News & Media
Education
PhD (Urban Planning)
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMCRP
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBA (Sociology)
University of FloridaCourses
Courses
Social Work Practice with Communities and Organizations (SSW MP 759)
Publications
Publications
Williams, D.A. (2023). Let’s Build Our Own House: Political Art and the Making of Black and Muslim Worlds. Southern Cultures 29(2), 48-67. doi:10.1353/scu.2023.a899709.
Williams, D. A., Delgado, L. H., Cameron, N., & Steil, J. (2023) The Properties of Whiteness, Journal of the American Planning Association. 10.1080/01944363.2022.2144930
Williams, D. A., & Glasmeier, A. K. (2023). Evaluation of error across natural gas pipeline incidents. Risk Analysis, 43, 1079– 1091. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13981
Chmutina, K., von Meding, J., Williams, D. A., Vickery, J., & Purdum, C. (2022). From pity to fear: security as a mechanism for (re) production of vulnerability. Disasters. https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12568
Glasmeier, A. K., & Williams, D. A. (2022). Toward a theory of high reliability for natural gas distribution utilities. Utilities Policy, 75, 101353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2022.101353
Chmutina, K., von Meding, J., Sandoval, V., Boyland, M., Forino, G., Cheek, W., Williams, D. A., Gonzalez-Muzzio, C., Tomassi, I., Páez, H., & Marchezini, V. (2021). What We Measure Matters: The Case of the Missing Development Data in Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Monitoring. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-021-00382-2
Purdum, C., Henry, F., Rucker, S., Williams, D. A., Thomas, R., Dixon, B., & Jacobs, F. (2021). No Justice, No Resilience: Prison Abolition as Disaster Mitigation in an Era of Climate Change. Environmental Justice. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2021.0020
Williams, D.A., (2021). White Magic, Black Magic: Design Education as a Site of Racial Justice Contestation. Carolina Planning Journal, Vol. 46, 72-78. https://issuu.com/carolinaplanningjournal/docs/vol_46_whiteproblem_in_planning/s/14595932
Williams, D. A., & Jacobs, F. (2020). Landscapes of Trust: An Investigation of Posthurricane Engagement and Recovery. Environmental Justice. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2020.0043
Williams, D. A., Delgado, L. H., Cameron, N., & Steil, J. (2023) The Properties of Whiteness, Journal of the American Planning Association. 10.1080/01944363.2022.2144930
Williams, D. A., & Glasmeier, A. K. (2023). Evaluation of error across natural gas pipeline incidents. Risk Analysis, 43, 1079– 1091. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13981
Chmutina, K., von Meding, J., Williams, D. A., Vickery, J., & Purdum, C. (2022). From pity to fear: security as a mechanism for (re) production of vulnerability. Disasters. https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12568
Glasmeier, A. K., & Williams, D. A. (2022). Toward a theory of high reliability for natural gas distribution utilities. Utilities Policy, 75, 101353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2022.101353
Chmutina, K., von Meding, J., Sandoval, V., Boyland, M., Forino, G., Cheek, W., Williams, D. A., Gonzalez-Muzzio, C., Tomassi, I., Páez, H., & Marchezini, V. (2021). What We Measure Matters: The Case of the Missing Development Data in Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Monitoring. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-021-00382-2
Purdum, C., Henry, F., Rucker, S., Williams, D. A., Thomas, R., Dixon, B., & Jacobs, F. (2021). No Justice, No Resilience: Prison Abolition as Disaster Mitigation in an Era of Climate Change. Environmental Justice. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2021.0020
Williams, D.A., (2021). White Magic, Black Magic: Design Education as a Site of Racial Justice Contestation. Carolina Planning Journal, Vol. 46, 72-78. https://issuu.com/carolinaplanningjournal/docs/vol_46_whiteproblem_in_planning/s/14595932
Williams, D. A., & Jacobs, F. (2020). Landscapes of Trust: An Investigation of Posthurricane Engagement and Recovery. Environmental Justice. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2020.0043
Presentations
Presentations
Natural Hazards Workshop: Prioritizing Spatial Justice in Neighborhood Revitalization: an era of Climate Change Adaptation in Jacksonville. (July, 2022)
Urban Institute at The University of Sheffield - Maneuvers, Propositions, Struggles, Deceptions (Invited Speaker) (3 Sessions, Summer 2021)
MIT Energy Initiative Energy, Climate, and Social Justice Speaker Series – The Afterlife of the Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions (May, 2021)
Coastal Resilience Center Speaker Series – Abolition as Hazard Mitigation (Invited Speaker) (April, 2021)
Urban Institute at The University of Sheffield - Maneuvers, Propositions, Struggles, Deceptions (Invited Speaker) (3 Sessions, Summer 2021)
MIT Energy Initiative Energy, Climate, and Social Justice Speaker Series – The Afterlife of the Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions (May, 2021)
Coastal Resilience Center Speaker Series – Abolition as Hazard Mitigation (Invited Speaker) (April, 2021)
Grants
Grants
Florida Sea Grant 2022-2024 OMNIBUS Award (Co-PI) $300,000
Point Foundation Opportunity Grant, 2021 $1000
Natural Hazards Center CONVERGE Grant – COVID-19 & Black Communities $1,000
Natural Hazards Center CONVERGE Grant – Disaster Capitalism $1,000
Point Foundation Opportunity Grant, 2021 $1000
Natural Hazards Center CONVERGE Grant – COVID-19 & Black Communities $1,000
Natural Hazards Center CONVERGE Grant – Disaster Capitalism $1,000
Professional Activities and Certifications
Professional Activities and Certifications
Bill Anderson Fund Fellowship
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)
UNCCH DCRP Certificate in Natural Hazards Resilience
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)
UNCCH DCRP Certificate in Natural Hazards Resilience