The University at Buffalo Department of Surgery presents the 4th Annual Beyond the Knife Lecture in Social Justice and Health Equity.

Speaker: Professor Deadric T. Williams 

Title: Structural Racism and Persistent Racial Inequality 

Deadric T. Williams, PhD is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A scholar on the rise, Dr. Williams’s research lies at the intersection of racism, families, and inequality. His current work has garnered attention for its radical reimagining of racial inequality in family life, which not only critiques conventional approaches but also offers a path forward by applying critical race theory to family research. Dr. Williams’s work has been published in the Journal of Marriage and Family; Journal of Family Issues; Family Relations; Social Problems; and Population Research and Policy Review, among others. Dr. Williams is also engaged in public scholarship, with articles featured in The Nation and The Conversation.

Dr. Williams earned his doctorate in sociology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. During his studies, he was named an American Sociological Association Minority Fellow. Upon completion of his doctorate, he was a postdoctoral researcher in minority health disparities at the University of Nebraska. Dr. Williams was recently selected as a prestigious William T. Grant Scholar, and his research has also been supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.