Julie Gray

Dr. Julie Gray, an Associate Professor in the School of Education, teaches graduate courses and conducts research on school-related matters.

Her research includes professional learning communities, school effectiveness, mentoring, enabling school structures, collective efficacy, and academic optimism.

She has written two peer-reviewed book chapters as well as several peer-reviewed journals. They include Planning and Changing Journal, The International Education Journal, Education Administration and Management, International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, Education Leadership Review, and International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation.

Gray has presented numerous papers at national conferences about professional learning communities, school climate, and mentoring leaders.

Gray teaches Data-Driven Decisions Using Standardized Student Achievement Data, Principles of Curriculum, Introduction to School Finance, and Leadership in Education: School Improvement Theory and Practice.

Gray was a secondary Spanish and journalism teacher, an instructional coach and district-level new teacher support, and an administrator before she earned a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership at the University of Alabama in 2011. Her dissertation focused on “Professional Communities and the Role of Enabling School Structures and Trust.”