Dr. Julie Serovich assumed leadership as(USF) in July 2012. Prior to coming to USF, she was chair of the Department of Human Development and Family Science at The Ohio State University (OSU).

At USF, Serovich assumed leadership of a college that was created in 2008 to prepare students, scholars, human service providers, policymakers, and others involved in quality-of-life issues for work that affects many diverse populations. CBCS currently enrolls nearly 3,100 students and generates upward of $29 million in research contracts and grants each year.

CBCS is one of 14 colleges and schools at USF. Its collaborative units and academic strength position faculty, students, and staff to lead USF’s ascension to prominence as a research university with notable state, national, and international impact. The college incorporates one of the largest behavioral health research and training institutes in the country, focused on multidisciplinary collaborations and a strong research continuum.

Her work began more than two decades ago at Texas Tech University, where, after receiving her doctorate from the University of Georgia, she was named an assistant professor of marriage and family therapy in 1991. Also a graduate of Loyola College, Baltimore, she joined the OSU faculty in 1995 and was named the inaugural director of the Couples and Family Therapy program. Since 1997, she has received grant funding for over 15 straight years in excess of $9 million, mostly from the National Institutes of Mental Health.