Bio
Brian Williams is assistant professor of Public Administration and Policy in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia after previous faculty appointments at Florida State University and Vanderbilt University. He currently serves as a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of the Professoriate and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Public Management & Social Policy. He has served on the editorial board of Police Quarterly and as a reviewer for other academic journals, including Justice System Quarterly, Public Performance and Management Review, Journal of Criminal Justice and Qualitative Sociology.
Prof. Williams is a Certified Ethics Trainer by the Department of Justice/Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, a faculty member with the Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute, an Onsite Assessor with the Western Regional Institute for Community Oriented Public Safety at Washington State University, and serves in an adjunct capacity as a trainer and instructor with the Regional Community Policing Institute at Eastern Kentucky University.
Research Interests
Race, Policing, and the Co-production of Public Safety and Public Order
Community Policing Efforts within Racial and Ethnic Communities
Community-Oriented Governance
Current Research Projects
Between Black and Blue: The Personal and Professional Journeys of African-American Law Enforcement Executives (with Dr. Billy Close, Florida State University).
Understanding Cultural and Organizational Dynamics: Exploring those Issues that Can Affect the Working Relationship between the Athens-Clarke County Police Department and the Local Latino Community (with Regan H. Byrd, University of Denver).
Professional Affiliations
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
American Society for Public Administration
Brothers of the Academy Institute
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (Associate Member)
Public Management Research Association
