Julie Schell

Assistant Vice Provost of Academic Technology

The University of Texas at Austin

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 also an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Departments of Design and Educational Leadership and Policy, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses. Her work focuses on creating meaningful learning experiences through the three-way intersection of design, pedagogy, and technology. In her current studies, Dr. Schell and her students are partnering with generative AI to prototype speculative objects and environments designed to improve teaching and learning in education settings. Dr. Schell completed her doctorate in higher and post-secondary education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and a four-year post-doctoral fellowship focused on the science of teaching and learning in the Mazur Group at Harvard University.