Amber Williams

Amber Williams, MA, MSW '16, is a doctoral student in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education in the U-M School of Education. Williams' previous work focuses on social justice education through dialogic facilitation, in addition to student leadership development through campus activism, multicultural affairs and service learning. Her most recent work explores innovative academic and co-curricular initiatives that foster student engagement in community organizing and social justice. She is passionate about social work education and socialization in the profession, as well as contemporary campus-based activism and the role of student leaders in the transformation of higher education. She teaches part-time in the School of Social Work and CASC Minor program as a lecturer on themes related to social justice education and interdisciplinary theoretical approaches to social change.