Dr. Williams is a former National Science Foundation graduate research fellow, and former Senior Advisor to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, his background includes training led by the American Evaluation Association on sustainability evaluation, evaluating coalitions, systems evaluation, and developmental evaluation.
He has consulted with White House staff, the U.S. Attorneys’ Office, the U.S. State Department, the United Nations Development Programme, Public Safety Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the UK’s Home Office, the London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, the Australian Attorney-General’s Department, and New Zealand’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, regarding the design or evaluation of local or national P/CVE frameworks. Additionally, he has worked extensively with youth in the design of P/CVE-related interventions.