Assistant Professor
4544 Social and Sciences Behavioral Gateway
dewaynpw@uci.edu
Key Research Areas
Social health psychology; Health disparities; Psychophysiology; Discrimination; Stigma; Prejudice; Stereotyping; Stress and health; Self-regulation
Biography
Dr. DeWayne Williams is an Assistant Professor of Psychological Science at the University of California, Irvine. With a broad interest in social health psychology, Dr. Williams’ research specifically focuses on social psychological factors and physiological mechanisms underpinning self-regulation, heath, and heath disparities found between African and European Americans.
Dr. Williams completed his undergraduate, M.A., and Ph.D. in psychology at The Ohio State University. His dissertation, completed in 2017 with a focus on psychophysiology, was on Ethnicity, Sex, and Vagal Activity: Differences in Hemodynamics Underlying Long-Term Blood Pressure Regulation. He also completed two years of post-doctoral training at The Ohio State University. Dr. Williams was also awarded the Chancellor’s ADVANCE Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Education
Ph.D. in Psychology; The Ohio State University, Columbus OH
M.A. in Psychology; The Ohio State University, Columbus OH
B.A. in Psychology; The Ohio State University, Columbus OH