Julie T. Marks

Julie T. Marks is a Senior Research Associate and Director of Evaluation at the Education Policy Initiative at Carolina (EPIC). She has extensive experience leading mixed methods implementation and impact evaluations of K–12 education policies and school-based initiatives across diverse contexts, with a primary focus on programs that support student development, advance educational equity, and foster inclusive learning environments. Dr. Marks conducts and oversees research spanning the education pipeline, with a primary focus on the implementation and impacts of supports for low-performing schools. She has expertise in mixed methods research designs, and in translating complex findings into actionable insights for key education stakeholders, including local, state, and federal policymakers, K–12 and postsecondary administrators, and external funders. She serves as board president for the North Carolina Cyber Academy, one of North Carolina’s two public all-virtual charter schools, and holds an adjunct assistant professor appointment in Policy, Leadership, and School Improvement in the School of Education at UNC–Chapel Hill.