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Julie lythcotthaims, associate vice provost for undergraduate education and dean of freshmen and undergraduate advising, is leaving stanford in june to enroll in the master of fine arts program at the california college of the arts in san francisco. Julie lythcotthaims, known affectionately to students as dean julie, came to stanford as a freshman in 1985. Julie lythcotthaims julie lythcotthaims has written a deeply affecting memoir about growing up biracial. How to raise an adult by julie lythcotthaims 2015 0910 julie lythcotthaims on. At its core, her work is about the obstacles that prevent us from being our most authentic selves and how to overcome them. A mustread for every parent who senses that there is a healthier and saner way to raise our children. Its poetic and candid, and it dives into discussions we really ought to be having about race in americapast, present, and future.
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