Apryl Williams, Ph.D.

A headshot of Dr. Apryl Williams in front of a dark blue background angled a bit back from the camera.
University of Michigan
Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication & Media and the Digital Studies Institute

Dr. Apryl Williams is a jointly appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication & Media and the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan. Williams is also a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and a Senior Fellow in Trustworthy AI at the Mozilla Foundation. Dr. Williams’ expertise has been featured in Buzzfeed, Newsweek, Vogue, The Guardian, Time Magazine, and The Atlantic as well as leading academic journals including the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, the International Journal of CommunicationSocial Media and Society, and the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

Other Profiles you might like

Tracy Kerrins in front of a white background.

Tracy Kerrins

Tracy Kerrins is Chief Information Officer (CIO), Consumer Technology for Wells Fargo, and works with one of the world’s strongest information technology groups to keep

Read More »
A headshot of Mel Monier smiling in front of a white background

Mel Monier

Mel Monier (she/they; @moniermel) is a PhD student in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan. They use queer and intersectional

Read More »
Headshot of Dr. Khalia Braswell in a light blue blazer and white shit in front of a purple background.

Khalia Braswell, Ph.D.

Dr. Khalia M. Braswell is an award-winning technologist whose personal mission is to make social change using technology. Dr. Braswell graduated from North Carolina State

Read More »
A headshot of Carol Fletcher against a dark background

Carol Fletcher, Ph.D.

Dr. Carol Fletcher is Director of EPIC (Expanding Pathways in Computing) at UT Austin’s Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) where she oversees research and professional

Read More »
Scroll to Top