January 10, 2025 1:00-2:30pm ET | 12:00pm CT | 10:00am PT
CEMB Faculty Event: Holistic Graduate Admissions (Zoom Link)

Speaker: Julie Posselt, Professor of Education, University of Southern California

Bio: Dr. Julie Posselt is a Professor of higher education in the Rossier School of Education, Executive Director of the USC Center for Enrollment Research Policy and Practice, Associate Dean in the USC Graduate School, and President of the Sociology of Education Association. Rooted in sociological and organizational theory, her research program uses mixed methods to examine institutionalized inequalities in higher education and organizational efforts aimed at reducing inequities and encouraging diversity. She focuses on selective sectors of higher education— graduate education, STEM fields, and elite undergraduate institutions—where longstanding practices and cultural norms are being negotiated to better identify talent and educate students in a changing society.