Larry Williams, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Management
PFF instructor – GRAD 605, business and management sciences

Larry J. Williams, Ph.D., joined the faculty of Virginia Commonwealth University as a professor of management in August 1997. He previously served as associate professor and Jay Ross Young Faculty Scholar at the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University and, more recently, as the Fisher Distinguished Scholar in the Industrial/Organizational Psychology program at the University of Tennessee. His main research interests involve the application of structural equation methods to various substantive and methodological concerns.

Williams served as the founding editor of Organizational Research Methods, a journal sponsored by the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management and published quarterly by Sage. Williams has also served as chair for the RMD of the Academy of Management, and for seven years has been a member of the RMD Executive Committee. He previously served as consulting editor for the research methods and analysis section of the Journal of Management. He has been a member of the editorial boards of Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, and the Strategic Management Journal. Williams currently serves as director of the Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis, an interdisciplinary center devoted to helping faculty and students advance their knowledge of social science research methods and data analysis techniques. Since its inception, CARMA has hosted more than 40 events in a variety of formats, including colloquia speakers, visiting lecturers, half- and full-day workshops and three-day mini-conferences. CARMA currently has more than 400 members, with more than half from universities other than VCU.

Williams received his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the Indiana University School of Business.