Chair, Research & Analysis Subcommittee, Ohio Attorney

Celia Williamson, Ph.D.

Professor

Social Work Department

Chair, Research & Analysis Subcommittee, Ohio Attorney

General’s Human Trafficking Commission

Founder, Lucas County Human Trafficking Coalition

Founder, Second Chance Program for Prostituted and Trafficked Women & Youth, 1993

President, Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars

Director, Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute, University of Toledo

Co-Chair, Human Trafficking Conference – University of Toledo

Managing Editor, Journal of Human Trafficking

Bio Sketch

Dr. Williamson received her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Toledo, her Masters Degree in Social Work from Case Western Reserve University and her Ph.D. from Indiana University.

Dr. Williamson founded the first program for domestic sex trafficking victims in Ohio in 1993. Williamson completed 9 studies, 19 articles/reports, and edited 2 books on prostitution and sex trafficking around the world. She has been funded by the DOJ or NIH from 2002 to 2012 to conduct research in this area. Williamson hosts the oldest annual academic conference on human trafficking in the nation. She founded the local Lucas County Human Trafficking Coalition, Chairs the Research and Analysis Committee for Ohio’s State Anti-Trafficking Commission, and is an Editorial Manager for the Journal of Human Trafficking.

Dr. Williamson is President of the Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars and is the Director of the University of Toledo’s Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute.

Dr. Williamson has appeared in several news articles and broadcast news segments speaking on the topic of prostitution and trafficking including ABC Primetime. Dr. Williamson also currently serves as chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work, and Legal Specialties.

Human Trafficking Conference

www.traffickingconference.com

Lucas County Human Trafficking Coalition

http://lchtc.org/

Ohio Attorney General Anti-Trafficking Commission

http://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/humantrafficking.aspx