Yohuru Williams
| Yohuru R. Williams | |
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| Dean of Fairfield University College of Arts and Sciences |
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Assumed office 2015 - present |
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| Preceded by | Robbin Crabtree |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bridgeport, Connecticut |
| Alma mater |
Scranton, B.A., M.A. Howard, Ph.D |
| Occupation |
Professor Administrator |
Yohuru R. Williams (born in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an American academic, author and activist. He is a professor of history and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University and former chief historian of the Jackie Robinson Foundation. Williams is an education activist and noted scholar about the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power movement. Diverse magazine named William one of its Top 10 Emerging Scholars under 40 in 2009.
Williams is a graduate of the Fairfield College Preparatory School in Fairfield, Connecticut. He earned bachelor's degrees in political science and a master's degree in history from the University of Scranton in 1993. He then earned a doctorate degree in history from Howard University in 1998.
Williams is a member of the faculty of Fairfield University where he is a nationally recognized expert on social studies pedagogy and history curriculum. He began his career as a professor of History at Delaware State University where he also served as Director of Black Studies and Social Studies Education. He joined the faculty at Fairfield University in 2005. Williams became a full professor in 2012 and then served as the chair of the history department and the director of black studies. In 2014, Williams became the associate VP for academic affairs and was awarded the Fairfield University Martin Luther King Jr. Vision Award. In 2015, he became the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
During a brief leave from Fairfield University, from 2011-2012, Williams served as Vice President for Public Outreach and Community Education at the Jackie Robinson Foundation in New York City. Williams continued on as the chief historian for the Jackie Robinson Foundation from 2012 to 2014.
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