Brittany Williams

Brittany “Brit” M. Williams (Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration at the University of Vermont. Originally from Southwest Atlanta, Georgia, Brit obtained her Ph.D. in Counseling and Human Development from the University of Georgia and holds her bachelor's and master’s degrees from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, and Teachers College-Columbia University in New York City, respectively. She is a proud product of Atlanta Public Schools. 

Brit’s research broadly examines issues of (in)equity in three core areas: (a) social class disparities and their impact on career and educational access, attainment, and completion; (b) career development, workplace retention, and supervision concerns in educational environments; and (c) the nexus of education and health, with a specific focus on HIV/AIDS, stress, and cancer in and mediated by college contexts and degree completion. She is proud to hold a 2022-2024 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/ Spencer postdoctoral fellowship for her research on Black college women and HIV in Metro Atlanta where she specifically focuses on HBCUs and PB-MSIs.

An energetic speaker, consultant, and creative, Brit frequently presents and consults on issues of PrEP for HIV/AIDS prevention in cisgender women, citational (in)equity, diversity and inclusion, and epistemic (in)justice for colleges, universities, non-profits, and corporations. Her personal and professional advocacy have been featured in and by the White House Initiative on HBCUs, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Public Radio (NPR), Politico, the National Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI), AIDS United, the National Minority Aids Council (NMAC), and in a host of academic journals. You can find her online @DrBritWilliams.