For Berkeley's Social Science Matrix and the Society for Cultural Anthropology, Julia has published pieces translating social science research for broader audiences, working closely with scholars across the social science disciplines. Currently, she hosts the Matrix Podcast and interview scholars about their research on the Matrix website [pictures linked below]. She also runs the Social Science Matrix Communications Scholars, in which she trains Berkeley graduate students to guest-host the Matrix podcast and conduct interviews with scholars across the social sciences.

Written and Visual Interviews

Santiago Molina on CRISPR

Salar Mameni on the Terracene

Richard Gilbert on "Innovation Matters"

Lois Rosson on the History of Astronomical Illustration (Matrix Visual Interview)

Porcine Worlds: An Interview with Alex Blanchette

Brittany Meché on Security and Climate Change

Eric Stanley on "Atmospheres of Violence"

Isabel Garcia Valdivia and Melanie Plasencia on Addressing Latinx Social Inequality in Later Life (Matrix Interview)

Kaily Heitz on Black Oakland (Matrix Visual Interview)

Kate Pennington on Gentrification and Displacement in San Francisco (Matrix Visual Interview)

Arlen Guarin on the Effects of Reparations

Nathan Seltzer on the Labor Market and the Opioid Epidemic

Laura Jakli on Online Extremism and Political Advertising

Heba Alnajada on Land, Camps, and the Remains (Matrix Visual Interview)

Selva Life and Death: A Conversation in Images with Kristina Lyons

Matrix Podcast

Race, Gender, and Political Speech with Gabriella Licata

What happened to the week with David Henkin

Politics of Indigeneity in El Salvador with Hector Callejas

The Past and Present of Teletherapy with Valerie Black and Hannah Zeavin

Changing Climates for Farmers in India with Aarti Sethi and Tanya Matthan

Individual Trauma, Social Outcomes with Biz Herman

Genetic Ancestry Testing and Reconnection with Victoria Massie

Porn and Privacy in Senegal with Juliana Friend

The Economics of Higher Education with Zach Bleemer and Max Mueller

Institutionalizing Child Welfare with Matty Lichtenstein

Science and Socialism in Cuba with Clare Ibarra and Naomi Schoenfeld

Black History with Xavier Buck