Cayetano Public Policy and Politics Prize
Clark Award, UCLA Higher Education and Organizational Change

Publications

For a full list, go to: Google Scholar

Park, J.J., Kim, Young K., Salazar, C., Hayes, S. (2020). Student-faculty interaction and discrimination from faculty in STEM: The link with retention. Research in Higher Education, 61, 330-356.

Park, J.J., Dizon, J.P., Malcolm, M. (2020). Spiritual capital in communities of color: Religion and spirituality as sources of community cultural wealth. The Urban Review, 52, 127-150.

Park, J.J. & Assalone, A. (2019). Over 40 percent: Asian Americans and the road(s) to community college. Community College Review, 47(3), 274-294.

Park, J.J., Bowman, N.A., Denson, N., & Eagan, M.K. (2019). Race and class beyond enrollment: The link between socioeconomic diversity and cross-racial interaction. The Journal of Higher Education, 90(5), 665-689. 

Park, J.J. (2018). Race on Campus: Debunking Myths with Data. Cambridge: Harvard Education Press.
 

Grants & Projects

National Science Foundation, Connections Matter: The Impact of Social Capital and Social Ties for STEM College Students, 2017-2021. With M. Kevin Eagan and Young K. Kim.

UMD Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity, More than Tiger Moms: Examining How Second Generation East Asian Americans Approach Education and Schooling for Third Generation Youth, 2014.

University of Sydney, United States Studies Centre. Expanding Student Success: The Effects of Financial Aid on Developmental and Diversity-Related Outcomes, 2012. With Nida Denson.

University of Southern California Center for Enrollment Research, Policy, and Practice, Over 40 Percent: Asian American Student Pathways through the Community College System, 2009.

Courses

AAST/EDCP 498A, Asian Americans in Education
EDCP 772, Research Design (Dissertation Proposal Design)
EDCP 776, Social Justice in Student Affairs and Higher Education
EDCP 742, Campus Environments

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