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James H. Williams

Associate Professor of International Education and International Affairs
Associate Director, Office of International Activities, GSEHD

2129 G Street, NW Room 304

Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 994-0831
Fax: (202) 994-0148
E-mail: jhw@gwu.edu

Education:

Ed.D., Harvard University

Expertise:

International education and development, educational planning and policy

Background:

Professor Williams has done extensive educational development work in sub-Saharan Africa, in addition to working for the African Bureau of USAID for two years. In addition, he has taught in Japan for a number of years and currently directs GW's International Education Program. His research interests include: Education and development, decentralization and administrative reform, education and health, cross-cultural organizational theory, education for marginalized and conflict-affected populations, and equity and achievement in large cross-national data sets.

Professor Williams' recent publications include: Policy-Making for Education Reform in Developing Countries: Volume I, Contexts and Processes, co-authored with William Cummings, (Scarecrow Press, 2005); "Civil conflict, education, and the work of schools: Twelve propositions," in Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 21:4, pp. 471-481 (2004); "Building a people's university in South Africa: Race, compensatory education, and the limits of democratic reform" (Review), in Teachers College Record, 106:8, pp. 1576-1578 (2004); and "Necessary but not sufficient: Challenges to (implicit) theories of educational change: Reform in Nepal's primary education system," co-authored with T. Khaniya, in International Journal of Educational Development, 24, pp. 315-328 (2004). He is also the co-author with Jeanne Moulton, Karen Mundy and Michel Welmond of Education Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost? (Greenwood Press, 2002).

Courses Taught:

Educ 201 International and Comparative Education
Educ 202 Education and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Educ 202 Comparative Solutions to Common Educational Problems
Educ 203 Policy Issues in International Education: Developing Countries
Educ 203 Educating Those Out of School
Educ 204 Planning for Education Reform in Developing Countries
Educ 205 International Experiences
Educ 221 Internship in International Education
Educ 228 Peace Education
Educ 228 Culture, Society & Education in Comparative Perspective

Last update: 10.04.07