
Ryan J. Williams, Ph.D.
Location
UNE Courses
SOC 170: Deviance and Crime
CRL 205: The Criminal Justice System
CRL 206: Juvenile Justice
Bio
Ryan Williams received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2019. His research and teaching focus on American criminal justice, judicial politics, political institutions, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Law & Social Inquiry, Studies in American Political Development, PS: Political Science and Politics, Justice System Journal, and the Journal of Political Science Education. He has also contributed to edited volumes published by Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, and Equinox. Ryan is the co-author of the forthcoming volume, The U.S. Criminal Justice System: A Reference Handbook. He previously served as the pre-law advisor for the University of South Alabama, where he received the 2021-2022 Academic Advising Award for the College of Arts and Sciences.