Brittany M. Williams, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, GA, US

Online

• Selected presentations:
• “#WokeDocStudents and Faculty Socialization: Differentiated Risks in Public Scholarship.” Presenter, (Nov. 2018)
• “Exploring the Rhetoric of Social Class Among First-Generation, Low-Income College Students.”, Co-Presenter, (Nov. 2018)
• "#GhanaTaughtMe: Decolonizing Learning, Teaching, and Achievement Through Global Black Contexts.", Co-Presenter (Mar. 2018)
• “The role of Sister Circles in African American women doctoral student success.”, Roundtable presentation (Nov. 2017)
• "“And We Rise Up:” Black Women’s Personal, Professional & Racial Identity Development in Higher Education.", Co-Presenter (Oct. 2017)

United States

Managing Editor & Digital Content Director, June 2016- PresentCo-Founder, June 2016- Present

Athens, Georgia Area

Provide support for Office of the Vice President for Instruction (OVPI) initiatives Reacting to the Past (RTTP) and Learning Communities (LC)*. Responsibilities include assisting 8-16 RTTP faculty with recruitment and retention of course peer mentors and communicating RTTP and LC initiatives, updates, and changes to University faculty, staff, students.

Athens, Georgia Area

Teaching Assistant, College Student Affairs Administration Program (2017-2019) Practicum in College Student Affairs, (2019, Spring). Responsibilities: 30% Instruction; 30% Grading Student Development Theories II, (2018, Spring). Responsibilities: 50% Grading; 40% Instruction College Student Affairs Administration Internship [Online], (2017, Summer)..

Athens, GA

Publish book chapters, peer-reviewed research articles, and publications as part of multiple research teams examining issues of diversity and equity. Research TrainingCo-Curricular Pharmacy Education, Research and assessment performed under the direction of Dr. Mike Fulford (PI). May 2018-PresentSocial Class & Identity, Research performed under the.

Athens, Georgia Area

Collaborated with the Director of Assessment, faculty, and diversity director to develop a 30+ page student leader guidebook for campus programming, programmatic assessment, development and facilitation of learning for more 600+ Pharm.D. students. Redesign, proof, color coordinate, layout, and structure 100% of the handbook. Presented new student.

Athens, Georgia Area

Functioned as instructor of record for the First Semester Seminar & Employability Skills Department’s Fall 2017 online-on campus hybrid First Semester Seminar course

Greater Atlanta Area

Served as one of eight dedicated external assessment reviewers for the Student Success Center during the Spring 2017: report deliverables included an executive summary, highlights, and 30-page review and programmatic recommendations to advance student success and support with particular attention to students of color and equity

Greater Atlanta Area

As the Franklin College of Arts and Science Social Science Senior Career Consultant*, my primary role was to serve approximately 2,600 Franklin College Social Science students and act as a liaison to the UGA TRIO program where I facilitated career preparation and management for 150 high need students. I helped conceptualize and create an emerging digital.

Greater Atlanta Area

As a Hall Director, I instructed and oversaw a team of approximately 8 student staff members responsible for providing professional enrichment and learning opportunities for approximately 600 residents, including a theatre and performing arts special interest, totaling more than 35 unique events and training sessions. I was privileged to create, teach, and.

Oberlin, OH

During my tenure at Oberlin, I served as a fiercely dedicated Residence Life professional responsible for overseeing 10 living-learning and themed communities. As an Area Coordinator, I supervised, trained, and hired a Master's Level graduate student and 15 undergraduate student staff members, developed relationships with 5 Faculty in Residence (FIRs), 6.

Oberlin, OH

Designed, developed, and taught, as instructor of record, an experimental education department course for Spring 2014 entitled “Can I Live:” Hip Hop, Spoken Word, & Non-Traditional Education in the Black Community.

Greater New York City Area

Gained professional insight into the field of Students Affairs and Services by coordinating more than 25 special interests student groups, managing budgets of approximately $20,000, and supervising more than 45 executive board members and 12 orientation leaders. Additional training includes experience designing and implementing large scale events and.

Served as a Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies Department teaching assistant to Dr. McKinley Melton for courses Voice and Visibility: African Americans and the Power of Spoken Word (Spring 2011; 2012); and, Renaissance, Resistance, and Revolution: 20th Century African American Literature (Fall 2011).

Amherst, MA

As a Resident Assistant I developed a passion for ensuring the development and safety of my peers, and realized my own career aspiration was to help others reach their dreams! Within this position, I coordinated educational and social campus activities and events with a broader goal of facilitating and maintaining community norms and standards. Additional.

Atlanta, GA

As a summer associate to the Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective SisterSong, I gained formalized knowledge and first-hand experience in the RJ and feminist movements thereby situating academic understandings of opportunity and access for women of color in real world experiences and applications. During my tenure, I created mid and senior level.

Greater Atlanta Area

Privileged to coordinate several training's and summer professional development sessions for K-12 educators and administrators across the district. Gained insight into public school placement, educator licensing and development requirements, as well as student bridge programs to facilitate seamless transitions from high school to college. -Summer 2008.

Atlanta, GA

Served as an assistant to in-house trademark and patent counsel with responsibilities for reviewing contract bids, determining contract bids suited for removal, and synthesizing an electronic filing system to digitizing company records thereby eliminating 100% of paper files. Completion of assigned tasks resulted in a more informed understanding legal.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), College Student Affairs Administration

Activities and Societies: Graduate and Professional Scholars (GAPS), CSAA-D Ambassador, Medical Reserve Corps (MRC).

Graduate Certificate, Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Sociology And Education, Education Policy

Activities and Societies: Black Student Network (BSN), Higher and Postsecondary Education Association at Teachers College (HPSEA).Fiercely.

Bachelor Of Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts

Activities and Societies: Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies Department Teaching Assistant; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire.

High School Diploma, Pre-Law

Activities and Societies: Debate Team, Academic Decathlon, Cheerleading Squad, Marching Band, 1500+ SAT clubGraduated in the Top 10.