Tiffanesha Williams
Comparative Politics. International Relations. Southeast Asian Politics.
Awards and Honors
SREB Doctoral Scholars Program MU Division of IDE August 2018
Edith Taylor Therrien Award MU Department of Poli. Sci. May 2018
John D. Bies International Travel Award MU Office of Graduate Studies April 2018
MU Rollins Society Inductee University of Missouri April 2018
AIFIS CAORC/ECA Fellow Cornell University June 2017-October 2018
Gus T. Ridgel Fellow University of Missouri August 2014-
Fulbright Hays Fellowship COTI-Universitas Satya Wacana Summer 2014
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)-Indonesia U.S. Department of State Summer 2013
Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Northern Illinois University June 2012-Ma
IC-Center for Academic Excellence Scholar Creighton University May 2012
IC-CAE Study Abroad Grant-Singapore Creighton University July 2011 – August 2011
Pre-law Undergraduate Scholarship (PLUS) Chicago Kent-College of Law June 2009
Spirit of Ignatius Scholarship Creighton University August 2008 – May 2012
SEEDS Scholarship (TRIO) Creighton University August 2008-May 2012
Conference Presentations
”Colonial Educational Attainment and Contemporary Outputs in State Capacity.”
Presented at Midwest Political Science Association, 2019, Chicago, IL.
“Heirlooms of Colonialism: Dutch Colonial Education Policy and Post-Colonial Governance.”
Organized Panel and Presented at Midwest Association of Asian Studies, 2018, St. Paul, MN.
"Conflict Prevention? Exploring the Effectiveness of River Basin Organizations in Mediating Riparian Conflict." Presented at Midwest Political Science Association, 2018, Chicago, IL.
"State Capacity and Colonial Settlement." Presented at Midwest Political Science Association, 2017, Chicago, IL.
"Expanding the Borders of Protest: Scholarship, Activism, and Collaboration." Presented at the 4th Annual Black Doctoral Network Conference, 2016, Atlanta, GA.
"Heirlooms of the Colonialism: State Capacity in Post-Colonial States". Lecture presented at Northern Illinois University-Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2016, Dekalb, IL.
“Militarization and Governance: A Comparative Analysis of Regime Type and State Capacity.” Presented at Midwest Political Science Association, 2016, Chicago, IL.
“Appendages of the Past: Colonialism, Institutional Development, and State Capacity.” Presented at Midwest Political Science Association, 2015, Chicago, IL.
“Re-Imagining State Formation and Colonial Policy.” Presented at NIU Center for Southeast Asian Studies Student Research Conference, 2014, Dekalb, IL.
“Re-Imagining State Formation and Political Legitimacy.” Presented at Southeast Asia Program Cornell Graduate Student Conference, 2014, Ithaca, NY.
“Freshwater Conflict and Cooperative Agreements among Southeast Asian Countries”. Presented at NIU CSEAS Student Research Conference. 2013, Dekalb, IL.
“Freshwater Resource Conflict and Cooperation in Southeast Asian Riparian States.” Presented at Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) Research Conference, 2012, Madison, WI.
“Freshwater Resource Conflict and Cooperation in Southeast Asian Riparian States.” Presented at Midwest Political Science Undergraduate Research Conference, 2012, Omaha, NE.
Memberships
Association for Black Graduate and Professional Students (ABGPS)-President 2016-2019
Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS)
Intelligence Community-Centers for Academic Excellence- Scholar (IC-CAE)
Critical Language Scholarship Alumni (CLS)
NIU Academic Diversity Advisory Committee (ADPAC)
National Forensics League (NFL)
National Forensics Association (NFA)