Julie Russ is the Assistant Director for the Institute of Human Origins (IHO). She manages internal and external communications, media relations, web content, community and donor outreach, and board relations. 

Ms. Russ has a Bachelor of Arts in English, a Certificate in Scholarly Publishing, and a Master of Arts in English from ASU. She worked for the former College of Design from 1997 until 2009 first as an Editor and then as the Communications Manager for six years where she was the lead communications professional for seven academic programs and four research centers.