Staff

Julie Strong

Curriculum Specialist

Julie Strong is the Curriculum Specialist for the University of Virginia Center for Politics Youth Leadership Initiative. Julie is responsible for developing instructional resources for YLI teachers. In addition, Julie serves as a YLI liaison to students and teachers in the Charlottesville, Virginia area.

Julie holds BS and M.Ed. degrees from the University of Virginia. In addition to her part-time position at the Youth Leadership Initiative, Julie works as a social studies teacher at Albemarle High School in Charlottesville, Virginia where she has taught and coached girls basketball since 1990. For the last six years, Julie has served as the AP U.S. Government and Politics teacher and Comparative Politics Seminar instructor, but has also taught American Studies, Practical Law, and Sociology. She is an AP U.S. Government reader for the College Board and a Clinical Instructor for the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.