Oliver J. Williams
Director, Institute on
Domestic Violence in the African American Community
Professor
Office: 290A Peters Hall
Phone: (612) 624-9217
E-mail: owilliam@umn.edu
Mailing address: 105 Peters Hall
Degrees & Institutions
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1985
M.S.W., Western Michigan University, 1980
M.P.H., University of Pittsburgh, 1984
Interest Areas
Creating Effective Service Delivery Strategies That Will Reduce
Violence Among African Americans; Ethnically Sensitive Practice;
Fatherhood.
Current Research
- Conducting community-based research on issues and barriers that inhibit the reduction of family and community violence among African Americans.
- Conducting research on change, recovery and transformation of men who batter.
- Examining issues associated with the intersection between parenting/fatherhood and domestic violence issues.
Book Chapters
Williams, O.J. (2002). Developing the capacity to address social context
issues: Group treatment with African American men who batter.
In A.
Mullender & M. Cohen. (Eds.), Gender and group work.
Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Donnelly, D., Smith, L. & Williams, O.J. (2002) Batterer's education
curriculum for African American men. In E. Aldorando & F.
Mederos.
(Eds.), Programs for men who batter. Kingston, NJ:
Civic Research
Institute.
See, L.A., Oliver, W., & Williams, O.J. (2002). Domestic violence in African American families. In L. Rapp-Paglicci, et al. (Eds.), A handbook of violence. New York, NY: John Wiley Publishers.
Williams, O.J., Boggess,J. & Carter, J. (2001). Fatherhood and
domestic
violence: Exploring the role of men who batter in the lives
of their
children. In J. Edleson & S. Graham-Berman. (Eds.),
Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.
Bennett, L.B. & Williams, O.J. (2001). A review of research on
batterers
treatment. In R. Kennedy-Bergen & J. Edleson (Eds.),
Overview of
domestic violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Recent Publications
Roger, B., McGee, G., Vann, A., Thompson, N., & Williams, O.J.
(2003).
Program development: The integration of substance abuse and
domestic violence programs for women. Violence Against
Women
Journal. 9 (5), 590-598.
Bennett, L.B., & Williams, O.J. (2003). Substance abuse and men who
batter: Issues in theory and practice. Violence Against
Women
Journal. 9 (5), 558-575.
Gondolf, E., & Williams, O.J. (2001). Culturally focused batterer
counseling for African American men. Truama, Violence and
Abuse. 2
(4), 283-295.
Williams, O. J., & Griffin, L. W. (1996). Elder maltreatment and
cultural
diversity: When laws are not enough. Journal of
Multicultural Social
Work, 4 (2), 1-13.
Williams, O. J. (1995). Treatment for African American men who
batter.
CURA Report, 25 (3), 6-10.
Williams, O. J., & Becker, L. R. (1994). Partner abuse programs and
cultural competence: The results of a national study.
Violence and
Victims, 9 (3), 287-295.
Williams, O. J. (1994). Group work with African American men who
batter: Toward more ethnically sensitive practice. Journal
of
Comparative Family Studies, 25 (1), 91-103.
Moon, A., & Williams, O. J. (1993). Perceptions of abuse and help-
seeking behavior of African American, Korean, and white aged.
The
Gerontologist, 33 (3), 386-394.
Williams, O. J. (1993). Developing an African American perspective
to
reduce spouse abuse: Considerations for community action. The
Caucus: The Journal of the National Association of Black
Social Work,
1 (2), 1-7.
Griffin, L. W., & Williams, O. J. (1992). Abuse among African
American
elderly. Journal of Family Violence, 7 (1), 19-35.
Williams, O. J. (1992). Ethnically sensitive practice in enhancing
treatment participation of the African American man who
batters.
Families & Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human
Services,
73 (10), 588-595.
Williams, O. J., & Griffin, L. W. (1991). Elder abuse in the black
family. In
R. L. Hampton (Ed.), Black family violence: Current
research and
theory (pp. 117-127). Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
Williams, O. J. (1990). The interaction of social learning and
attribution
on spouse abuse. Health and Social Policy, 1 (2),
91-107.