About Me

Julia Scatliff O’Grady, Ph.D.

Julia Scatliff O’Grady is a scholar, mentor, and lecturer with intellectual commitments to practices in everyday leadership. She received her Ph.D. in Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of Good Busy: Productivity, Procrastination, and the Endless Pursuit of Balance and several academic publications. She believes learning is enhanced when surrounded by community.

Press

A Classroom in (and of) the Community, The Carleton College Voice, Spring 2026

Interview with Alicia Rouverol, Women's Leadership Initiative, UNC at Chapel Hill Southern Oral History Program. March 26, 1996

Academic

Carleton College, B.A.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MA & Ph.D., Communication Studies

2026 "Excellence in Teaching" in the Department of Mass Communication, North Carolina Central University

Student Undergraduate Teaching and Staff Award, UNC at Chapel Hill
Martha Nell Hardy Award for Outstanding Teaching, UNC at Chapel Hill
Outstanding Teacher Award, North Carolina State University
American Heritage Center Travel Award, University of Wyoming
Off-Campus Dissertation Research Fellowship, UNC at Chapel Hill Graduate School

Published in Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Journal of Transportation, Journal of Cultural Economy, and Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning & Civic Engagement.

A Case Study from the Classroom

Mind, Body, and Soul: The Daily Practice of Internal Motivation

Football coach Timothy F. Reynolds Jr and I co-taught a summer course for students facing academic difficulties. We focused on hurdles in academic, athletic, and everyday life. The course depended upon a regimen of discussions, readings, and physical exercise.