Julia Makela
Senior Director, LAS Career Services
- Role
- Content Expert at Complete College America
- Location
- Champaign, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Julia Makela
Senior leader dedicated to advancing career development practice, teaching, and research. Julia Makela is the Senior Director of LAS Career Services for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she leads initiatives to advance students’ career development competencies throughout their college experiences. Julia brings more than 25 years of experience in career development, education, research, and evaluation to her work. She has a passion for inspiring and empowering individuals in their education and career pursuits. Her work reaches well beyond the Illinois campus through engagement in professional associations, research, and consulting activities.Areas of Expertise: career development, career counseling, peer paraprofessional programs, student development, higher education, assessment, program evaluation, learning outcomes, ethics, public speaking
Experience
Content Expert
Nov 2022 — Present
Share expertise in integrating career development into higher education curriculum and structures for the purpose of increasing college completion and student success. Engage with CCA partner institutions and state system representatives through workshops, content review, and individual consultation to provide customized support.
Education
Cornell University
BS, Computer Science
1995 — 1999
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
PhD, Higher Education
2005 — 2011
Florida State University
MS / EdS, Counseling
2000 — 2002
Skills
- Program Management
- Research
- Program Development
- Teaching
- Staff Development
- Program Evaluation
- Data Analysis
- Student Development
- Project Management
- Student Affairs
- Career Counseling
- Training
- Career Development
- Interviews
- Resume Writing
- Higher Education
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