Julie L. Earles serves as Associate Provost for Academic Affairs. She provides leadership for academic program development, curriculum review, accreditation, and academic quality assurance in addition to overseeing the Center for Online and Continuing Education, the Center for Global Engagement, and Interprofessional Education. She leads efforts to advance academic quality, innovation, student success, and institutional effectiveness through strategic initiatives that expand educational access, strengthen partnerships, and promote interdisciplinary collaboration. She works closely with deans, faculty, shared governance bodies, university leadership, and the Florida Board of Governors staff to align strategic strategy, support student success, and advance institutional priorities.

Dr. Earles served for five years as the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College. She earned her PhD in Experimental Psychology from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is an accomplished scientist in the field of cognitive aging with numerous publications in the top journals in the field and funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is the coauthor of a widely used Adulthood and Aging textbook entitled Journey of Adulthood. She was a founding member of the Honors College and has received the Florida Atlantic Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Florida Atlantic Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Advising Award, the Northern Campus Exceptional Faculty Award, the Florida Atlantic Council of Student Organizations Advisor of the Year Award, and the Florida Atlantic Distinguished Undergraduate Mentor of the Year Award.