Antoinette Ellis-Williams, MPA, PhD, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs with a master of Public Administration and ear...ver maisAntoinette Ellis-Williams, MPA, PhD, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs with a master of Public Administration and earned her PhD from Cornell University, School of Human Ecology. Dr. Ellis-Williams is currently the director of the Lee Hagan Africana Studies Center and professor of women's and gender studies at New Jersey City University (NJCU). She is also a minister at Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. Some of her recent publications include "Discovering the Possibilities: A Study of African American Youth Resistance and Activism" and the poem “Letter from Mama Olewagi.” Dr. Ellis-Williams is executive producer, director, research methodologist, writer, assistant editor, and narrator for the documentary Connecting Generations: The Lee Hagan’s Legacy. She is an active member in the community, serving on several boards including as immediate past president of the board of trustees for East Orange, New Jersey, Hospital Association Governance Committee; the regional policy board for the American Hospital Association (AHA); New Jersey Hospital Association board of trustees; board of directors for the Coretta Scott King Humanitarian Group; and the board of the New Jersey Institute of Social Justice.ver menos