ELIZABETH A. WILLIAMS Office of Academic Planning & Assessment (OAPA) 232 Whitmore Administration Building University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 (413) 545-0736
[email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Sociology, 2000. Dissertation: "The Illusion of Local Aid: Extractive and Distributive Effects of the Massachusetts State Lottery on Cities and Towns" Comprehensive exam paper: "The Plan to Save Atlantic City: Consequences of Community Disarticulation for Central City Revitalization" Areas of specialization: Survey Research, Community Sociology, Political Economy M.A. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Sociology, 1990 B.A. Connecticut College, 1987 (Cum Laude) Majors: Sociology and English PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2012-Present Director of Survey and Evaluation Research, Office of Academic Planning & Assessment (OAPA), University of Massachusetts Amherst. Responsibilities include: collaborating with other University areas to coordinate and centrally organize campus-wide, school/college, and department-specific survey research activities; directing activities related to survey research to support educational effectiveness; consulting on evaluation research design and survey construction for academic departments, other units, and individual faculty members, and providing other survey research services; organizing and coordinating the dissemination of research findings throughout the campus community and more broadly by directing the production of written reports and web-postings.