Julianna Glasse is the Founder and CEO of This Is What Happens When Women Read, a global foundation advancing women’s intellectual autonomy through education, curriculum, and community. Under her leadership, the organization has reached more than 4 million people across nearly 67 countries, building a global audience through education, scholarship programming, and community-based initiatives.

Today, Julianna’s work is focused on scaling a global scholarship program in partnership with the University of Oxford and Saïd Business School, co-authoring an original curriculum designed for individuals leaving high-control religions and cults, and building long-term community infrastructure to support women worldwide. Her leadership bridges cultural analysis, institutional partnership, and public storytelling to create sustainable pathways for women’s leadership.

An Oxford alumna, Julianna is a frequent speaker at global convenings and has participated in forums including the United Nations, the Skoll World Forum, and the Clinton Global Initiative, where she has spoken on education, power, and women’s leadership. She is a member of the Oxford Saïd Business School Dean’s Circle.

Earlier in her career, Julianna built a large public platform as a recording artist and author within faith-based communities, an experience that later informed her critique of ideology, authority, and belief systems. That evolution continues to shape her work today, grounding her leadership in lived experience and rigorous intellectual inquiry.

She is currently writing her fourth book, This Is What Happens When Women Read, a memoir examining the relationship between reading, liberation, and personal transformation, to be published globally in Fall 2026.