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Roger Williams, PhD

Roger Williams, PhD

Associate Professor

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    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

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Biography

Dr. Williams received his BA from Anderson University in secondary education, social studies and sociology. His master’s degree in psychological counseling is from the University of Notre Dame. He earned his PhD in psychology from Indiana State University where he was the Imogene E. Okes. He completed a predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship in geropsychology and neuropsychology at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock, AR. After completion of his clinical training in 1997, he was appointed to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as Assistant Professor and Director of Neuropsychology Service. In 2005, he joined Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock Division as the Director of Postdoctoral Training. Dr. Williams also served as neuropsychologist for the Battle Creek VA Medical Center. Dr. Williams is presently a psychologist at the Spinal Cord Injury Division and Ethics Consult Co-Coordinator of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee. His specialties are mentoring, supervision, ethics, neuropsychology and rehabilitation.

Research Interests

Dr. Williams is a Fellow of the Arkansas Psychological Association, Phi Delta Kappa and Veterans Health Administration Certified Mentors. His academic interests include mentoring, ethics, spinal cord injury and related disorders, neuropsychological assessment, dementia and related disorders, neuropsychological effects of pharmacological interventions, multi-disciplinary training, clinical supervision, movement disorders, as well as chronically debilitating medical and psychiatric disorders. His teaching efforts include psychology graduate students, interns and fellows. He’s also active in medical student and resident education in ethics, rehabilitation and spinal cord injury at the VA Medical Center.

Publications

  • (Williams RD, Brundage JA, Williams EB.) J Health Serv Psychol. 2020;46(2):65-69 PMID: 32363349 PMCID: PMC7195905 05/05/2020

  • (Brundage, J., Williams, E., & Williams, R. D. .) Association of VA Psychologist Leaders Newsletter. Brundage, J., Williams, E., & Williams, R. D. (2017, February). Milwaukee Spinal Cord Injury: The Power of the Peer Provider. Association of VA Psychologist Leaders Newsletter, 5 (1), p. 8-9. 02/01/2017

  • (Williams, R. D..) [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://vaww.visn12.portal.va.gov/miw/div/nf/DPQ/default.aspx. Williams, R. D. (2016, November 23). The Month of Gratitude. [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://vaww.visn12.portal.va.gov/miw/div/nf/DPQ/default.aspx 11/23/2016

  • (Brundage, J., Drewniak, T., Larsen, S. E., Larson, E., Mayor, R., Smith, H., Tucker, K., Williams, E., & Williams, R. D..) Association of VA Psychologist Leaders Newsletter. Brundage, J., Drewniak, T., Larsen, S. E., Larson, E., Mayor, R., Smith, H., Tucker, K., Williams, E., & Williams, R. D. (2016, January). Milwaukee VAMC Psychology Advancement Workgroup Activities. Association of VA Psychologist Leaders Newsletter, 4 (1), p. 3. 01/01/2016

  • (Williams, R. D. & Tobin, P. J.) Sexuality and Disability. Williams, R. D. & Tobin, P. J. (2015). Nancy J. Hirschmann and Beth Linker: Civil Disabilities: Citizenship, Membership, and Belonging. Sexuality and Disability, 33 (4). 553-557. Published first online September 1, 2015. 11/15/2015

  • (Brundage, J., Drewniak, T., Larsen, S. E., Larson, E., Mayor, R., Smith, H., Walker, K., Williams, E., & Williams, R. D..) Association of VA Psychologist Leaders Newsletter. Brundage, J., Drewniak, T., Larsen, S. E., Larson, E., Mayor, R., Smith, H., Walker, K., Williams, E., & Williams, R. D. (2015, June). Formation of the Milwaukee VAMC Psychology Advancement Workgroup. Association of VA Psychologist Leaders Newsletter, 3, p. 9. 06/01/2015

  • (Williams, R. D..) The Arkansas Psychologist. Williams, R. D. (2008) APA’s Council Reaffirms its Stance Against Torture: 06/01/2008

  • (Williams, R. D. .) The Arkansas Psychologist. Williams, R. D. (2007) APA’s Council of Representatives Names Specific Torture Methods that Should be Prohibited. The Arkansas Psychologist, 47 (1), 10. 06/01/2007

  • (Cole CS, Williams EB, Williams RD.) Medsurg Nurs. 2006 Apr;15(2):71-6 PMID: 16700244 05/17/2006

  • (Williams, R. D. .) The Arkansas Psychologist. Williams, R. D. (2006) APA Council of Representatives Column. The Arkansas Psychologist, 46 (1), 11-12. 01/07/2019

  • (Segal JB, Williams R, Kraut MA, Hart J Jr.) Neurology. 2003 Jul 22;61(2):252-4 PMID: 12874412 07/23/2003