Our Faculty & Staff

Department:

Research, Professional and Creative Activity:

• Dean’s Award for Excellence in Professional Development, 2009
• Schultz Grant Recipient, 2008
• Author of No Limits: A practical guide for teaching deaf and hard of hearing students and It all depends: A casebook for prospective teachers of students who are deaf and hard of hearing (Butte Publications)
• Widely published in academic and professional journals.

Professional Profile:

Professor Williams received his Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and his M.Ed. in Special Education from the University of North Florida, and he received his B.A. in Deaf Education and English from Flagler College. His dissertation focused on the relationship between educational beliefs and instructional practices of education interns. He is widely published and is a sought-after presenter on issues in deaf education.

Teaching and Related Service:

Courses taught:

• Methods of Teaching Language to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
• Reading/Emergent Literacy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
• Career Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
• Language Development and Speech Disabilities
• General Methods of Instruction
• Methods of Teaching Elementary Mathematics
• Methods of Teaching Elementary Language Arts

Previously taught at:

• Florida School for the Deaf and Blind

Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, 1992 and 1999

SGA Faculty Member of the Year Award, 1992 and 1999