Candidate for
Democratic Party Central Committee; Assembly District 12

Dr. Joseph Julian has a B.A. from San Francisco State University, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Sociology. He has taught a wide variety of courses, at the University of Washington, Kansas State University, the University of Nebraska, California State University, Bakersfield, and San Francisco State University. His administrative experience includes being a department chairman, an admistrative fellow, an Associate Dean, Dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at SFSU, and the first University Dean for Human Relations at SFSU. After nearly twenty years as a university administrator and a sabbatical leave, Dr. Julian returned to the classroom to teach sociology with a special emphasis on social problems. Dr. Julian's scholarly record includes his text Social Problems, first published in 1973 and now in its ninth edition. His research, which includes studies at several Seattle hospitals, San Quentin prison and the Nebraska State Prison for Women, have appeared in such journals as Sociological Quarterly, Social Forces, American Sociological Review, and Research Bulletin. Along with his publications, Dr. Julian has continued to present papers such as "Beyond Tolerance: Enhancing Diversity and Promoting Inclusiveness at San Francisco State University." read at the International Congress on Challenges to Education: Balancing Unity and Diversity in a Changing World in 1996 in Aruba, Dutch Caribbean. His community involvement includes service on a Citzen's Police Review Board, the Community Advisory Committee to the Mission Community College Center, the Institutional Review Board of Asian American Recovery Services, Inc., and the San Francisco-Manila Sister City Committee. He was a member of the San Francisco Ethics Commission, and is currently vice president of the San Francisco Juvenille Probation Commission