Jason Williams, PhD
Montclair State University - Associate Professor of Justice Studies
Montclair State University - Doctoral Faculty in Family Sciences and Human Development
Montclair State University - Doctoral Faculty in Family Sciences and Human Development
Email: williamsjas@montclair.edu
Education
PhD, Administration of Justice, Texas Southern UniversityMS, Criminal Justice, New Jersey City University
BS, Criminal Justice, New Jersey City University
Research Interests
Race, social control, poverty, justice, criminal justice, communities, harm reduction, policing, reentry, lived experience, qualitative methods BIO
Jason Williams is an Associate Professor of Justice Studies at Montclair University and a passionate activist criminologist deeply concerned about racial and gender disparity and mistreatment within the criminal legal system. He is a NJ native raised by his grandmother in a housing project, which ultimately led him to pursue a doctorate in the administration of justice from Texas Southern University. Aside from publishing in the academic arena, his perspectives are also posted on several public outlets, including Truthout, NJ.com, NJ Monitor (among others). He’s been quoted by many local and national presses on issues concerning criminal and social justice. He has conducted ethnographic research in Baltimore MD and Ferguson, MO, following the police-involved tragedies of Freddie Gray and Michael Brown. He is also doing work in Paterson NJ around the racialized implications of the War on Drugs and Harm Reduction strategies. Projects
Principal Investigator, Harm Reduction Training and Education for Community-based Leaders in Paterson, New Jersey. Active