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Contents 1 Monnica T. Williams 1.1 Education 1.2 Professional Experience 1.3 Research Interests

[edit] Monnica T. Williams

Monnica T. Williams, Ph.D., is a mental health clinician and researcher.

[edit] Education

Dr.. Williams graduated from MIT in 1992, with an SB degree in Electrical Engineering (Biomedical Technology) and a minor in Writing. She completed psychology courses at UCLA (1997-2000), where she attended as a part-time student. She obtained a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Virginia in 2003, with an emphasis in Adult Psychopathology. She completed her Ph.D. in 2007 at the University of Virginia, where her dissertation was on the assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder in African Americans.

[edit] Professional Experience

Dr. Williams worked for five years as a programmer-analyst at the UCLA Parallel Computing Laboratory (1995-2000). She has served as a volunteer crisis counselor (1990-1996) and a psychotherapist (since 2001), with a primary cognitive-behavioral orientation. She completed a clinical psychology internship at McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital site (2006-2007), where she received additional training in psychodynamic techniques. Dr. Williams has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Virginia, where she taught several psychology courses, including Abnormal Psychology. She currently holds an Assistant Professorship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She also does freelance web development work.

[edit] Research Interests

Dr. Williams research interests include race (African Americans, health disparities), gender (reproductive issues, pregnancy), mental illness (anxiety disorders, severe syndromes), and computers in psychology (web-based data collection, computer interventions). She has published research in peer-reviewed journals in these areas and also runs several educational websites.