Ryan J WilliamsRyan J. Williams, Ph.D., is visiting assistant professor of politics at Bates College. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2019. His research and teaching focus on American judicil politics, criminal justice, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Studies in American Political Development, PS: Political Science and Politics, Justice System Journal, and the Journal of Political Science Education. He has also contributed to edited volumes published by Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, and Equinox. He previously served as the pre-law advisor for the University of South Alabama, where he received the 2021-2022 Academic Advising Award for the College of Arts and Sciences. Read More Read Less