WilliamsMemo3

Williams 1/27/09 Memo 3 Biosketch, 2020

__**Future BioSketch for Willil8 Williams, 2020**__ Willil8 Williams MS, PhD, Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2013 MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2008 BS, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2004

Willil8 Williams is an Assistant Professor in the James Madison College and the Sociology Department at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. As a sociologist with engineering training, she is interested in processes of innovation and the political economy of sustainable development. Her work explores the connective tissue of government bodies, non-governmental organizations and social entrepreneurship. In particular, she has followed the growth of American and international NGOs composed primarily of engineers that design and implement appropriate technologies which are applicable in many public and private spaces. Dr. Williams' first book, "Perfect Sight" explores the effects of the World Health Organization's Vision 2020 program on reducing preventable blindness. More recently, she has presented at the Society for the Social Study of Science (4S) on the results of her American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellowship at the U.S. Agency for International Development (US AID) where she worked on US policy for transfer of alternative energy technologies to developing nations. At James Madison she is the Director of the Science, Technology, Environment and Public Policy specialization. As an Adjunct Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department she is excited to be introducing a new course to the Spartan Engineers in Sustainable Design.

__ **Keyword (Future) BioSketch for Willil8 Williams, 2020** __ Willil8 Williams, Assistant Professor in the James Madison College and the Sociology Department and Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Michigan State University Interests:


 * Social entrepreneurship
 * Social networking
 * Sociology of Scientific Knowledge
 * Organizational Theory (flexibility, resiliency)
 * Expertise
 * World development
 * Appropriate technology
 * Sustainability