PhD. Social Welfare, 1994, University of Washington, School of Social Work, Seattle, Washington.
MPA Public Administration, 1989, University of Colorado, School of Public Affairs, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
MSW Clinical Social Work, 1975, Smith College, School for Social Work, Northampton, Massachusetts.
BA Sociology, 1972, Grambling State University, Grambling, Louisiana.
Research
Arizona CEAL COVID Consortium: Promoting Health Equity during the COVID Pandemic; Community-Engagement Research Alliance Against COVID-19 in Disproportionately Affected Communities: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Leveraging Bio-Cultural Mechanisms to Maximize the Impact of Multi-Level Preventable Disease Interventions with Southwest Populations, Community Engagement & Dissemination Core: National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Title IV-E Stipend Program for Undergraduate and Graduate Child Welfare Education: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF)/Arizona Department of Child Safety.
Pets in Families Project: Examining impact of animal abuse and intimate partner violence on child behavior: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASCPA).
Children exposed to intimate partner violence: Mental health correlates of concomitant exposure to animal abuse: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development.
Mobilizing social work as a resource for eliminating behavioral health disparities: A behavioral health disparities curriculum infusion project: A cooperative agreement between the US HHS Office of Minority Health and the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work.
Human security in Northern Kenya: Assessment, capacity-building and operational tools to promote sustainable livelihoods and conflict management: The Office of Internationalization, University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work – University of Denver, and The United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) Africa Office.
The healthy students/safe schools’ violence prevention initiative: The Department of Justice, Department of Education, and Department of Health and Human Services.
Advancing knowledge on disproportionate minority confinement: Social Development Research Group, University of Washington and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Urban family and community development inter-professional and inter-university certificate training program: The State of Missouri - Family Investment Trust Partnership, and The Danforth Foundation.
The Eat Well Live Well Nutrition Program: Dietary changes in African American women by activation, (Minority Supplement), Funded by National Institute of Diabetes and Disease Kidney.
Featured Publications
Bent-Goodley, T., Williams, J. H., Teasley, M. L., & Gorin, S. H. (2019).Grand challenges for society: Evidence-based social work practice. Washington, DC: NASW Press.
Herrenkohl, T. I., Aisenberg, E., Williams, J. H., & Jenson, J. M. (2011). Violence in context: Current evidence on risk, protection, and prevention. New York: Oxford University Press.
Kumssa, A., Williams, J. H., & Jones, J. F. (2011).Conflict and Human Security in Africa: Kenya in Perspective. Palgrave MacMillan Press.
Williams, J. H. (2018). Child separations and families divided: America’s history of separating children from their parents. Social Work Research, 42, 141-144.
Lein, L., Uehara, E. S., Lightfoot, E., Lawlor, E. F., & Williams, J. H. (2017). A collaborative framework for envisioning the future of social work research and education. Social Work Research, 41, 67-71.
Williams, J. H., & Jones, J. F. (Guest Editors) (2012) Human Security, Conflict Resolution, Capacity Building and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa, Regional Development Dialogue.
Robbins, S. P., Regan J. R. C., Williams, J. H., Smyth, N. J. & Bogo, M. (2016). The future of social work education. Journal of Social Work Education, 52, 387-397.
Hartman, C., Hageman, T., Williams, J. H., Mary, J. S., & Ascione, F. R. (2019). Exploring empathy and callous-unemotional traits as predictors of animal abuse perpetrated by children exposed to intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34, 2419–2437.
Hageman, T. O., Langenderfer-Magruder, L., Greene, T., Williams, J. H., St. Mary, J., McDonald, S. E., & Ascione, F. R. (2018). Intimate partner violence survivors and pets: Exploring practitioners’ experiences in addressing client needs. Families in Society, 99, 134-145.
Hartman C. A., Hageman, T. O., Williams, J. H., & Ascione, F. R. (2018). Intimate partner violence and animal abuse in an immigrant-rich sample of mother-child dyads recruited from domestic violence programs. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33, 1030-1047.
McDonald, S. E., Corona, R., Maternick, A., Ascione, F., Williams, J. H., & Graham-Bermann, S. (2016). Examining profiles of risk, protection, and resilience among children exposed to intimate partner violence using latent profile analysis. Journal of Family Violence, 31, 849-864.
McDonald, S. E., Vidacovich, C., Ascione, F. R., Williams, J. H., & Green, K. E. (2015). Validity of the Children’s Treatment of Animals Questionnaire: A Rasch analysis. Anthrozoös, 28, 131-144.
Kumssa, A., Williams, J. H., Jones, J. F., & Des Marais, E. A. (2014). Conflict and migration: The case of Somali refugees in Northeastern Kenya. Global Social Welfare: Research, Policy, and Practice, 1, 145-156.
Rank, M. R., & Williams, J. H. (2010). The life course approach to understanding poverty among older American adults. Families in Society, 91, 337-341.
Williams, J. H., Van Dorn, R. A., Bright, C. L., Jonson-Reid, M. & Nebbitt, V. E. (2010). Child maltreatment and delinquency onset among African American adolescent males. Research on Social Work Practice, 20, 253-259.
Wei, H., Williams, J. H., Chen, J., & Chang, H. (2010). The effects of individual characteristics, teacher practice, and school organizational factors on students’ bullying: a multilevel analysis of public middle schools in Taiwan. Children and Youth Services Review, 32, 137-143.
Kumssa, A., Jones, J. F., & Williams, J. H. (2009). Conflict and human security in the Northern Rift and North Eastern Kenya. International Journal for Social Economics, 36, 1008-1020.
Wei, H. & Williams, J. H. (2009). Instrumental or emotional aggression: Testing models of bullying, victimization and psychological maladjustment among Taiwanese Seventh-Graders. Social Work Research, 33, 231-242.
Van Dorn, R. A., Williams, J. H., Del-Colle, M. & Hawkins, J. D. (2009). Substance use, mental illness, and violence: The co-occurrence of problem behaviors among young adults. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 36, 465-477.
Williams, J. H., Davis, L. E., Johnson, S. D., Williams, T. R., Saunders, J. A., & Nebbitt, V. E. (2007). Substance use and academic performance among African American high school students. Social Work Research, 31, 151-161.
Williams, J. H., Van Dorn, R. A., Ayers, C. D., Bright, C. L., Abbott, R. D., & Hawkins, J. D. (2007). Understanding race and gender differences in delinquent acts, alcohol, and marijuana use: A developmental analysis of initiation. Social Work Research, 31, 71-81.
Williams, J. H., Horvath, V. E., Wei, H., Van Dorn, R. A., & Jonson-Reid, M. (2007). Teacher’s perspectives of children’s mental health service needs in urban elementary schools. Children and Schools, 29, 95-107.
Williams, J. H., Auslander, W. F., de Groot, M., Robinson, A. D., & Haire-Joshu, D. (2006). Cultural relevancy of a diabetes prevention nutrition for African American women. Health Promotion Practice, 7, 56-67.
Awards
2019 – Shanti K. Khinduka Lecture in Social Development, 21st ICSD International Conference of Strengthening Social Development to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
2019 – Visiting Lecturer, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland, Erasmus+: European Union Programme for Education.
2018 – Distinguished Professor, School of Sociology, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing Shi, China.
2017 – Arizona Centennial Professor of Social Welfare Services – School of Social Work, Arizona State University.
2016 – Fellow, American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.
2016 – Ambassador Philip D. and Eleanor G. Winn Community Service Award – The Bridge Project, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver.
2016 – Distinguished Emil M. Sunley Endowed Chair – Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver.
2016 – Fellow, Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR).
2013 – Distinguished Alumnus Award – School of Social Work, University of Washington.
2013 – Day-Garrett Award – School for Social Work, Smith College.
2011 – Clinical Social Work Advocate Award – Colorado Society for Clinical Social Work
2010 – Milton Morris Endowed Chair – Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver.
2006 – Foundation Professor of Youth and Diversity – School of Social Work, Arizona State University.
2001 – E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity – George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis.
