Julia B. Higgins was born in Florence, Ala. and grew up across the Tennessee River in Tuscumbia. She graduated from the University of North Alabama (BA) and Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv). She lived and worked in the Memphis area for 18 years, serving on staff at Bellevue Baptist Church, as well as serving as Director of Campus Life and Dean of Women at Mid-America. 

In 2011, she completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership and Christian Higher Education at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 2018, she moved to North Carolina to serve at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary as Assistant Professor of Ministry to Women and Associate Dean of Graduate Programming. After several years there, she joined the faculty at Samford in the Christian Ministry department. 

She is passionate about equipping students to teach the Bible, make disciples and be on mission. She co-edited and contributed to The Whole Woman: Ministering to Her Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength (B&H 2021) and contributed to Complementarianism: A Continuum of Perspectives on Men and Women in the Church, edited by David Dockery(B&H Academic 2026). She authored Empowered and Equipped: Bible Exposition for Women Who Teach the Scriptures (B&H Academic 2022) as well as Christ and His Bride: How Men and Women Tell the Story of the Gospel (B&H 2026). She has taught at various events, including Lifeway Women Academy, the Lifeway Women’s Leadership Forum, and The Gospel Coalition’s “How to Teach the Bible” cohort. Additionally, she serves as a doctrinal reader for ‘Missions Mosaic,’ a publication of the Women’s Missionary Union (WMU). 

She and her husband, Tony, love cooking, traveling, and watching college football. You can find them on a fall Saturday cheering on the Auburn Tigers and the Georgia Bulldogs, alongside their loveable Shih-tzu, Charlie.