BIOGRAPHY

Weldon C. Williams III attended Howard University and earned his Bachelor of Political Science in 1980. He proceeded to the Harvard Law School, received his Juris Doctor in 1983, and began practicing law. In 1987, Temple University became the first university to establish a PhD Program for African American Studies. In 1994, Williams matriculated there and earned his PhD in 2002. Dr. Williams accepted his position as Assistant Professor of Black Studies at Hostos Community College in the Fall of 2006. He was elected Coordinator of the Black Studies Unit in the Spring of 2007 and served as Coordinator until Spring 2018 while training his successor. His areas of expertise and interest include Africology, African Civilizations, the classical language of Kemet, African spirituality, cultural fusion, analysis of race/racism, language liberation and emancipatory knowledge. 

EDUCATION

  • PhD, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
  • Juris Doctor, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
  • Bachelor of Political Science, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

AREAS OF INTEREST

Africology, African Civilizations, the classical language of Kemet, African spirituality, cultural fusion, analysis of race/racism, language liberation and emancipatory knowledge


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Williams III, W. C. (2010). Critical mass: A theoretical framework for cultural fusion. In B. Greene (Ed.), The African presence and influence on the cultures of the Americas (pp. 101-120). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • Williams III, W. C. (2006/2007). Naming the unspeakable: Breakthroughs in africological nomenclature. Africalogical perspectives: Historical and contemporary analysis of race and africana studies, 3/4(1), pp. 51-74.

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

  • Williams III, W. C. (2016). Hip hop feminism.
  • Williams III, W. C. (2010). Black revival: A communion of spoken soul and music.
  • Williams III, W. C. (2010). Third annual Nefertari afrocentric showcase.

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