Dr. Julia Hoyda

Dr. Hoyda was born and raised in the far-west suburbs of Chicago, attended Hillsdale College in Michigan, and earned her doctorate at the University of Cincinnati. Her doctoral dissertation examined the relationship between language skills and resting state neural connectivity in preschool and school-age children via neuroimaging. Dr. Hoyda has always had a love for teaching, including her time as an adjunct faculty member during graduate school, but has found that teaching upper school science is the most fulfilling and entertaining. Outside of the classroom, she enjoys rowing on the Ohio River and playing cello and trombone.