Dr. Jessica Renee Williams

  • Assistant Professor at School of Social Work, College of Applied Arts

Scholarly and Creative Works

2025

  • Shamrova, D. P., Tolchinsky, J., Boppre, B., Alberton, A. M., & Williams, J. R. (2025). The Perspectives of Black Youth on Risk and Protective Factors for Peer Involvement in the Juvenile Legal System. Child and Adolescent Social Work.
  • Praetorius, R., Williams, J. R., & Thomblinson, A. (n.d.). BSW student success: The role of a first year experience seminar. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work.
  • Maxwell, D., Hulama, K., Praetorius, R., Williams, J. R., Tamura, A., Kameda, K., … Schap, V. (n.d.). “No lu’au for baby’s 1st birthday”: Becoming a mother during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hawai’i. Ethnicity & Health.
  • Aykanian, A. (n.d.). [Review of What’s in a Homelessness Course? Findings from a Content Analysis of BSW and MSW Course Syllabi, by B. Atteberry-Ash, J. R. Williams, & R. Mammah]. Advances in Social Work.

2024

  • Atteberry-Ash, B., Walls, E., Williams, J. R., & Holloway, B. (2024). “Striving Toward Equity for All”: Social Work Faculty and Staff Define Social Justice. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2024.2397662
  • Atteberry-Ash, B. (2024). [Review of Belongingness, connectedness & engagement: The impacts of an LGBTQ + residential learning community, by J. R. Williams, H. Dubois, & B. Pearson]. Journal of LGBT Youth, 21(2), 369–387. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2024.2310655
  • Thomas, J. (2024). [Review of Barriers to Empowerment at the Intersection of Motherhood, TANF, and Intimate Partner Violence, by S. Leat, D. Maxwell, & J. R. Williams]. Journal of Family Violence.
  • Atteberry-Ash, B. (2024). [Review of A conceptual analysis of social justice content in social work program mission statements, by A. Aykanian, J. R. Williams, & R. Mammah]. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance. https://doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2024.2356807

2023

  • Praetorius, R. T. (2023). [Review of “I didn’t get to have this experience with anyone”: Experiences of becoming a mother during the pandemic, by D. R. Maxwell, J. R. Williams, K. Hulama, & A. Tamura]. Social Work in Mental Health, 21(5), 561–585. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2023.2190437

2022

  • Atteberry-Ash, B. (2022). [Review of Sexual identities and political protesting among social work students, by E. Swank & J. R. Williams]. Journal of Policy Practice and Research, 4(2), 117–135. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s42972-022-00070-5

2021

  • Padilla Medina, D. M. (2021). [Review of Development of a questionnaire on intentions to engage in dating violence among Puerto Rican residents, by O. Gilbar & J. R. Williams]. Journal of Family Violence, 37, 1181–1193. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/s10896-021-00341-x
  • Miller, V. J. (2021). [Review of Using ecosystems perspective and the eco-map to navigate re-entry with older adults, by B. Horner, J. R. Williams, J. Bryant, & J. Burns]. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 60(8), 485–500. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2021.2000547
  • Padilla-Medina, D. M. (2021). [Review of Teen dating violence help-seeking behaviors: A systematic review, by J. R. Williams, K. Ravi, B. Ombayo, & B. M. Black]. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 23(4), 1063–1078. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1177/1524838020985569

2020

  • Fields, N. L. (2020). [Review of Interprofessional collaboration to promote transportation equity for environmental justice populations: A mixed methods study of civil engineers, transportation planners, and social workers’ perspectives, by V. J. Miller, C. Cronley, K. Hyun, S. P. Mattingly, S. Khademi, S. R. Ramezanpour Nargesi, & J. R. Williams]. Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 5. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2020.100110
  • Maxwell, D. (2020). [Review of A short story of a lonely guy: A qualitative thematic analysis of involuntary celibacy using reddit, by S. R. Robinson, J. R. Williams, & C. Keaton]. Sexuality & Culture, 24(6), 1852–1874. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-020-09724-6

2019

  • Robinson, S. R. (2019). [Review of A qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis of pregnant women’s experiences of intimate partner violence, by D. Maxwell & J. R. Williams]. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 48(6), 604–614. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2019.08.002