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Dorris E. Williams
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| Title: |
Educational Consultant |
| Industry: |
Educational Consultancy |
| Type of Organization: |
Educational Consulting |
| Major Product/Service: |
Experiential education, training students, consulting services |
| Expertise: |
Dr. Williams is an Educational Consultant. He is a Professor Emeritus, an Executive Director, School to Work Program, an Associate Dean/Professor, Administrator and Professor/Advisor in the Division of Cooperative Education and an Adjunct Math Professor in the Mathematics Department, all at LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY) in New York City. Dr. Williams is also an Adjunct Lecturer in the Education Department, Hunter College (CUNY), a Mathematics Teacher of 3rd to 6th grades and an Assistant Principal at Brookside Elementary School in Ossining, New York, as well as an Adjunct Mathematics Teacher and Adjunct GED Teacher at Ossining High School, Ossining, New York. |
| Geographic Area of Distribution: |
New York |
| Affiliations: |
National Education Association; American Society of Training and Development; American Management Association; Principals and Supervisors Curriculum Development Association; Cooperative Education Association; Mathematics and Science Education Association; American Association of Higher Education; National Council on Black American Affairs; Honorably Discharged from the U.S. Navy (Naval Air Division) |
| University/Degree: |
A.S., Mathematics and General Sciences (Astronomy), Los Angeles City College; B.S., With Honors, Elementary Education, University of California at Los Angeles, 1961; M.S., Educational Administration, Hunter College, (CUNY), New York, 1968; Ph.D., Curriculum and Teaching, Columbia University, New York, 1979 |
| Born: |
July 23 1942, Houston, Texas |
| Hobbies/Sports: |
Music, basketball, Theatre, movies |
| Work History: |
Dr. Williams has forty years of extensive, ongoing teaching and administrative experience in both public schools and university settings, spanning grade levels from third to undergraduate studies. He has broad and continuous experiences as an Educational Consultant, Curriculum Developer, Proposal Writer, Educational Researcher and an Evaluator of Higher Education and Corporate Programs. He is President of Williams' Educational Consulting, an Instructional Technology Evaluator, Personnel Specialist and Education Manager at IBM Corporation as well as a HUD Evaluator with Systems Discipline Incorporated. His consultancy services includes many well known Fortune 500 companies including IBM, McGraw Hill, Citi Bank, Pfizer and Skadden Arps. Primary courses that Dr. Williams taught in public schools and colleges included Mathematics, ESL and GED. He also taught management courses in the corporate sector. In addition, he has sundry years of experience as a Co-op Advisor, Internship Developer, Professional Staff Developer/Teacher and an Academic Advisor. |
| Honors & Awards: |
Dr. Williams is the recipient of many Awards and Certificates for outstanding service and contributions in public schools, colleges and in the business community. |
| Published Works: |
Dr. Williams has co-authored a variety of articles in professional journals such as, "Experiential Education: An Analysis, School-to-Work Theory and Programs" and "Career Education for Students with Learning Disabilities". He has participated in professional workshops, seminars and panel discussions on CO-OP and Career Education for high school and college students as it relates to preparing them for the world of professional work. |
| Career Accomplishments: |
Dr. Williams has developed, implemented and evaluated Experiential Education Programs (Co-op education) in both public schools and colleges. He has recruited and trained corporate personnel as well as developed corporate training instructional methodologies and general pedagogy protocols in business settings. Dr. Williams provides corporate training services for seminars in Sensitivity Training, Organizational Development and Situational Leadership sessions designed to increase senior management knowledge and understanding of issues related to cultural, racial, gender and ethnic norms in the 21st Century workplace environment. |
