Email: mwilliams@wcu.edu 
Phone: 828.227-2995
Office Address: Killian 250
Website: http://paws.wcu.edu/mwilliams/

Date of Appointment: 2004

Education:

• Ed.D. in Adult and Community College Education, North Carolina State University.

Research Interests:

• Interinstitutional collaboration in higher education; rural community colleges; and partnerships between two- and four-year institutions for rural economic development.

Teaches:

• Two-Year College Administration and Teaching.

Recent publications:

• Pennington, K., & Williams, M.R. (2004). Rural community colleges and economic development: Leaders' perspectives on collaboration. Journal of Applied Research in the Community College 11 (2), 33-43.
• Williams, M.R., & Pettitt, J.M. (2003). Partnerships among institutions from different sectors of higher education: Expanding views of collaboration for outreach and community service. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 8 (2), 25-40.
• Williams, M.R. (2002). Consortia and institutional partnerships for community development. In L. G. Dotolo & J.B. Noftsinger, Jr. (Eds.), Leveraging Resources Through Partnerships New Directions for Higher Education, no. 120 (pp. 29-36). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.