Prof. Williford’s teaching and research interests include social movements, globalization, gender, indigenous peoples, and Latin America. Her dissertation research, on the Amazonian indigenous movement in Ecuador and its transnational connections with organizations in the U.S., was awarded a National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant. She has authored and co-authored articles in journals such as the Journal of World-Systems Research, Theory in Action, Sociology Compass, and International Journal of Contemporary Sociology. She is a member of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) and Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS). She currently serves as Chair of the Global Division in SSSP. At Manhattanville, she is Director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program and faculty advisor to the Connie Hogarth Center.

Social Problems
Indigenous Peoples
Models of Social and Economic Justice

Sociology, Ph.D., Purdue University
Sociology, M.S., Purdue University
Sociology, B.A., Wesleyan College