Monica E. Williams

Monica E. Williams holds a PhD in Sociology and a Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies from Texas A&M University. She is an NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the RAND Corporation and currently serves as Associate Director, Vendor Management & Strategy at Taysha Gene Therapies. Her research focuses on criminology, aging in U.S. prisons, incarcerated parents, reentry healthcare for older ex-offenders, and intersectionality. She employs Geographic Information Systems and mixed methods in her work.

Education:

• PhD in Sociology, Texas A&M University
• Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies, Texas A&M University

Research Interests:

• Criminology and criminal justice systems
• Sociology of aging and life course
• Incarceration, reentry, and transitional healthcare
• Intersectionality and critical race theory
• Spatial analysis of concentrated disadvantage

Awards & Fellowships:

• NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
• RAND Summer Institute Fellowship
• Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research Fellowship

Advising & Grants: No formal advising or grants listed in the text.

Labs/Teams: No specific labs or teams mentioned.