Dr. Williams is a global practitioner and academic with experience ranging from a college presidency to being an instructor teaching from K-12 through undergraduate and graduate levels. He is a leader, mentor, and researcher, with the heart of his work, focused on making the world more just. He has worked with youth from areas of conflict to help instill skills, attitudes, knowledge, and tools to combat social injustices and engage in positive social action. As a consultant to a range of organizations and initiatives, including the Vermont Governor’s Institute and the North Hampton Police Department, he has worked with leaders to create a future world that is more just and inclusive, grounding his consultation efforts in critical and social justice pedagogies.

Dr. Williams has held several important academic leadership roles, including President and CAO at Anguilla Community College, British Overseas Territory, Dean at the School for International Training Graduate Institute in Brattleboro, Vermont, and as well as Associate Dean and Department Chair of Social Justice and Intercultural Relations. Williams’s research is predominantly qualitative. He and GSLC faculty member Dr. Aqeel Tirmizi recently co-authored the article “More Human, Not Less: Global Relevance of Values-Based Leadership” in the Humanistic Management Journal, and he published The Handbook of Caribbean Education (2021; Information Age Publishing), among others.

Dr. Williams holds a Doctor of Educational Leadership from the Department of Organization and Administration at Columbia University, a Master of Education in Educational Management also from Columbia, a Master of Science in Geography in the Department of Urban Planning from the London School of Economics, and a a BA in Geography from the University of West Indies.