The Arizona Chapter

of the Fulbright Association
Mini-bio for Edward J. Williams  
 

Dr. Edward J. Williams is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Arizona. He attended Potomac State Jr. College and received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Duquesne University. He earned his Ph.D. in political science from The Johns Hopkins University in 1966.
Professor Williams teaches, researches, and writes on Latin American, Mexican, and borderlands public policy and politics. He has written a number of books and monographs and many articles for professional journals and op/ed pages on various aspects of these topics.
Dr. Williams has served as a Rockefeller Foundation Research Fellow, a Fulbright Senior Lecturer at El Colegio de México, a Fulbright Senior Scholar with the Viadrina European University on the German/Polish border, and as a Visiting Research Scholar with the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College. He has acted as a consultant with the U.S. State, Defense, and Labor Departments and with leading private companies.
Professor Williams has served as President and Executive Secretary of the Association for Borderlands Studies. He has been a member of the National Advisory committee of NAFTA’s side agreement on labor. In the Tucson community, Professor Williams has been active with the Tucson Committee on Foreign Relations, the United Nations Association of Southern Arizona, the American Friends Service Committee, and the Democratic Party. At the University, he has served as the Faculty Ombudsman at Large, on the Faculty Senate, and with the University Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure.
Professor Williams has been honored for excellence in teaching Latin American Studies by the Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies. At the University, he has been named an "Outstanding Teacher," and "Outstanding Honors Faculty," recognized for his "Distinguished Service to Minority Graduate Students," and cited for his "Distinguished Academic Accomplishments."

edwardw@u.arizona.edu

 

 

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