Her research explores the teaching and learning of biology across many grade levels and settings with an emphasis on model-based reasoning. In this work she draws on the philosophy of science to explore questions about what counts as biology and how biology interfaces with other disciplines. Julia earned her Ph.D. in Science Education from the University of California, Davis, her M.A. in Population Biology, and her B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University. STEM Lectures are emailed to a STEM Lecture Elist. To sign up for this elist, please click here: https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/info/stemedlectures