College of Education and Human Development

School of Social Work

Julie Tilsen

  • Pronouns: she/her

  • community faculty

Areas of interest

Queer theory, cultural studies, narrative approaches, relational ethics, solidarity practices

Degrees

PhD In Social Construction, Queer Studies emphasis from Tilburg University

Biography

Julie Tilsen, Ph.D. (chaos Muppet/Aquarius) is the author of Queering Your Therapy Practice: Queer Theory, Narrative Therapy, and Imagining New Identities (Routledge, 2021; Winner of the AASECT 2022 Book of the Year Award), Narrative Approaches to Youth Work: Conversational Skills for a Critical Practice (Routledge, 2018), and Therapeutic Conversations with Queer Youth: Transcending Homonormativity & Constructing Preferred Identities (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013) as well as a variety of professional articles and book chapters. 

Julie is community faculty in the Youth Studies Program of the University of Minnesota, an associate of the Taos Institute, and recipient of the Minnesota Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Distinguished Service Award (2011). Her work is featured in several counselor training videos produced by Alexander Street Press, and Sage/UPG Media. 

Julie is a hard-core fan of the University of Minnesota Gophers Women’s Hockey team, fun sox, and coffee. You are likely to find her on a bike ride, a hike, or tramping through the woods on snowshoes when she's not throwing a ball for her dog, Bumper.