Brian D. Williams, Ph.D, MSG (ret)
Brian D. Williams, Ph.D, MSG (ret)
Executive Director
Center of Resiliency
Cherry Engineering Building
Signature Centers Suite 101
Phone: 409-880-8801
Email: bwilliams9@lamar.edu
EDUCATION
U.S. Army, Retired - Master Sergeant
Ph.D., University of North Texas, Public Administration and Management (Specialization - Emergency Management)
M.P.A., ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ University, Public Administration
B.S., Troy University, Criminal Justice and Military Science
M.P.A., ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ University, Public Administration
B.S., Troy University, Criminal Justice and Military Science
A.A.S., Texas State Technical College, Drafting and Design Technology
PUBLICATIONS
- Williams, Brian D. (2025) “Local Government Strategy and Crisis in the United States: A Community Resilience / Systems Perspective” in The Routledge Handbook on Crisis and the Public Sector, Ed. Kimberly Moloney, Gloria Billingsley, Bok Gyo Jeong, Tonya Thornton, Pablo Pulido, and Eric Zeemering, pp 133 - 144, New York, NY: Routledge
- Williams, Brian D. (2024) “Emergency Management and Sustainability: Understanding the Link Between Disaster and Citizen Participation for Sustainability Efforts and Climate Change” Journal of Emergency Management. 22(7): 11-23
- Williams, Brian D. (2023) “The Role of the Emergency Manager in Disaster and Homeland Security: Navigating the Challenges of Intergovernmental Relationships through Networks” in The Distributed Functions of Emergency Management and Homeland Security: An Assessment of Professions Involved in Disasters and Terrorist Attacks, Ed. David McEntire, pp 11-25, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press
- Silveratnam, Thinesh, Ginger Gummelt, Matt Pyne, Berna Tokgoz, Brian D. Williams, Kyle Boudreaux, Liv Haselbach, Igor Linkov (2023) “Establishing a Regional Interdisciplinary Resilience Center: Bottom-Up Approach” Environment Systems and Decisions. 43(2): 191-199
- Williams, Brian D. (2021) “Understanding where Emergency Management Gets the Knowledge to Solve the Problems they Face: Where are We More Than 20 Years after the IJMED Special Edition Calls on Closing the Gap?” International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disaster. 39(3): 417-433.
- Mann, Jim P. and Brian D. Williams (2021) “Policing in the Eye of the Storm” Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 36(2): 183-192.
- Williams, Brian D. and Gary R Webb (2021) “Social Vulnerability and Disaster: Understanding the Perspectives of Practitioners” Disasters, 45(2): 278-295.
- Williams, Brian D. and James P Nelson (2020) “Media, Governance and Ebola: What Local Government Needs to Understand about Media Influence of Response Operations When the Improbable Becomes Reality?” Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 18(1): 67-91.
- Williams, Brian D. and Gary R. Webb (2020) “Vulnerability and Disaster: Practitioner Strategies for Addressing the Needs of Vulnerable Populations” Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 17(2). 1-13
- Williams, Brian D., Jesus Valero, Kyungwoo Kim (2018) “Social Media, Trust, and Disaster: Does Trust in Public and Nonprofit Organizations Explain Social Media Use During a Disaster?” Quality and Quantity, 52(2): 537-550.
- Vanderleeuw, James, Jason Sides, Brian D. Williams (2015) “An Advanced Degree in Public Administration – is it Valued by City Councils?” Public Administration Quarterly, 39(3): 453-483.
- Williams, Brian D. (2015) “Social, Legal, and Legislative Challenges to Disaster Management.” Review of “Asia-Pacific Disaster Management: Comparative and Socio-Legal Perspectives” eds. Simon Butt, Hitoshi Nasu, and Luke Nottage, Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 14(2), 81-86.