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Jeffrey R. Williams
EDUCATION
Ph. D., University of Missouri-Columbia, English, 1998
M. A., University of Missouri-Kansas City, English, 1990
B. A., University of Missouri-Kansas City, English, 1976
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Director of Access and Urban Outreach-University of Missouri. Responsibilities include developing pipeline initiatives and pre-college outreach programs that target underrepresented students, developing summer academic camps and related programs for high school students, developing summer academic offerings for underrepresented students, developing fund-raising and partnership strategies to ensure sustainability of programs, conducting program evaluation, working to improve retention efforts that target minority students, advising the Vice Provost regarding ways to build and support student diversity, and working closely with Vice Provost to support enrollment management goals and objectives.
Accomplishments include:
- Developed pipeline initiatives, recruitment strategies and pre-college outreach programs that target underrepresented students in Kansas City and St. Louis.
- Developed pre-college outreach program with Columbia Public Schools.
- Developed parent engagement strategies for MAC Scholars Program.
- Directed implementation of Missouri College Advising Corps.
- Built relationship with Legislative Black Caucus regarding recruitment and retention of minority students.
- Chair, Diversity Goals Task Force charged with determining institutional response to changes in laws that might prohibit affirmative action.
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE AT MU
January 2005-July 2006, Director of Summer Programs, Office of Enrollment Management, UMC.
July 1994 Director of Black Studies Summer Institute, collaborative project between UMC Black Studies Program and Columbia Public Schools
July 1991 Curriculum Consultant, American Studies Summer Institute, UMC.
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
August 2006-Present Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Missouri.
August 2000-2006, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri.
August 1996-August 2000, Assistant Professor of English, University of Memphis.
August 1994-August 1996, Assistant Professor of English, Central Missouri State
University.
August 1990-May 1994, Graduate Instructor, English Department, UMC.
August 1991-May 1994, Research Assistant, Black Studies Program, UMC.
ARTICLES IN PRINT
With Patricia Okker: “’Reassuring Sounds’: Minstrelsy and The Hidden Hand.” ATQ (19th C. American Literature and Culture) 12.2 (1998): 133-143.
“Racial Uplift.” In American History through Literature, 1870—1920, edited by Tom Quirk and Gary Scharnhorst, pp. 933-940. Detroit: Charles Scribener’s Sons, 2006.
“Benjamin Brawley.” An Encyclopedia of African American Literature. Greenwood Press, 2006.
ARTICLES FORTHCOMING
“Superego of the Race: Benjamin Brawley and the Victorian Strategies of Racial Uplift in the New Negro Movement.” Race Struggles, edited collection published by University of Illinois Press.
BOOK REVIEWS
Review of Patricia Schecter’s Ida B. Wells and American Reform, 1880-1930. American Periodicals, Volume 12, 2002.
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
“The Divided Self: Victorian Ambivalence in Benjamin Brawley’s “’Not in the Textbook.’” “From Brown to Black and Beyond”: African American Studies in the 21st Century.” Sponsored by the University of Illinois Afro-American Studies and Research Program, Urbana, Illinois, April 1-3, 2004.
“Black Victorianism as Heuristic: Benjamin Brawley and the Aesthetics of Racial Uplift.” Sponsored by the College Language Association, Washington, D. C., April, 2003.
“Charles Chesnutt and the Aesthetics of Racial Uplift: Rehabilitation and (Re)Presentation of the Black Male Body in The Marrow of Tradition.” Sponsored by
the College Language Association, Memphis, Tennessee, April 24-27,2002.
“A Confusion of Realms: Benjamin Brawley and the Aesthetics of Uplift.” Sponsored by the Modern Language Association. San Francisco, California, December 27-30, 1998.
“Offering a New Metaphor: Langston Hughes, Benjamin Brawley and the Compass of Culture.” “Cultural Connections in the Diaspora.” Sponsored by the College Language Association. Tallahassee, Florida. April 15-18, 1998.
“Capstone Critics: Howard University and the Harlem Renaissance.” “Literature in Migration: City, Country, World.” Sponsored by the College Language Association. Atlanta, Georgia. April 16-2-, 1997.
Blues, Booze and Brahmins: Langston Hughes, Benjamin Brawley, and the Dialect of Culture in the Harlem Renaissance.” “The Future of the Harlem Renaissance.” Sponsored by Standings: An Interdisciplinary Journal. The University of Tennessee. Knoxville, TN. March 6-8, 1997.
The Pitfalls of a Racial Reading: Plum Bun as Seduction Novel.” The Literary and Philosophical Dimensions of the Harlem Renaissance.” Sponsored by the Black Culture Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO., November 14, 1996.
“Reassuring Sounds, Minstrelsy and The Hidden Hand.” “Endings.” Sponsored by the Midwest Modern Language Association, Thirty Seventh Annual Convention, St. Louis, MO., November 2-4, 1995.
“The Modal Experience in African American Literature.” “Rural Roots in an Urban Society,” Sponsored by the Missouri Philogical Society.” Twentieth Annual Meeting, Jefferson City, MO., March 17-18, 1995
“Benjamin Brawley: A Reassessment.” “Language and Literature of the Twenty-First Century: Redefining Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy.” Sponsored by the College Language Association, Fifty-Fourth Annual Con
vention, Durham, NC., April 13-16,1994.
“Benjamin Brawley: Black Brahmin, Black Nationalist.” “Exploring Boundaries: Uncovering Texts and Discovering Connections.” Sponsored by the English Graduate Students Association, Columbia, MO., February 4-5, 1994.
“We Got Our Own ‘Thang”: Defending the Integrity of African-American Cultural Production.” “Celebrating Diversity Through the Arts: A Shared Dialogue for Artists of Color and Arts Organizations,” September 24-23, 1993, Kansas City, KS.
“The Relevancy of Shakespeare to African Americans and to Our Age.” “Shakespeare Speaker Series: All the World’s a Stage.” Sponsored by The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, Kansas City, MO., July 2, 1993.
COURSES DESIGNED AND TAUGHT
Intro to Fiction
Freshman Composition
African American Literature Survey, 1900-present
American Literature Survey, 1607-present
American Literature Survey, 1607-1865
American Literature Survey, 1865-1914
Graduate Seminar, Harlem Renaissance
Undergraduate Seminar, Langston Hughes and Zora Neal Hurston
Undegraduate Seminar, Two Missouri Writers, Mark Twain and Langston Hughes
Capstone Seminar, Harlem Renaissance
TEACHING INTERESTS
American Literature
African-American Literature
Intro to African American Studies
HONORS AND AWARDS
2008 Mizzou Inclusive Excellence Award given by the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative
2002-2003 Research Board Grant, University of Missouri
1995 Minority Faculty Fellowship, Central Missouri State University.
1993 Graduate School Dissertation Research Travel Fellowship, UMC.
1992 Graduate School Professional Presentation Travel Scholarship, UMC.
August 1990-May 1994, Chancellor’s Gus T. Ridgel Fellowship for Minority Americans.
UMC.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Chair, Diversity Goals Committee, Present
McNair Advisory Committee, 2003-2008.
ELPA Search Committee, 2004-2005.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Planning Committee, 2003-2004.
African American Search Committee. University of Missouri, 2000-2001.
Chair, African Americanist Search Committee. University of Memphis
Academic Excellence and Character Development Committee. Campus-wide committee organized by office of Vice-Provost to improve undergraduate education. University of Memphis. 1998-2000.
Peer Mentoring in Teaching Committee. Organized by the Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Memphis. 1998-2000.
African American Studies Committee. 1997-2000. University of Memphis
College Curriculum Committee, CMSU, 1995.
Minority Recruitment Committee. Organized by the Graduate School, UMC. 1992-1994.
Fellowship Selection Committee, Graduate School, UMC 1992.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
September 2008 Appointed to Board of Directors, McREL (Midwest Region for Education and Learning)
October 2007-August 2008, Co-Chair of Citizen Oversight Committee for Columbia Police Department
August 2007-Present, Chamber of Commerce “Emerging Issues” Committee.
October 2006-January 2008 Co-Chair of Imagine Columbia’s Future, a year-long visioning process to determine the future of Columbia. Worked with broad cross section of community, city leaders and volunteers to create a citizen driven process to determine how to implement growth and change in city.
2005-2007 Chairman of Board, Boone County Community Partnership, a non-profit organization that strives toward empowering the community to work together to address the issues and concerns of local residents.
2003-2006 President, Minority Men’s Network
2006-Present, Member of Columbia Public Schools Achievement Gap Task Force
2003-2004 Co-Chair, Columbia Public Schools Early Childhood Education Task Force.
COMMUNITY AWARDS
2008 Martin Luther King, Jr. Outstanding Service Award at Stephens College MLK Convocation
2008 Recognized by United States Senator Claire McCaskill for community service.
2008 Recognized by Columbia City Council for role as Co-Chair of “Imagine Columbia’s Future,” a year-long citizen-driven visioning process.
2007 Selected for “Think in Ink” an ongoing ad in Columbia Tribune focusing on highly visible community figures.
2007 Recognized by MAC (Minority Achievement Committee) Scholars Parent Organization for dedication and leadership of MAC Scholars Program.
2006 Received Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award from Columbia Branch of NAACP
2006 Received award from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Association for outstanding service and making a difference in our community.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
College Language Association
Modern Language Association
National Council for Black Studies
National College Access Network
National College Advising Corps
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