About Robert Williams

Bio: Robert
Williams

Biographical Sketch

Who Is Robert W. Williams?

I teach in the political science program at Bennett College in Greensboro, NC. My graduate school courses centered on political theory, especially modern, contemporary, and critical theories. After receiving my Ph.D. in Political Science from Rutgers University (1993), I taught at Livingstone College in Salisbury, NC, for 11 years.

As regards my research foci, I typically have engaged in meta-theoretical analyses, addressing the assumptions and implications that underpin the social and political theories themselves. Since graduation I have concentrated my scholarship on environmental justice, the spatiality of politics, and the Internet and cyber-politics. Inspiring my recent research efforts are the philosophical dimensions of W.E.B. Du Bois's thought, especially as they relate to the social inquiry of his era and beyond. My website on Du Bois—appropriately located at www.webdubois.org—contains links to primary and secondary sources written by him and others, as well as annotations on various primary works housed on-site.

My online vita presents more details of my research, as well as my teaching experience and other college-related topics.

My academic publications on night spaces are as follows:

• Williams, Robert W. 2008. "Night Spaces: Darkness, Deterritorialization, and Social Control." Space and Culture, 11:4 (November): 514-532. [Abstract / Issue TOC].

Nota Bene: The 2008 article in Space and Culture has been listed on its "most-read" list for various months. The journal calculates the list on a monthly basis from "full-text and pdf views" (as the journal's web page states). I have seen my article's ranking rise and fall over time. In August 2011 my "Night Spaces" article was listed as the second most-read item: JPEG screen capture [click the backspace key to return to this page].

• Williams, Robert W. 2010. "Night Spaces". Pp. 566-568 in E. Ray Hutchison (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, Vol. 2 (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications) [Book's web page].

The text of the Encyclopedia of Urban Studies entry is accessible here on the nightspaces website.

URL: www.robertwilliams.org/ns/nsaboutrww.html

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