Faculty Profiles

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Portrait of Dr. Ron Williams Jr.

Dr. Ron Williams Jr.

  • Vice Provost, Faculty Success at Office of the Provost & EVPAA
  • Professor at Dept of Health & Human Performance, College of Education

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Reviewer / Referee, Substance Use and Misuse. 2019 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, The Health Educator. April 2018 - Present.
  • Member, Academic Affairs Council. 2025 - Present.
  • University Mentor, Dr. Aitiana Sanchez-Garciaguirre - NIAAA K01 Alcohol Resilience Project. 2025 - Present.
  • Chair, Employee Emergency Loan Committee. 2025 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Texas Public Health Journal. 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Violence and Victims. 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Equity. September 2020 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of American College Health. March 2020 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse. February 2020 - Present.
  • Volunteer, School Health Advisory Council - San Marcos CISD. 2019 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, American Journal of Health Studies. September 1, 2014 - Present.
  • Faculty Sponsor, Eta Sigma Gamma. 2013 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Health Behavior and Policy Review. January 1, 2013 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education. January 1, 2013 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Drug Education. January 1, 2011 - Present.

2025

  • Member, Online and Extended Programs (OXP) Steering Committee. 2024 - 2025.
  • Member, College Review Group (Tenure and Promotion). 2022 - 2025.
  • Member, College of Education Leadership Council. 2022 - 2025.
  • Member, University Council of Chairs and Directors. June 2022 - June 2025.
  • Member, Search Committee, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Education. 2025.
  • Member, Budget Model Redesign Task Force (Academic Affairs Workgroup). 2024 - 2025.
  • Member, TXST Global Recruitment Plan Committee. 2024 - 2025.
  • Chair, Search Committee, Department of English Chair. 2024 - 2025.
  • Participant, Commencement Marshal. 2022 - 2025.
  • Member, Teaching Theater Subcommittee (Council of Chairs & Directors). 2022 - 2025.
  • Member, Teacher Education Council. June 2022 - 2025.
  • Participant, Graduate and Professional School Fair. 2018 - 2025.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. August 1, 2015 - 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Oklahoma. December 2024 - February 2025.

2024

  • Member, Summative Evaluation Committee - College of Education Dean. 2024.
  • Member, Office of Admissions - Graduate Applications Due Date Committee. 2024.
  • Member, Admin II Search Committee (COE-TXST Global). 2024.
  • Member, TXST Global Winter- and May-mester Working Group. June 2024 - December 2024.

2023

  • Member, Search Committee, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. 2023.
  • Chair, Search Committee, Associate Dean for Research and Sponsored Programs, College of Education. 2023.
  • Member, Search Committee, Associate Dean for Student Success, College of Education. 2023.
  • Member, Search Committee, Dean of the College of Health Professions. 2022 - 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs. August 2023 - September 2023.
  • Participant, Panelist, New Director/Chair Leadership Orientation. August 9, 2023.

2022

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation T-AP RRR Project. July 2021 - 2022.
  • Volunteer, School Health Advisory Council - Hays CISD. 2018 - 2022.
  • Member, Mentor Committee for Dr. Missy Fraser. January 2018 - 2022.
  • Member, Travel Committee. 2017 - 2022.
  • Member, Faculty Evaluation Committee. 2016 - 2022.
  • Member, Search Committee, Research Coordinator (Pre-Award). August 2022 - December 2022.
  • Chair, Mentor Committee for Dr. Mary Odum. August 2016 - September 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Southern Mississippi. August 2022.
  • Chair, Scholarship Review Committee. September 1, 2016 - August 15, 2022.
  • Member, Program Coordinator Committee. February 2018 - June 2022.
  • Member, Public Health Faculty Search Committee. October 2021 - April 2022.
  • Member, HHP Department Chair Search Committee. October 2021 - April 2022.

2021

  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Oklahoma. November 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Kentucky. June 2021 - July 2021.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, American Journal of Health Behavior. January 1, 2009 - July 2021.
  • Member, University Distinguished Professor Review Committee. January 2021 - April 2021.

2020

  • Member, HHP/COE Outside College Representative for T&P Review. 2018 - 2020.
  • Member, Remote Teaching Consultant Team. March 2020 - December 2020.
  • Panelist, Using Digital Measures for Tenure and Promotion Workshop. September 2020 - September 8, 2020.
  • Chair, Public Health Search Committee. February 2020 - April 2020.
  • Chair, AdHoc Committee for Revising Promotion Guidelines for Clinical Faculty. February 2020 - April 2020.
  • Organizer, Fulbright Lecture. January 2020 - February 2020.
  • Participant, Graduate College Fair -- HHP Representative. February 3, 2020.

2019

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 2019.
  • Volunteer, What Goes Here, Flows Here Campaign. 2019.
  • Member, Research Coordinator Search Committee. April 2019 - May 2019.
  • Chair, Scholarship Review Committee. September 1, 2014 - May 1, 2019.

2018

  • Chair, Exercise and Sports Science Faculty Search Committee. September 2017 - May 2018.
  • Member, COE Dean Search Committee. July 2017 - May 2018.

2017

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Mental Health. 2016 - 2017.
  • Alternate, College Review Committee. December 2016 - 2017.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Topics in Integrative Health Care. January 1, 2010 - 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Oklahoma. June 2017 - August 2017.

2016

  • Member, Health Education Faculty Search Committee. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Substance Abuse. 2015 - 2016.

2015

  • Member, Search Committee, COE Post-Award Grant Specialist. September 1, 2015 - November 1, 2015.
  • Speaker, Kiwanis Club. May 1, 2015.
  • Member, Sport Education Faculty Search Committee. September 1, 2014 - May 1, 2015.

2014

  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal on Addictions. December 1, 2014.
  • Member, Research Enhancement Program Review Committee. May 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Human Science and Extension. July 1, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Muscle & Nerve. June 1, 2014 - July 1, 2014.
  • Member, Texas State University College of Education Freshman Scholarship Review Committee. January 1, 2014 - May 1, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Evaluation and Program Planning. March 1, 2014 - April 1, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014.

2013

  • Editorial Board & Reviewer, Journal of Athletic Enhancement. May 1, 2012 - December 1, 2013.
  • Editorial Associate, The Health Educator. January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Sport Sciences. January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2013.
  • Member, Excellence in Teaching Committee, Mississippi State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. January 1, 2013 - August 1, 2013.
  • Member, Starkville Community Action Group for Resource Improvement. August 1, 2012 - August 1, 2013.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee, Mississippi State University Department of Food Science, Nutrition, & Health Promotion. January 1, 2012 - August 1, 2013.
  • Member, Student Recruitment Committee, Mississippi State University Department of Food Science, Nutrition, & Health Promotion. January 1, 2012 - August 1, 2013.
  • Health Promotion Ombudsman, Strategic Plan Committee, Mississippi State University Department of Food Science, Nutrition, & Health Promotion. January 1, 2012 - August 1, 2013.
  • Member, Distance Learning Advisory Council, Mississippi State University. January 1, 2011 - August 1, 2013.
  • Member, Tobacco-Free Campus Task Force, Mississippi State University. January 1, 2011 - August 1, 2013.
  • Member, Healthy Starkville Coalition. January 1, 2011 - August 1, 2013.
  • Grant Reviewer, NCAA CHOICES Alcohol Education. January 1, 2008 - May 1, 2013.
  • Manuscript Reviewer, Drugs: Education, Prevention, & Policy. January 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging. January 1, 2013.

2012

  • Member, Health Education Extension Faculty Search Committee, Mississippi State University Department of Food Science, Nutrition, & Health Promotion. August 1, 2011 - August 1, 2012.
  • Manuscript Reviewer, Research in Sports Medicine. January 1, 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Conference on Tobacco and Health. January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012.

2011

  • Member, Delphi Panel Member, Consensus Project for Health Promotion in Chiropractic. January 1, 2011.
  • Member, Southeast Missouri Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition. January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2011.

2010

  • Member, Nursing Faculty Search Committee, Southeast Missouri State University Department of Health, Human Performance, & Recreation. January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2010.
  • Member, Campus and Community Alliance for Smoke-Free Environments. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2010.
  • Member, Cape Girardeau Breathe Easy Coalition. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2010.
  • Member, Southeast Missouri Drug Free Communities Coalition. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2010.
  • Member, University Commencement Committee, Southeast Missouri State University. January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Abstract Reviewer, AAHPERD National Convention. January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2010.
  • Member, Board Member & Curriculum Facilitator, Project Charlie Drug Program, Franklin Elementary School, Cape Girardeau, MO. January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2010.
  • Member, International Walk to School Program, Alma Schrader Elementary School, Cape Girardeau, MO. January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2010.
  • Member, Human Subjects Committee, Southeast Missouri State University College of Health and Human Services. January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2010.
  • Faculty Advisor, Faculty Advisor, Health & Wellness Student Association, Southeast Missouri State University. January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2010.
  • Faculty Advisor, Faculty Advisor, Peers Advocating for Smoke-Free Solutions, Southeast Missouri State University. January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2010.
  • Member, Campus and Community Coalition for Change on Alcohol Abuse. January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2010.
  • Member, Southeast Missouri Substance Abuse Prevention Advisory Council, Southeast Regional Support Center, Cape Girardeau, MO. January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2010.

2009

  • Chair, Course Update Committee (Chair), Southeast Missouri State University Department of Health, Human Performance, & Recreation. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009.
  • Member, American Heart Association "Go Red for Women" Luncheon, St. Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau, MO. January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2009.

2008

  • Associate Editor, Associate Editor, International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. January 1, 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Manuscript Reviewer, Health Education Monograph Series. January 1, 2008.
  • Member, Physical Education Faculty Search Committee. January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2008.
  • Member, American School Health Association ATOD Resolution Update. January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Manuscript Reviewer, Chiropractic & Osteopathy. January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2008.

2005

  • Guest Host, Guest Host, BODYLOVE health-based radio serial drama, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health. January 1, 2005.
  • Vice President, Vice President, Eta Sigma Gamma Delta Xi Chapter (University of Alabama). January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2005.