• EDD, Curriculum & Instruction, University of South Dakota, 2022
• MA, Science Education, University of Iowa, 2011
• BA, Biology, St. Olaf College, 2009

• Minnesota Teaching License, Minnesota Department of Education
• South Dakota Teaching License, South Dakota Department of Education
• Standard Iowa Teaching License, Iowa Board of Educational Examiners

• Collaborative Research: Assessing current and future dust fluxes from the Northern Great Plains, U.S. with extreme climate variability and insights from the 1930s Dust Bowl drought , National Science Foundation, (2025 - 2028)
• Bolstering K-16 STEM Education and Community Engagement Across South Dakota – Building Capacity, Broadening Participation, Fostering Connections, and Strengthening the STEM Research Ecosystem, National Science Foundation, (2024 - Present)
• CTL Teaching and Learning Grant, Center for Teaching and Learning, (2023 - 2023)
• CTL Teaching and Learning Grant, Center for Teaching and Learning2022)
• Graduate Research and Creative Scholarship Grant, Graduate School2022)

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Strouse, Gabrielle, Opoku, Akua, Mourlam, Daniel, Newland, Lisa, Chesnut, Steven, and Williams, John. Educators’ Enacted Beliefs About the Use of Print and Digital Media in Early and Middle Childhood Classrooms, 233. Vol. 3 Discover Education, 2024. (DOI: 10.1007/s44217-024-00329-x)
• Williams, John. Considering it from all Angles: Preservice Teachers’ Perception of 360-degree Video use in the context of Self-Reflections, 1324-1329. Vol. 2024, Iss. 1 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2024.
• Williams, John. Gaining a New Perspective: A Pilot Program to use 360-degree Video for Student Teacher Self-reflections, 1330-1335. Vol. 2024, Iss. 1 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2024.
• Williams, John, Mourlam, Daniel, and Chesnut, Steven. Becoming ambitious from afar: Understanding teacher beliefs about implementing ambitious science teaching practices through a remotely delivered professional development workshop. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 2023.
• Williams, John, Reins, Kevin, and Hoefert, Branden. Robots for Science: Analysis of Preservice Teacher Outcomes through a Robotics and Coding Integration Unit in a K-8 Science Methods Course, 2342-2348. Vol. 2023, Iss. 1 Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2023.
• Williams, John, and Mourlam, Daniel. Professional Development Gone Remote: Analysis of In-Service Teacher Beliefs about the Implementation of Ambitious Science Teaching Practices and Science Teaching Self-Efficacy through a Workshop Delivered on Zoom , 272-277. Vol. 2022, Iss. 1 Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2022.

• Excellence in Research Award, USD School of Education, 2025
• Friend of Science Award, South Dakota Science Teachers Association, 2023
• Graduate Excellence in Teaching Award, First Place Recipient, University of South Dakota, 2022

• Williams, John, Engineering Success: Designing and Implementing a Middle School Engineering-Focused Teaching Internship Program for K-8 Preservice Teachers. Presented at the North Central Association for Science Teacher Education Conference, Cedar Falls, IA. (September 28, 2024)
• Williams, John, Considering it from all Angles: Preservice Teachers’ Perception of 360-degree Video use in the context of Self-Reflections. Presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference, Las Vegas, NV. (March 25, 2024)
• Williams, John, Gaining a New Perspective: A Pilot Program to use 360-degree Video for Student Teacher Self-reflections. Presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference, Las Vegas, NV. (March 25, 2024)
• Williams, John, Reins, Kevin, and Hoefert, Branden, Robots for Science: Analysis of Preservice Teacher Outcomes through a Robotics and Coding Integration Unit in a K-8 Science Methods Course. Presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference, New Orleans, LA. (March 2023)
• Williams, John, and Mourlam, Daniel, Professional Development Gone Remote: Analysis of In-Service Teacher Beliefs about the Implementation of Ambitious Science Teaching Practices and Science Teaching Self-Efficacy through a Workshop Delivered on Zoom. Presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference, San Diego, CA. (April 11, 2022)