Joah L. Williams, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Phone
901.678.2145
Fax
901.678.2579
Office
Psychology Building, Room 366
Office Hours
Contact by email for appointment
Joah L. Williams, Ph.D.

Dr. Williams plans to admit a new doctoral student for Fall 2025 admission.

Research interests

  • Assessment and prevention of trauma-related mental health problems among victims and co-victims of community and interpersonal violence
  • Development and evaluation of transdiagnostic early interventions and treatments for trauma survivors
  • Health disparities and mental health outcomes associated with community violence and traumatic loss

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Memphis
  • M.S., University of Memphis
  • B.A., Sewanee: The University of the South

Selected Recent Publications (*Student co-author)

  • Williams, J. L., Hambrick, E. P., *Gleason, V. L., *Hardt, M. M., *Henschel, A. V., *Wilfred, S. A.,…& Moncure, M. (2023). Evaluating Skills for Psychological Recovery with gunshot injury survivors in a hospital-based early intervention program. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.  Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/ort0000710

  • *Jamison-Petr, J. R., & Williams, J. L. (2023). Understanding Black and African American grief considering inclusion of prolonged grief disorder in the DSM-5-TR. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s40615-023-01727-x 

  • Williams, J. L., Keaton, K., Phillips, R. W., Crossley, A. R., Glenn, J. M., & *Gleason, V. L. (2023). Changes in health care utilization and associated costs after supportive housing placement by an urban Community Mental Health Center. Community Mental Health Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01146-6  

  • Milman, E. J., Bottomley, J. S., Williams, J. L., Moreland, A. D., delMas, S., & Rheingold, A. A. (2023). Interventions for adult survivors of intrafamilial homicide: A review of the literature. Death Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2023.2201919 

  • Hambrick, E., Williams, J. L., *Hardt, M., *Collins, J. O., Punt, S., Caicedo, M. R.,…& Nelson, E. L. (2023). Disseminating early interventions for disaster mental health response using the ECHO model. Journal of Community Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/jcop.23023  

  • *Bauer, A. G., Williams, J., Hambrick, E., Rempfer, M., Bennett, K. *Christensen, K., & Berkley-Patton, J. Y. (2023). Mental health attitudes, norms, beliefs, and experiences with care among young Black men: A theory of planned behavior assessment. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/tra0001462  

  • Williams, J. L., *Hardt, M. M., *Henschel, A. V., *Wilfred, S. A., *Wilson, E. J., Friend, R., & Moncure, M. (2022). Hospital-based PTSD risk screening and early mental health intervention for nonfatal gunshot victims. General Hospital Psychiatry, 79, 177-178. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.07.009

  • Williams, J. L., *Hardt, M. M., *Henschel, A. V., *Jamison, J. R., Brymer, M. J., & Rheingold, A. A. (2022). An open trial of Skills for Psychological Recovery for sudden loss survivors. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2022.06.003 

  • Williams, J. L., & Rheingold, A. A. (2020). Novel application of Skills for Psychological Recovery as an early intervention for violent loss: Rationale and case examples. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 81, 179-196. doi: 10.1177/0030222818766138

  • Rheingold, A. A., & Williams, J. L. (2018). A modular-based comprehensive approach for addressing heterogeneous mental health sequelae of violent loss survivors. Death Studies, 42, 164-171. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2017.1370798