Jovan Julien

Assistant Professor

Member Of:
  • Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy
Office Phone: 404-894-9466
Office Location: Groseclose 437
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Overview

Pronunciation of Name:
Joven
Personal Pronouns:
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Jovan Julien (li~ they/them) is an Assistant Professor with joint appointments in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. They are also a Georgia Power Faculty Fellow.


Dr. Julien's research interests center on collective decision making under uncertainty, as well as predictive and speculative models that can inform health systems & public policy at the individual, interpersonal, and systemic levels. Before joining the Georgia Tech faculty, they were a postdoctoral fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital's Institute for Technology Assessment and Harvard Medical School, where they leveraged simulation models to explore the impact of breathing modulation and other meditation and mindfulness techniques on disease mitigation strategies. 


Jovan received their B.Sc in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University, and a MS in health systems engineering and PhD degree in Operations Research from Georgia Institute of Technology's H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering where they were a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar.


As part of the Haitian Diaspora, they trace their roots to the Haitian Revolution, a legacy that was imparted to them by listening to their grandmother’s stories about her homeland, its history, and its culture. Fascinated by the courage and resilience of the Haitian people, who decided to and fought for their collective liberation and dignity against colonial oppression, Jovan is inspired to seek transformative models for informing public policy that can manifest a pathway towards a more humane future for all.

Education:
  • Ph.D. Operations Research (2022), Georgia Institute of Technology
  • M.S. Health Systems Engineering (2015), Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Sc.B. Biomedical Engineering (2010), Brown University
Awards and
Distinctions:
  • First Prize, SMDM Lee B. Lusted Prize in Health Services, Outcomes, and Policy Research
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars Fellowship

Interests

Teaching Interests:
Professor Julien's teaching focuses on fundamental operations research and industrial engineering and their application to health and healthcare policy. Their instruction encompasses optimization methods, stochastic processes, and decision analysis. Jovan emphasizes rigorous analytical skills and practical problem-solving approaches, supporting student engagement and development in systems engineering and quantitative modeling as well as approaches to their utilization in health policy design, implementation, and analysis.
Research Interests:
Dr. Julien's research interests center on collective decision making under uncertainty, as well as predictive and speculative models that can inform health systems & public policy at the individual, interpersonal, and systemic levels.
Research Fields:
  • Ethics and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • Program Evaluation, Public Management and Administration
  • Wicked Problems
Geographic
Focuses:
  • Latin America and Caribbean
  • North America
Issues:
  • Statistics
  • Sustainability
  • Vulnerable Populations
  • Youth Culture

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Updated:  Feb 4th, 2026 at 12:20 PM