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. He has also been quoted in notable news outlets such as North Jersey, The San Francisco Chronicle, Newsweek, and other outlets. 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 co-editor of Black Males and the Criminal Justice System, recently published by Routledge. In addition to having conducted on-the-ground critical ethnographic research in Ferguson MO and Baltimore MD following the deaths of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, he is continuing this research in Newark NJ where a consent decree has been installed. Dr. Williams also engages qualitative research around those returning home from prison. More broadly, 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 recently served as the secretary/treasurer for the Division on People of Color and Crime within the ASC. He has also served on various committees within the ASC and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. 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 like Old Dominion University, Augustana College, Virginia State University, Yale University, and others. He also has experience in conducting new program reviews and evaluations.

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