Julie Ancis currently is Professor of Psychology and Director of Cyberpsychology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She was previously a professor at Georgia State University for 15 years and Associate Vice President of Diversity at Georgia Institute of Technology. Ancis is an expert in the areas of multicultural competence and diversity. She has authored 4 books and over 50 scholarly publications. Ancis holds Fellow Status in the American Psychological Association in Division 17 and Division 35 for scholarly contributions. She has presented both nationally and internationally at leading conferences such as the American Psychological Association Conference, the International Congress of Applied Psychology, the International Conference of Psychology, the American Psychological Society, and TTI/Vanguard. Ancis has served on professional committees and has held leadership positions within the American Psychological Association, the Georgia Psychological Association, and the American Counseling Association. Ancis has conducted many workshops on implicit bias, women’s leadership, and diversity. She co-leads a women’s leadership program.
Ancis completed counseling and psychology practicums and internships at various centers and clinics. She started her academic career at Old Dominion University where she served as an assistant professor from 1994-1997. She then moved to Georgia State University where she was a tenured faculty member from 1994-2012 and earned Full Professor in 2008. In 2012, she joined the Georgia Institute of Technology as their inaugural vice president of Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion where she initiated several programs that developed staff, faculty, and campus leadership on issues of equity and inclusion, such as implicit bias workshops. She also developed and co-facilitated a women's leadership program. In October 2019, she joined the New Jersey Institute of Technology as professor of psychology and the inaugural Director of Cyberpsychology. Ancis is known for her seminal work on White privilege, differential experiences of diverse students on college campuses, and women and girls educational and legal experiences. She has also written several publications discussing the crossroads between diversity and technology and has authored four books. Ancis is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and Past-Chair of the Society of Counseling Psychology’s Section for the Advancement of Women. She is Co-Principal Investigator of 6 million dollars in grant funding from the Department of Education and the National Science Foundation.
Awards and honors
2015 Fellow, Psychology of Women, Division 35, American Psychological Association.
2011 Fellow, Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17, American Psychological Association.
2010 Woman of the Year Award, American Psychological Association, Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17, Section for the Advancement of Women.
