Background
Williams, Marsha Rhea was born on August 4, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of James Edward and Velma Lee (Jenkins) Williams.
educator consultant researcher computer scientist
Williams, Marsha Rhea was born on August 4, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of James Edward and Velma Lee (Jenkins) Williams.
Certified, Schiller College, West Berlin, Germany, 1968. Bachelor of Science in Physics, Beloit College, 1969. Master of Science in Physics, University Michigan, 1971.
Master of Science in Systems and Information Science, Vanderbilt University, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, 1982.
Engineering cooperative student Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Sunnyvale, California, 1967-1968. Assistant transmission engineer Indiana Bell Telephone Сompany, Indianapolis, 1971-1972. System analyst, instructor physics Memphis State University, 1972-1974.
Computer-assisted instruction project programmer Fisk University, 1974-1976. Member technical staff Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, California, 1976-1978. Associate system engineer International Business Machines Corporation, Nashville, 1978-1980.
Research and teaching assistant Vanderbilt University, 1980-1982, special assistant to dean Graduate School, spring 1981, minority engineer advisor, 1975-1976. Consultant computer-assisted instruction project Meharry Medical College, summer 1982. Associate professor computer science Tennessee State University, 1982-1983, 84-90, full tenured professor, since 1990, university marshal, 1992-1997.
Associate professor University Mississippi, Oxford, 1983-1984, faculty senator. Associate program director Applications of Advanced Technologies Science and Engineering Education, National Science Foundation, 1987-1988, appointed USRA Science and Engineering Education Council, Advanced Design Program, 1992-1994. Consultant on minority scientists and engineers University Space Research Association, Washington, 1988.
Visiting scientist CSNET-Minority Institution Networking Project Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989. Member technical staff Bell Communications Research, Red Bank, New Jersey, 1990. Principal investigator National Science Foundation Computer Science, Engineering & Mathematics Scholarships Project, 2002-2003.
Presenter papers professional meetings.
Advisr Chi Rho Youth Fellowship, Temple Baptist Church, 1975-1981, advisory committee Golden Outreach Senior Citizens Fellowship, 1979-1980, 86-87, 89-93, Women's Day speaker, 1979-1981, Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, 1993. Adviser National Society Black Engineering Students, 1983-1984. Founder, coordinator Tennessee State University Association for Excellence in Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics (AE-COMP), 1986-1987, coordinator Technology Opportunities Fair, 1986, 87.
Director Tennessee State University Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Research Project-MISET, since 1989. Child sponsor World Vision, since 1981. Member, newsletter staff Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church.
Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (national judge ACT-SO science olympics 1992), Association Computing Machinery, Association Information Technology Professionals (education chairman, board directors 1986), Tennessee Academy of Sciences, Information Systems Audit & Control Association, Phi Kappa Phi.