Richard N. Williams

Richard N. Williams is the founding director of the Wheatley Institution, serving since 2007. From 2001 to 2008, he served as an associate academic vice president for faculty at BYU. He is a professor in the BYU Psychology Department, which he joined in 1981. Williams has authored, coauthored, or edited numerous journal articles and books. He has been a visiting faculty member at Duquesne University and at Georgetown University. He holds an MS and PhD from Purdue University in psychological science and is a summa cum laude graduate of Brigham Young University.