Julie Traxler is Assistant Dean and the Director of First-Year Advising at the School of
Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University. She oversees all advising services at the Busch
Campus Academic Services office and has worked in advising at Rutgers since 1993.
Julie received her Doctorate in Education in May 2009 from the Rutgers Graduate
School of Education in the Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education program.
Her dissertation, entitled “Major Choosing among South Asian American Women:
Toward a New Theory of Advising,” was awarded the 2009 NACADA Student Research
award. She has a strong interest in the experience of South Asian students and has
presented on her research at various regional and national conferences, including the
EOFPANJ Conference and the EOF Counselor Training Institute.
Julie completed an undergraduate degree in English and Journalism at Livingston College
in 1991, and a Master’s Degree in English Literature at Rutgers in 1995. She is always
happy to connect with other advisors, through email (jtraxler@sas.rutgers.edu),
Facebook, or Twitter (JTrax_RU).