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.