Mason B. Williams

Chair of Leadership Studies, Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Political Science, Faculty Affiliate in History

[email protected]

413-597-2711

Schapiro Hall Rm 225

Education

B.A. Princeton University, History (2006)
M.A. Columbia University, History (2009)
Ph.D. Columbia University, History (2012)

Courses

LEAD 155 / PSCI 155(F) SEM

Visionaries, Pragmatists, and Demagogues: An Introduction to Leadership Studies

LEAD 205 / PSCI 212 / HIST 272(S) LEC

From Tocqueville to Trump: Leadership and the Making of American Democracy

PSCI 215 / LEAD 215 / HIST 271 SEM

Race and Inequality in the American City (not offered 2025/26)

PSCI 310 / LEAD 332 / HIST 356(F) SEM

New York City Politics: The Urban Crisis to the Pandemic

LEAD 313 / PSCI 304(S) TUT

The Rise of American Democracy, 1910-1965

LEAD 320 / PSCI 320 SEM

Heroes and Villains: Iconic Leadership and the Politics of Memory (not offered 2025/26)

LEAD 369 / PSCI 369 SEM

The Crisis of Leadership (not offered 2025/26)

LEAD 425 / PSCI 357 SEM

Senior Seminar: Leadership and the Anxieties of Democracy (not offered 2025/26)

Current Committees

Faculty Interview Panel