Casey A. Williams

ContactInformation

1961 Continental Dr. Phone: (404) 783 6143Atlanta GA, 30345 E-mail: casey.a.williams@duke.edu

Education Duke University, Durham, North Carolina USABachelor of Arts in Literature, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences Graduated May 2014

New College, Oxford UniversityReceived Rothmere Scholarship to study Political Philosophy Summer 2011

Honorsand Awards

Summa Cum LaudePhi Beta KappaA.B. Duke Scholar Full merit scholarship 2010 - 2014Earl Sasser Scholar Awarded to one A.B. Duke Scholar on the basis of merit 2011 - 2014The Barbara Hernstein Smith Award for Literary Theory and Criticism 2012University of Rochester, Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award 2010

Projects/WorkExperience

Hart Fellow, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2014 - PresentSelective research fellowship awarded annually to several recent Duke graduates. Includes full funding to conducta ten-month long research project with an organization based in a developing country.

International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Dhaka 2014 - PresentVisiting Researcher with ICCCAD in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Designed and implemented a research project examin-ing the relationship between knowledge and climate change adaptation in Bangladesh. Project involved reviewingsecondary sources, designing a knowledge measurement tool, collecting and analyzing primary source data, andsynthesizing and presenting findings. Other tasks included assisting with field work, conducting trainings, andediting and preparing research documents.

Climate Justice Research, New Orleans, LA Summer 2013Received a grant to study narratives of environmental crisis. The research involved working with residents,community leaders, and environmental justice activists to better understand how and with what effect narrativesare able to capture and articulate the interactions between economic organization, social relations, and ecology.The research was incorporated into an honors thesis.

Louisiana Environmental Justice Program, New Orleans, LA Summer 2013Designed and implemented a data collection and analysis project to determine the solar energy capacity of NewOrleans’ Lower Ninth Ward. Created a comprehensive report situating the fndings in the context of post-Katrinadevelopment and worked with local media to publicize findings.

CARE USA, Atlanta, GA Summer 2012Worked in the Office of the President as a communications intern. Tasks included writing and editing talkingpoints for CARE’s President, conducting research on CARE’s work, and assisting with internal communicationsprojects.

SelectedUniversityInvolvement

The Chronicle Duke’s Independent Daily Newspaper Spring 2011 - May 2014Chair of the Editorial Board (2013-2014) and member of the Editorial Board (2011-2013). Responsible forconducting research on campus/student issues and writing daily editorials.

Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility Member Fall 2013 - May 2014Charged with promoting the socially responsible investment of the Duke University endowment. Tasks includedmonitoring trends in responsible investing and identifying socially responsible investment opportunities for theUniversity to consider.

DukeOpen Campaign to promote endowment transparency Spring 2013 - Spring 2014Founding member and campaign organizer. Worked with students and administrators to expand the role ofDuke’s investment oversight committee and establish a Social Choice Fund dedicated to the responsible invest-ment of the University’s endowment.

Research Assistant Dept. of Public Policy Fall 2012 - Spring 2013Assisted Professor Gunther Peck with archive research for a book on the evolving discourses of slavery andwhiteness in the period between 1650 and 1900.

Casey A. Williams

SelectedPublications

Williams C, Fenton A, Huq S. Knowledge and adaptive capacity. (2015). Nature Climate Change. 5(2):82-3.

Spector J, Williams C. Species-thinking and responsibility in the Anthropocene (conference paper). Dimensionsof Political Ecology Conference, University of Kentucky, Feb. 26-28, 2015.

Williams C. (2015, February 16). The importance of climate change knowledge. Dhaka Tribune.

Huq S, Williams C. (2014, August 31). Knowledge is power: measuring knowledge to assess adaptive capacity.The Daily Star.

Editorial Board. (2014, February 25). Expand due process rights for students. The Duke Chroniclewww.dukechronicle.com/articles/2014/02/25/expand-due-process-rights-students.VOsD0 mUdio

Editorial Board. (2014, February 17) The persistence of sexism. The Duke Chroniclewww.dukechronicle.com/articles/2014/02/17/persistence-sexism.VOsD2vmUdio

Williams C, Molthrop C, Tobia J, StudentNation. (2014, Janurary 25). How student activists at Duketransformed a $6 billion endowment. The Nation.

Williams C. (2013, July). Solar in the lower nine. sustainthenine.org

Editorial Board. (2013, June 13). Say no to Koch brothers. The Duke Chroniclehttp://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2013/06/13/say-no-koch-brothers.VOsD1fmUdio

Williams C. (2013, April 28). Letter: Industrial accidents. New York Times.http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/opinion/industrial-accidents.html