Associate Professor, Justice Studies
Faculty Expert: Black Lives Matter, Race and Crime, Criminal Justice Policy, Policing
Aside from doing research for the academic audience, Dr. Jason Williams is also involved in many public research and information forums, such as The Hampton Institution where he serves as chair of the criminal justice department. He has also published pieces at Uprooting Criminology and Truthout. Prior to joining Montclair State University, he was an assistant professor of criminal justice at Fairleigh Dickinson University. In addition, Dr. Williams has taught a variety of criminal justice and sociology courses at New Jersey City University, Texas Southern University, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
He is also co-editor of, A Critical Analysis of Race and the Administration of Justice published by Cognella. Furthermore, he currently has two forthcoming books under contract with Routledge a.) Policing and Race: A Criminological Conception of #BlackLivesMatter and b.) Black Males and the Criminal Justice System. In addition, he is also conducting on-the-ground critical ethnographic research in Ferguson MO and Baltimore MD following the deaths of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray. He has published peer-reviewed chapters and articles on matters relating to race, policing, critical criminology, and social justice.
Moreover, Dr. Williams is actively involved in the American Society of Criminology (ASC). For example, he is currently serving as the secretary/treasurer for the Division on People of Color and Crime within the ASC. In addition, he was nominated and accepted to serve on the Minority Affairs committee within the ASC too. He has served as a journal and book proposal reviewer for a dozen journals and publishers, and has served as a guest speaker in a number of venues. He also has experience with conducting new program reviews and evaluations. His areas of specialization are race, ethnicity and crime, criminological/criminal justice theory, critical criminology, critical policing, social control, criminal justice policy, qualitative methods, and the sociology of knowledge.
Expert on the Black Lives Matter movement, race, ethnicity and crime, criminal justice policy, and policing.
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About Jason Williams
Faculty Expert: Black Lives Matter, Race and Crime, Criminal Justice Policy, Policing
Aside from doing research for the academic audience, Dr. Jason Williams is also involved in many public research and information forums, such as The Hampton Institution where he serves as chair of the criminal justice department. He has also published pieces at Uprooting Criminology and Truthout. Prior to joining Montclair State University, he was an assistant professor of criminal justice at Fairleigh Dickinson University. In addition, Dr. Williams has taught a variety of criminal justice and sociology courses at New Jersey City University, Texas Southern University, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
He is also co-editor of, A Critical Analysis of Race and the Administration of Justice published by Cognella. Furthermore, he currently has two forthcoming books under contract with Routledge a.) Policing and Race: A Criminological Conception of #BlackLivesMatter and b.) Black Males and the Criminal Justice System. In addition, he is also conducting on-the-ground critical ethnographic research in Ferguson MO and Baltimore MD following the deaths of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray. He has published peer-reviewed chapters and articles on matters relating to race, policing, critical criminology, and social justice.
Moreover, Dr. Williams is actively involved in the American Society of Criminology (ASC). For example, he is currently serving as the secretary/treasurer for the Division on People of Color and Crime within the ASC. In addition, he was nominated and accepted to serve on the Minority Affairs committee within the ASC too. He has served as a journal and book proposal reviewer for a dozen journals and publishers, and has served as a guest speaker in a number of venues. He also has experience with conducting new program reviews and evaluations. His areas of specialization are race, ethnicity and crime, criminological/criminal justice theory, critical criminology, critical policing, social control, criminal justice policy, qualitative methods, and the sociology of knowledge.
Expert on the Black Lives Matter movement, race, ethnicity and crime, criminal justice policy, and policing.
| Present | Assistant Professor, Montclair State University ‐ Justice Studies | |
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| PhD, Texas Southern University ‐ Administration of Justice | ||
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| MS, New Jersey City University ‐ Criminal Justice | ||
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