Candice R. Williams, PhD
Chair and Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5091
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 620
Video Introduction
Candice Williams, PhD, is an assistant professor and the chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at Azusa Pacific University. Williams’ background spans the field of Sociology, African American Studies, Psychology, and Criminal Justice. Her current interest is in advancing an evidence-based approach in the development of school policies that addresses interpersonal violence on college and university campuses. Drawing on a broad range of experience including research on the intersectionality of race, class, and gender, STDs and HIV among communities of color, and victimology, Williams has a true passion of addressing injustices that are affecting a variety of communities.
Education
- PhD, Sociology and Criminology, Howard University, 2016
- MA, Sociology, with a concentration in Social Inequality and Culture, California State University, Fullerton, 2011
- BA, Sociology and Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2008
Academic Area
- School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences
Expertise
- Victimology
- Intersectionality of Race, Class, and Gender
- Human Trafficking
- Sex Crimes
- Criminology
- Research Methods
Courses Taught
- CJ 110 – Introduction to Criminal Justice
- CJ 280 – American Courts
- CJ 310 – Criminological Theories
- CJ 340 – Victimology
- CJ 495 – Human Trafficking
- CJ 395 – Crime and Media
- CJ 495 – Sex Crimes
- CJ 350 – Race, Ethnicity, and Crime
- SOC 455 – Crime and Delinquency
- WRIT 262 – Research Methods