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Billy M. Williams is AGU’s senior vice president for diversity, ethics and inclusion. He leads the organization’s strategic initiatives as they relate to both scientific ethics and diversity. Williams was the principal investigator and lead organizer for the September 2016 workshop funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) titled, “Sexual Harassment in the Sciences: A Call to Respond.” He also serves as a co-principal investigator on the NSF grant, “ADVANCE Partnership: From the Classroom to the Field: Improving the Workplace in the Geosciences.”

Williams was a member of the 2017-2018 National Academies’ Committee on Impact of Sexual Harassment in Academic Science, Engineering and Medicine. Prior to joining AGU, he served as a senior program officer at the National Academies of Sciences and as a global research and development director at the Dow Chemical Company.

AGU LANDInG awarded NSF grant to provide professional development to Postdoctoral Fellows

By: Randy W. Fiser, Billy Williams

We are excited to announce the launch of AGU LANDInG-PRFP (Leadership Academy and Network for Diversity and Inclusion in the..

Careers and workforce

21 Oct

AGU LANDInG welcomes first cohort of Academy Fellows

By: Randy W. Fiser, Billy Williams

We are excited to announce the selection of the first cohort of Academy Fellows for AGU LANDInG Academy, a two-year..

Science and society

5 Oct

AGU continues its work and commitment for a more diverse and inclusive geoscience community

By: Robin E. Bell, Susan Lozier, Billy Williams

Today, AGU released its annual ethics report detailing the efforts of our community to support greater diversity, equity and inclusion in the sciences.

Awards, medals and prizes