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H. Sharif Williams, PhD

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AffiliationIndividualized Bachelor of Arts
Sexuality Studies
Undergraduate Studies Program

Campus LocationPlainfield, Vermont

Email Addressherukhuti.williams@goddard.edu

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    H. “Herukhuti” Sharif Williams, PhD, MEd, is a liberatory/decolonizing sociologist, cultural studies scholar, sex educator, playwright, director, poet, filmmaker, and author. He studied sex research, sexology, and sexual health related to HIV at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University through a National Institute of Mental Health-funded graduate research assistantship. He has held a playwriting fellowship at Lambda Literary Foundation, a National Endowment of the Humanities fellowship in the Black aesthetics and African-Centered cultural expressions at Emory University, and a filmmaking fellowship at Third World Newsreel. He is a member of the editorial boards of Journal of Bisexuality and Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships. He co-edited Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men and Sexuality, Religion, and the Sacred: Bisexual, Pansexual, and Polysexual Perspectives. He is a recipient of the PFLAG Brenda Howard Memorial Award for his bisexual public policy advocacy and activism. He is executive producer and co-director of the forthcoming documentary film, “No Homo | No Hetero: Sexual Fluidity and Manhood in Black America.”

    Education

    PhD in Human and Organizational Systems, Fielding Graduate University
    MA in Human and Organizational Systems, Fielding Graduate University
    MEd in Curriculum and Instruction, Lesley University
    BA in Political Science and Psychology, University of Southern California

    Certificate in Participatory Action Research Methods, Groundworks
    Certificate in Community Mediation, LGBT Community Center of New York

    Areas of Expertise

    • Africana Studies
    • Autoethnography
    • Critical Pedagogy & Critical Theory
    • Cultural Studies
    • Curriculum and Instruction
    • Embodiment Studies
    • Equity, Plurality, and Diversity
    • Indigenous Knowledge Studies
    • LGBTQ Studies
    • Organizational Studies
    • Participatory Action Research and Collaborative Inquiry
    • Qualitative Research/Research Ethics
    • Theater Arts/Theatre of the Oppressed
    • Transformative Learning
    • Queer Theory
    • Sexuality Studies
    • Social Justice
    • Social Media
    • Social Movements
    • Spirituality

    Personal Statement

    My ancestors, from present-day Nigeria and Ghana, have lived in the United States since they were kidnapped and held hostage as prisoners of war during the European colonization of Africa. My work is focused on the development of liberatory sexual cultures, Indigenous wisdom traditions, and decolonization. Rooted in communities inside and outside of academia, my scholarship, artwork, and activism are practiced primarily in collaboration with people of African descent, bisexual, queer or gender transgressive people, women of color and poor and working class people.

    I have been developing a paradigm, funk aesthetic to theatre.  In my most recent play, My Brother’s a Keeper, I use it in exploring Black bisexuality, the concept of kinfolk, and the social activism of Black youth in Brooklyn, New York during the late 1990s. As a scholar-practitioner-artist-activist, I am dedicated to and driven by the goals of liberation and social justice. At Goddard, I work with students of all backgrounds, communities and experiences to fulfill their learning goals and develop the skills necessary to meet those goals. I believe in the power of a learning-centered education to provide transformative learning opportunities for learners, educators and societies. And I am deeply committed to the principles of education for critical consciousness and community articulated by Paulo Freire, bell hooks, and Julius Nyerere.

    I am the founder and chief erotics officer of the Center for Culture, Sexuality, and Spirituality and editor-in-chief of its webjournal sacredsexualities.org. Two of the main frameworks for my work are Decolonizing and Reconstructing Epistemologies (DRE) and Afrocentric, Decolonizing Kweer Theory (ADKT). DRE is a framework for research and practice guided by principles of social and ecological justice as well as a deep appreciation of the value of Indigenous knowledge and wisdom. ADKT is a way of understanding how Blackness and queerness are culturally, spiritually, and sexually interconnected as sources of liberatory power. As Hm Ntchr Tpi (High Priest) of the Kra Skhmt Ha Hruht (Shrine of Sekhmet and Heruhet), I am a spiritual teacher and guide initiated in the tradition of Kemet (Ancient Egypt). In addition to my initiation in the Kemetic tradition, my spiritual education also includes mentorship and training in the spiritual traditions of the Dagara people of Burkina Faso and Ghana. In the Dagara tradition, I identify as bodemé, a sociospiritualsexual concept of purpose and service within community.

    As a principal at KHPRA Consulting, I provide expertise to organizations in a variety of areas of organizational life including equity and justice, workplace dynamics, team building, strategic planning, conflict management, program development and evaluation.

    Publications

    Foreword: Claiming the B in LGBT: Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative
    Foreword: Claiming the B in LGBT: Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative
    Thorntree Press(2018)
    Authored by H. Sharif Williams, PhD
    "Development of a conceptual framework for understanding Shared Decision-Making among African-American LGBT patients and their clinicians"
    “Development of a conceptual framework for understanding Shared Decision-Making among African-American LGBT patients and their clinicians”
    Journal of General Internal Medicine, 31(6), 677-687.(2016)
    Authored by H. Sharif Williams, PhD
    "Introduction to Afrocentric Decolonizing Kweer Theory and Epistemology of the Erotic"
    “Introduction to Afrocentric Decolonizing Kweer Theory and Epistemology of the Erotic”
    Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships 2.4, Univ. of Nebraska Press(2016)
    Authored by H. Sharif Williams, PhD
    "Uses of the interstitial as power: Black bisexual men building maroon health"
    “Uses of the interstitial as power: Black bisexual men building maroon health”
    Black LGBT Health in the United States: At the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation, Lexington Books(2016)
    Authored by H. Sharif Williams, PhD
    Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men—An Anthology. Edited with Robyn Ochs.
    Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men—An Anthology. Edited with Robyn Ochs.
    Bisexual Resource Center(2014)
    Authored by H. Sharif Williams, PhD
    In the Heat: Towards a Phenomenology of Black Men Loving/Sexing Each Other." Black Genders and Sexualities. Eds Shaka McGlotten and Dána-Ain Davis.
    In the Heat: Towards a Phenomenology of Black Men Loving/Sexing Each Other.” Black Genders and Sexualities. Eds Shaka McGlotten and Dána-Ain Davis.
    Palgrave Macmillan(2012)
    Authored by H. Sharif Williams, PhD
    Sexuality, Religion and The Sacred: Bisexual, Polysexual, and Pansexual Perspectives. Edited with Loraine Hutchins.
    Sexuality, Religion and The Sacred: Bisexual, Polysexual, and Pansexual Perspectives. Edited with Loraine Hutchins.
    Routledge(2011)
    Authored by H. Sharif Williams, PhD
    "African men in the United States: Stories of race, gender, sexuality, and power." Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair/Body Politics in Africana Communities. Eds. Regina Spellers and Kimberly Moffitt.
    “African men in the United States: Stories of race, gender, sexuality, and power.” Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair/Body Politics in Africana Communities. Eds. Regina Spellers and Kimberly Moffitt.
    Hampton Press(2010)
    Authored by H. Sharif Williams, PhD
    "Black Mama Sauce: Embodied Transformative Education." Innovations in Transformative Learning. Eds. Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Beth, Kathy Dee Geller, and Steven A. Schapiro.
    “Black Mama Sauce: Embodied Transformative Education.” Innovations in Transformative Learning. Eds. Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Beth, Kathy Dee Geller, and Steven A. Schapiro.
    Peter Lang(2009)
    Authored by H. Sharif Williams, PhD
    Conjuring Black Funk: Notes on Culture, Sexuality and Spirituality, Volume I
    Conjuring Black Funk: Notes on Culture, Sexuality and Spirituality, Volume I
    Vintage Entity Press(2007)
    Authored by H. Sharif Williams, PhD

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