Alvin Williams is interim Dean of the College of Business and Professor of Marketing at The University of Southern Mississippi, where he has worked since 1980. Williams served as Department Chair from 1988-2005. He is past President, Society for Marketing Advances. He currently serves as Editor of the Journal of Supply Chain Management.
Williams has conducted over 350 presentations and seminars for supply management and marketing professionals in the U.S., Europe, South Africa, and China. He has published in various academic and professional journals in marketing and supply management, including Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Management Review, and Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management. Williams earned a BS degree at the University of Southern Mississippi, MA degree from the University of Alabama, and the Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas.