Julie is an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. She received her bachelor's degree from Wellesley College and her Ph.D. from the Program in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona. Her postdoctoral training was conducted in the laboratory of Professor Stephanie A. White at UCLA in the Dept. of Integrative Biology and Physiology then she was a Research Scientist with Dr. White prior to joining the University of Arizona as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 2014.