Kim Williams

Associate Professor of Public Policy
Kennedy School
Office Address
Taubman-358
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 114
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-7649
Fax: 617-496-1722
Email: kim_williams@harvard.edu
Assistant
David Fishman (617-496-1437)
Kim Williams

Profile

Kim M. Williams, Associate Professor of Public Policy, conducts research on American racial politics and immigration policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Her first book, Mark One or More: Civil Rights in Multiracial America (2006), explores the implications of recent and unprecedented changesin the American racial classification system. The book argues that the new system of racial counting is likely to reach deeply into the civil rights agenda. Currently, Professor Williams is working on her second book, Transition: The Politics of Racial and Ethnic Change in Urban America. Williams received a BA from the University of California at Berkeley and a PhD from Cornell University.

Courses

Not Offered

  • PAL-221 American Immigration Policy

Spring

Media Expertise

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Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Williams, Kim M. "Multiracialism and the Civil Rights Future." Daedalus 134.1 (Winter 2005): 53-60.
  • Books
    • Williams, Kim M. Mark One or More: Civil Rights in Multiracial America. University of Michigan Press, 2006.