LaShawn C. Williams

LASHAWN C. WILLIAMS {[email protected]} is an assistant professor in the social work program at Utah Valley University. She has endeavored to create community spaces for conversations around race, racism and anti-racism for 20 years. She leads the Black LDS Legacy Committee in its annual conference on Black History and contemporary lived experiences of Black Latter-Day Saints. Her research focuses on relationships and the racial socialization experiences of parents in predominant faith communities.

Articles

Mormonism and White Supremacy As White Mormon Scholarship

Joanna Brooks’ Mormonism and White Supremacy is certain to engage readers who have opinions about (white) Mormon theology, (white) Mormon culture, (white) Mormon people or white American, anti-black supremacy as a concept and sociohistorical practice.…

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Podcasts

Dialogue Book of Mormon Gospel Study with LaShawn Williams on Alma 5–7

Dr. LaShawn Williams is a lifelong member of the church by way of a Southern, African-American part-member, military family. Read more

Dialogue Old Testament Gospel Study with LaShawn Williams on Abraham

Dr. LaShawn Williams is a lifelong member of the church by way of a Southern, African-American part-member, military family. She is a licensed clinical social worker and owner of Relational Spaces, her private practice located in Orem, Utah where… Read more