William Paterson University students, faculty, and staff
are invited to attend the
2024 President’s Diversity Lecture 

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | 5:00 p.m.
University Commons Ballrooms A and B

Dr. Hakim Mohandas Amani Williams
Director and Inaugural Daria and Eric Wallach 
Professor of Peace and Justice Studies, Gettysburg College

“Disorientation, Healing, and Freedom Dreaming:
The Long Journey to Pluriversal Thriving”

More about Dr. Hakim Mohandas Amani Williams – Dr. Williams also serves as an associate professor of Africana studies at Gettysburg, as well as a faculty affiliate in the departments of education, international and global studies, and public policy. His research centers on structural violence in schools, educational inequities, youth and community empowerment, and cross-national solidarity building. He was a 2022 recipient of a Fulbright Global Scholar Award and a Spencer Foundation grant that took him to Jamaica, Ghana, and Brazil to study globalized anti-blackness and decolonial peace and justice education. Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Williams completed his doctorate in international educational development and peace education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Click here for the WP News article on this year’s lecture.

The President’s Office wishes to thank
Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Jeanne Arnold
for her good work in helping to organize this event.