Sheneka Williams
Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy (Faculty)
Assistant Professor
324 River’s Crossing
Phone: 706.542.1615
Email: smwill@uga.edu
Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy
Education
Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy
Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
Research Interests
* Student assignment policies
* School governance and the impact on school communities
* Magnet schools and desegregation
Courses Typically Taught
* EDAP 8210 Educational Policy Analysis.
* EDAP 8390 School/Community Relations
Sheneka M. Williams is a 2009 recipient of the Sarah H. Moss Fellowship Award. Dr. Williams spent five weeks during the summer working under the tutelage of think tank scholar, Richard Kahlenberg, at The Century Foundation (TCF) in Washington, D.C. Richard D. Kahlenberg is a Senior Fellow at TCF, where he writes about education, equal opportunity, and civil rights.
Dr. Williams will pursue a study that examines issues of political will and micro-politics surrounding socio-economic student assignment policies. The four included in the study are San Francisco Unified District, Brandywine, Delaware School District, Champaign (Illinois) Unit Four School District, and Jefferson County School District (Kentucky). Dr. Williams' study builds from previous research that she and Dr. Eric Houck conducted in Wake County, North Carolina.