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., Lamar University, Public Administration
B.S., Troy University, Criminal Justice and Military Science
M.P.A., Lamar University, Public Administration
B.S., Troy University, Criminal Justice and Military Science
A.A.S., 51³Ô¹ÏProState 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.