About
John Williams serves as Professor of Psychology at Biola University's Rosemead School of Psychology, with dual affiliation in the Undergraduate Psychology Department. He teaches core undergraduate courses including Cognitive Psychology, Experimental Psychology, and Physiological Psychology, and has instructed graduate courses on Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior.
His educational credentials include:
- Ph.D. in Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine
- M.A., California State University, Fresno
- B.S., University of California, Davis
Dr. Williams' research centers on psychophysiological mechanisms of implicit cognition, utilizing event-related potentials (ERPs) to investigate gratitude, forgiveness, emotion regulation, humility, and attachment. His methodology integrates cognitive neuroscience with social psychology to uncover unconscious processes underlying emotional and relational behaviors, with particular emphasis on how implicit measures reveal hidden dimensions of spiritual and moral constructs.
Analysis of his 2006-2018 publications reveals consistent focus on neural correlates of implicit associations (43% of works), emotion regulation paradigms (29%), and spirituality-wellbeing mediation (14%). Key trends include increasing use of ERP methodology in social contexts, expansion from basic cognitive processes to clinical applications, and growing interdisciplinary integration of psychology with religious studies. His work predominantly appears in specialized journals like Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience and Journal of Psychology and Christianity.
Dr. Williams actively mentors graduate and undergraduate researchers, evidenced by student co-authorship on 86% of his publications. He serves on Biola's Institutional Review Board and Undergraduate Academic Advising Committee, though specific grant funding details are not documented in available materials.
