Vernon Johnson Williams Jr.

Background

Vernon Williams Jr. was born on April 25, 1948, in Marshall, Texas, United States, into the family of Vernon J. Senior Williams and Vella D. (Roland) Williams.

Education

In 1969 Vernon received Bachelor of Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. After that he got Master of Arts at Brown University in 1973 and then earned Doctor of Philosophy there in 1977.

Career

Vernon started his career at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, where he worked as an instructor in history in 1978. Then he moved to the Clark University in Worcester, and served there as a lecturer in history in 1978 - 1979. For the next five years Vernon was a research associate in history at Northwestern University in Evanston, and then was a visiting adjunct assistant professor of history at the University of Iowa in 1985.

During 1985 - 1990 Vernon worked as an assistant professor of history at Rhode Island College, and then he left for Purdue University in West Lafayette, where he served as an associate professor and then a professor of history sincw 1997. Moreover, Vernon worked as a lecturer and researcher at such institutions as Elmhurst College, University of Massachusetts — Boston, William Monroe Trotter Institute, Boston University, University of Houston, University of California in Irvine, and Boston College. Vernon also was a consultant to Henry Rasof Literary Agency and Boston Athenaeum.

Achievements

• Vernon Williams Jr. is highly famous as the author of books "Contemporary Black America", "The Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution: Reflections on the Black Experience", and "From a Caste to a Minority: Changing Attitudes of American Sociologists toward Afro-Americans, 1896-1945."

Works

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  • Rethinking Race: Franz Boas and His Contemporaries 1996
  • From a Caste to a Minority: Changing Attitudes of American Sociologists Toward Afro-Americans, 1896-1945 (Contributions in Political Science) 1989
  • Social Sciences & Theories of Race (06) by Jr, Vernon J Williams [Paperback (2006)] 2006

Membership

• Afro-American Historical Association

• American Studies Association

• Association of Black Sociologists

• Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists

• Immigration History Society

• National Association for Ethnic Studies

• National Council for Black Studies

• Organization of American Historians

• Southern Historical Association

• Southern Conference on Afro-American Studies

• Indiana Historical Society

Interests

• Sport & Clubs

  table tennis

Connections

Vernon Williams Jr. is the father of two children: Vella L. and Alexander M. Williams.

Father:

Vernon J. Senior Williams

Mother:

Vella D. (Roland) Williams

Daughter:

Vella L. Williams

Son:

Alexander M. Williams