Julia Cartwright
Julia Cartwright
Chief of Staff
Senior Associate Dean for Communications, Promotion and Public Affairs
Clinical Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Professional overview
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Associate Dean Julia Cartwright leads the strategy in promoting the college’s academic programs and efforts to build prominence for the NYU School of Global Public Health domestically and internationally. She oversees internal and external communication, and media relations.
Before joining NYU and with a career devoted to social change communications, for 12 years, she led Legacy’s award-winning communications initiatives devoted to raising public awareness about the deadly toll tobacco takes in our nation. Prior to her tenure with Legacy, she had devoted 18 years to the nonprofit, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). As a member of the original team that helped to launch the NCMEC in 1984, Ms. Cartwright is credited with helping shape the early public image of the nonprofit as it grew from a handful of committed child advocates to the internationally-respected organization it is today.
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Education
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BA, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VAMA, Corporate Communications, Georgetown University, Washington, DCExecutive Certificate, Nonprofit Management, Georgetown University, Washington, DCExecutive Certificate, Executive Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Honors and awards
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Finalist, PR News’ Annual PR Professional of the Year (Nonprofit/Association) competition (2006)
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Areas of research and study
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Public Health CommunicationsTobacco Control
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Publications
Publications
Tobacco: An equal-opportunity killer?
Curry, L. E., Vallone, D. M., Cartwright, J., & Healton, C. G.Publication year
2011Journal title
Tobacco controlVolume
20Issue
4Page(s)
251-252Prohibiting menthol in tobacco products: A policy whose time has come
Healton, C. G., Beck, S. E., Cartwright, J., & Vallone, D. M.Publication year
2010Journal title
AddictionVolume
105Page(s)
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