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Julie J. Park is Professor of Education at the 91´óÉñ, College Park. Her research addresses race and diversity in higher education, with a special focus on college admissions. She also studies the complex ways that Asian Americans experience structural advantage and/or disadvantage in educational settings. She is the author of three books on race, college admissions, and campus life. In (forthcoming, Jan 2026), she addresses the implications of the Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard that restricted race-conscious admissions. Her book (Harvard Education Press, 2018) tackles misconceptions about how race and diversity work in college admissions and campus life. She is also the author of  (Rutgers University Press, 2013), which documents how a campus religious community was affected over time by Proposition 209, California's ban on race-conscious admissions. 

Her work with the examining the impact of test-optional policies and future of college admissions is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Her research has also been funded by the National Science Foundation. Besides publishing widely in academic journals, she has also published in outlets like the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, and the Washington Post. She served as a consulting expert in the landmark lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard on the side of Harvard. She 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).