Jules is an interdisciplinary artist, community builder, and sociologist-in-training living in Brooklyn. Her work has led to policy change in the NYC Department of Youth & Community Development, the growth of two social impact nonprofits, The Dinner Party and The People's Supper, and academic publications in Sexualities and Symbolic Interaction. Having spent 10 years in the research and nonprofit sectors, Jules is now pursuing her PhD in sociology at Rutgers University. More on her graduate research can be seen in this interview with Sage Publishing.
Jules' decades-long practices in the arts informs the creativity and structure that she brings to her work. She's the co-founder of an experimental art hub, The Vivid Institute and her music, visual art, and/or creative writing have been featured in the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Arts On Site, WOW Cafe Theatre, Goats Milk Magazine, and elsewhere.
