Professor Williams received her J.D. from Stanford Law School and her Ph.D. in Sociology from Stanford. Her research focuses on contemporary bias, the effectiveness of antidiscrimination law, and the capacity of law to promote compliance and social change. More specifically, she uses social psychological theory and empirical analysis to examine the impact of antidiscrimination law on the individuals it was intended to protect. After law school, Dr. Williams worked as an Associate in the Employment Law practice of Paul Hastings, LLP in Chicago, IL where she specialized in conducting privileged diagnostics of employment processes and advising employers on diversity/inclusion programs. Before joining the faculty at Georgetown University Law Center, Williams was a National Science Foundation Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago, IL.
Scholarship
Forthcoming Works - Journal Articles & Working Papers
Jamillah Williams & Jonathan Cox, Diversity Narratives: How Color-Blindness Shapes Diversity Beliefs and Actions in the U.S. Workplace, (currently pending journal review).
Jamillah Bowman Williams, COVID-19 Widens Disparities for Black, Indigenous, and Other Workers of Color, inWork Law Under COVID-19 (Sachin S. Pandya & Jeffrey M. Hirsch eds., 2021).
Julianne Zech, Fransiska Dale, Lisa Singh, Jamillah Williams & Naomi Mezey, Exploring the Relationship Between Conversation Using #MeToo and University Harassment Policies, in2019 IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA 2019) 614-615 (Lisa Singh et al. eds., Piscataway, N.J.: IEEE 2019).