Each year the Williams Institute selects six Fellows whose work is in the forefront of scholarship in six domains crucial to the revitalization of low-income communities. Each Fellow produces an original article for publication in the Williams Review. 

The inaugural issue of the Williams Review was published in 2006. Those articles are available for download in the bottom pane of this page. 

2007 Williams Review Articles:

Housing: Riccardo Bodini, MA, MPP, Regional Effects and Convergence in Dallas Neighborhood Markets

Health: Kathryn Cardarelli, PhD, Kelly Ylitalo, and Rachael Jackson, Policy Approaches to Health Equity: Fundamental Determinants and Increased Diversity

Economics: Wenhua Di, PhD, Jielai Ma, and James Murdoch, PhD, The Impact of the Mortgage Assistance Program in Dallas, Texas

Education: Magnus Lofstrom, PhD, Why Are Hispanic and African American Dropout Rates So High?

Crime: Vernetta P. Young, PhD, Charles B. Adams, Sean J. Goliday, and Terri Fuller-Adams, PhD, Uncovering the Cost of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Dallas County

The inaugural issue of the Williams Review was published in 2006.  Please click on the links below to download the articles.

Inaugural 2005-2006 Williams Review Articles:

Economics:  James C. Murdoch, PhD, Framing the Economic Potential of the Dallas Area

Crime & Safety:  Helen Taylor-Greene, PhD, Prisoner Reentry and Transition in Dallas, Texas

Social Capital:  Carolyn Smith-Morris, PhD, Applying Social Capital: An Application of The World Bank Social Capital Assessment Tool (SOCAT) in a Poor, Multiethnic Urban Setting

Housing:  Roxanne Ezzet-Lofstrom, PhD, The Effect of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Units on Residential Property Value in Dallas County

Health:  Harvey Brenner, PhD, Health Inequalities in the Era of the Knowledge Economy 

Education:  Angela Valenzuela, PhD, The Disappearance of High School English Language Learners from Texas High Schools

Executive Summaries of each article are also available for download.