Jason M. Williams

Dr. Jason M. Williams is a graduate of New Jersey City University (NJCU), Jersey City, N.J. with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Criminal Justice. He subsequently earned his Doctorate in Administration of Justice from Texas Southern University (TSU), Houston, T.X. Aside from doing research for the academic audience, he is also involved in many public research and information forums, such as the Hampton Institution where he serves as chair/editor of the criminal justice department. He is also on the Newark Advocate Council at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Prior to joining the Justice Studies Department at Montclair State University, Dr. Williams was a faculty member at Fairleigh Dickinson University in the School of Criminal Justice. He has also taught a variety of Criminal Justice courses at NJCU, TSU, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. His areas of expertise are race, ethnicity and justice, criminological/criminal justice theory, critical criminology, historical criminology, social control, criminal justice policy, social justice and the sociology of knowledge. He is also on the editorial board of a half dozen scholarly journals.