Jessica R Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 3867025 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica R Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica R |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0215-4591 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Perspectives of Black Youth on Risk and Protective Factors for Peer Involvement in the Juvenile Legal System
Youth of color are starkly overrepresented in the U.S. Juvenile Legal System. This study aims to understand the risk and protective mechanisms of youth involvement with the JLS based on the perspectives of African American/Black youth. More specifically, factors that hinder youth success and prevent them from becoming entangled in the JLS are explored as well as their recommendations for adults in power and their peers. Photovoice methodology was…
What’s in a Homelessness Course
Little is known about if and how social work programs are preparing students to work with people experiencing homelessness or in homelessness-related macro and policy spaces. This study identified 18 programs that offer a BSW and/or MSW homelessness course, which yielded 22 unique course syllabi. Using content analysis, the primary aim was to understand how homelessness is taught across programs, including the course objectives used, topics and p…
Uncertainty in Science and Among Early Career Investigators
This JAMA Forum discusses the current climate of uncertainty in scientific research and suggests mechanisms to support early career scientists
Racism, sociopolitical context, and emotional well-being in immigrant Latina mothers and their preschool-aged children
Community-based support programs should expand into areas where families face high levels of racism stress and scarce community support. During the vulnerable postmigration period, mutually opposing forces of community support and racism may have far-reaching impacts across immigrant generations and broader society. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Assessing how social work programs use their websites to convey a commitment to social justice
Social justice is a key tenet for the social work profession and education, calling for commitment to working with and for vulnerable and oppressed populations. In fact, undergraduate and master’s programs are accredited by CSWE, in part, based on fulfilling educational competencies related to supporting diversity and advancing social justice. Websites are one critical avenue through which social work programs communicate a commitment to social j…
Belongingness, connectedness & engagement
University housing can play a significant role in undergraduate students' college experiences. Unfortunately, many LGBTQ + students face a myriad of harmful experiences on campus, including in campus housing that can negatively impact their belonging and well-being. To address this issue and foster LGBTQ + students' overall belongingness on campus and well-being, many universities offer LGBTQ + inclusive housing initiatives, including some offeri…
Barriers to Empowerment at the Intersection of Motherhood, Tanf, and Intimate Partner Violence
Creating a new pathway for change in the military using gender as process
Militaries have consistently struggled to integrate women into the profession of arms despite concerted, decades‐long attempts at reform. We argue that this patchy progress is due in part to a conceptualization of gender as “category”, which has limited power to explain gendered inequalities. We propose that gender as process approaches must also be used to understand the current state of gender relations within militaries. A gender as process ap…
Teen Dating Violence Help-Seeking Intentions and Behaviors Among Ethnically and Racially Diverse Youth
Teen dating violence (TDV) affects millions of youth in the United States and globally each year. A systematic review was conducted to examine the help-seeking intentions and behaviors of youth between the ages of 12 and 19 based on racial and ethnic differences. Considering the high prevalence of TDV among racially and ethnically diverse youth, previous systematic reviews have recommended that future scholarship address help-seeking intentions a…
Personal resource profiles of individuals with a history of interpersonal trauma and their impact on opioid misuse
Findings suggest that sex and race/ethnicity play an important role in the personal resource profiles of individuals with a history of interpersonal trauma. Interventions to promote resiliency and mitigate the effects of trauma on opioid misuse should consider personal resource profiles, mental health, and effective pain management. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Development of a Questionnaire on Intentions to Engage in Dating Violence Among Puerto Rican Residents
A Short Story of a Lonely Guy”
A Pariah Among Parvenus
While scholars have begun to explore the complex afterlives of "new realism" in Europe and the Americas following the collapse of Weimar democracy, its reception on the African continent has received far less attention. Looking to the unheralded documentary work that Anne Fischer, a German- Jewish refugee to Cape Town, produced in the early years of the Second World War, this essay examines how she and South African contemporary Constance Stuart …
African Photographer J.A. Green
Martha G. Anderson and Lisa Aronson's edited volume on the work of J.A. Green is a welcome contribution to the rapidly burgeoning history of African photography. Published in the wake of thematic anthologies that more broadly address the continent's photographic histories and its corresponding archives, this volume begins to redress the relative dearth of monographs dedicated to examining the particular lives and oeuvres of Africa's early photogr…
Characterizing the spatial mismatch between intimate partner violence related healthcare services and arrests in Miami-Dade County, Florida
These findings underscore the need to further evaluate the adequacy of IPV-related healthcare resources for secondary prevention relative to local IPV arrest rates, particularly within economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Our approach demonstrates the utility of GIS for identifying potential priority regions for IPV prevention efforts and resource allocation
A systematic review of components of community-based organisation engagement
Intimate Partner Violence Screening and Response
The African Photographic Archive
Standing on a pile of rubble with his back to the viewer, Xolani Ngilima is fixed on the cover of this recently published collection of essays in the act of pasting an enlarged photograph, originally taken by his great-grandfather, Ronald Ngilima, onto a brick wall in Actonville (Benoni, Gauteng), South Africa. Taken by one of this compilation's twelve remarkable contributors, Sophie Feyder's documentation of the 2011 informal street exhibition “…
Female Perpetration of Violence in Heterosexual Intimate Relationships
This article critically reviews 62 empirical studies that examine the prevalence of female-perpetrated intimate partner violence across three distinct populations (adolescents, college students, and adults). All studies were published between 1996 and 2006 and reported prevalence rates of physical, emotional, and/or sexual violence perpetrated by females in heterosexual intimate relationships. The highest rates were found for emotional violence, …
The etiology of a Children and Youth Project's malaise
The etiology of a Children and Youth Project's malaise. J R Williams, and M ZborowskiCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.60.8.1398 Published Online: August 29, 2011
A Short Story of a Lonely Guy”
Creating a new pathway for change in the military using gender as process
Militaries have consistently struggled to integrate women into the profession of arms despite concerted, decades‐long attempts at reform. We argue that this patchy progress is due in part to a conceptualization of gender as “category”, which has limited power to explain gendered inequalities. We propose that gender as process approaches must also be used to understand the current state of gender relations within militaries. A gender as process ap…
A Pariah Among Parvenus
While scholars have begun to explore the complex afterlives of "new realism" in Europe and the Americas following the collapse of Weimar democracy, its reception on the African continent has received far less attention. Looking to the unheralded documentary work that Anne Fischer, a German- Jewish refugee to Cape Town, produced in the early years of the Second World War, this essay examines how she and South African contemporary Constance Stuart …
The etiology of a Children and Youth Project's malaise
The etiology of a Children and Youth Project's malaise. J R Williams, and M ZborowskiCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.60.8.1398 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Female Perpetration of Violence in Heterosexual Intimate Relationships
This article critically reviews 62 empirical studies that examine the prevalence of female-perpetrated intimate partner violence across three distinct populations (adolescents, college students, and adults). All studies were published between 1996 and 2006 and reported prevalence rates of physical, emotional, and/or sexual violence perpetrated by females in heterosexual intimate relationships. The highest rates were found for emotional violence, …
Intimate Partner Violence Screening and Response
The African Photographic Archive
Standing on a pile of rubble with his back to the viewer, Xolani Ngilima is fixed on the cover of this recently published collection of essays in the act of pasting an enlarged photograph, originally taken by his great-grandfather, Ronald Ngilima, onto a brick wall in Actonville (Benoni, Gauteng), South Africa. Taken by one of this compilation's twelve remarkable contributors, Sophie Feyder's documentation of the 2011 informal street exhibition “…
Characterizing the spatial mismatch between intimate partner violence related healthcare services and arrests in Miami-Dade County, Florida
These findings underscore the need to further evaluate the adequacy of IPV-related healthcare resources for secondary prevention relative to local IPV arrest rates, particularly within economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Our approach demonstrates the utility of GIS for identifying potential priority regions for IPV prevention efforts and resource allocation
A systematic review of components of community-based organisation engagement
African Photographer J.A. Green
Martha G. Anderson and Lisa Aronson's edited volume on the work of J.A. Green is a welcome contribution to the rapidly burgeoning history of African photography. Published in the wake of thematic anthologies that more broadly address the continent's photographic histories and its corresponding archives, this volume begins to redress the relative dearth of monographs dedicated to examining the particular lives and oeuvres of Africa's early photogr…
A Short Story of a Lonely Guy”
A Pariah Among Parvenus
While scholars have begun to explore the complex afterlives of "new realism" in Europe and the Americas following the collapse of Weimar democracy, its reception on the African continent has received far less attention. Looking to the unheralded documentary work that Anne Fischer, a German- Jewish refugee to Cape Town, produced in the early years of the Second World War, this essay examines how she and South African contemporary Constance Stuart …
Personal resource profiles of individuals with a history of interpersonal trauma and their impact on opioid misuse
Findings suggest that sex and race/ethnicity play an important role in the personal resource profiles of individuals with a history of interpersonal trauma. Interventions to promote resiliency and mitigate the effects of trauma on opioid misuse should consider personal resource profiles, mental health, and effective pain management. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Development of a Questionnaire on Intentions to Engage in Dating Violence Among Puerto Rican Residents
Teen Dating Violence Help-Seeking Intentions and Behaviors Among Ethnically and Racially Diverse Youth
Teen dating violence (TDV) affects millions of youth in the United States and globally each year. A systematic review was conducted to examine the help-seeking intentions and behaviors of youth between the ages of 12 and 19 based on racial and ethnic differences. Considering the high prevalence of TDV among racially and ethnically diverse youth, previous systematic reviews have recommended that future scholarship address help-seeking intentions a…
Creating a new pathway for change in the military using gender as process
Militaries have consistently struggled to integrate women into the profession of arms despite concerted, decades‐long attempts at reform. We argue that this patchy progress is due in part to a conceptualization of gender as “category”, which has limited power to explain gendered inequalities. We propose that gender as process approaches must also be used to understand the current state of gender relations within militaries. A gender as process ap…
Assessing how social work programs use their websites to convey a commitment to social justice
Social justice is a key tenet for the social work profession and education, calling for commitment to working with and for vulnerable and oppressed populations. In fact, undergraduate and master’s programs are accredited by CSWE, in part, based on fulfilling educational competencies related to supporting diversity and advancing social justice. Websites are one critical avenue through which social work programs communicate a commitment to social j…
Belongingness, connectedness & engagement
University housing can play a significant role in undergraduate students' college experiences. Unfortunately, many LGBTQ + students face a myriad of harmful experiences on campus, including in campus housing that can negatively impact their belonging and well-being. To address this issue and foster LGBTQ + students' overall belongingness on campus and well-being, many universities offer LGBTQ + inclusive housing initiatives, including some offeri…
Barriers to Empowerment at the Intersection of Motherhood, Tanf, and Intimate Partner Violence
Uncertainty in Science and Among Early Career Investigators
This JAMA Forum discusses the current climate of uncertainty in scientific research and suggests mechanisms to support early career scientists
Racism, sociopolitical context, and emotional well-being in immigrant Latina mothers and their preschool-aged children
Community-based support programs should expand into areas where families face high levels of racism stress and scarce community support. During the vulnerable postmigration period, mutually opposing forces of community support and racism may have far-reaching impacts across immigrant generations and broader society. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
The Perspectives of Black Youth on Risk and Protective Factors for Peer Involvement in the Juvenile Legal System
Youth of color are starkly overrepresented in the U.S. Juvenile Legal System. This study aims to understand the risk and protective mechanisms of youth involvement with the JLS based on the perspectives of African American/Black youth. More specifically, factors that hinder youth success and prevent them from becoming entangled in the JLS are explored as well as their recommendations for adults in power and their peers. Photovoice methodology was…
What’s in a Homelessness Course
Little is known about if and how social work programs are preparing students to work with people experiencing homelessness or in homelessness-related macro and policy spaces. This study identified 18 programs that offer a BSW and/or MSW homelessness course, which yielded 22 unique course syllabi. Using content analysis, the primary aim was to understand how homelessness is taught across programs, including the course objectives used, topics and p…
Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Political science (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Domestic violence (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Poison control (5 works)