Julie Schell

Dr. Julie Schell is the Assistant Vice Provost of Academic Technology and the Director of the Office of Academic Technology at The University of Texas at Austin. She is at the forefront of policy, strategy, and implementation efforts to deploy AI responsibly to advance the teaching and learning mission of the University. Her current passion project is UT Sage, an AI tutor and instructional design agent she conceived to drive innovative and responsible adoption of AI in the University classroom. Dr. Schell is also an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Departments of Design and Educational Leadership and Policy, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses. In her current studio, Dr. Schell and her students are partnering with generative AI to prototype speculative objects and environments designed to improve teaching and learning. Dr. Schell has over 25 years of experience in higher education and has held positions at the nation's top research universities, including Stanford, Columbia, Harvard, and Yale. She completed her doctorate in Higher and Postsecondary Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and a four-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Mazur Group at Harvard University.