Julie J. Park

Julie J. Park is professor of education at the University of Maryland, College Park and Co-Director of the College Admissions Futures Collaborative. Her research addresses racial equity in higher education, including the complex ways that Asian Americans are affected by structural advantage and/or disadvantage in the realm of education. She is the author of three books on the interplay between college admissions and the campus racial climate. In Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era, she addresses the admissions landscape following the 2023 Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (Harvard Education Press, 2026). She is also the author of Race on Campus: Debunking Myths with Data (Harvard Education Press, 2018), which tackles misconceptions about how race and diversity work in higher education, and 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 appeared in venues like the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. She served as a consulting expert in the landmark lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard on the side of Harvard, and currently serves on the board for FairTest. She earned her Ph.D. in Education from UCLA (Higher Education and Organizational Change) with a concentration in Asian American Studies, and B.A. at Vanderbilt University (Sociology, English, and Women's Studies).