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The Sex Offender Housing Dilemma: Community Activism, Safety, and Social Justice

The Sex Offender Housing Dilemma: Community Activism, Safety, and Social Justice

No community wants to house a sex offender. This book reveals the origins and characteristics of community responses to sexually violent predators.

2018

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The Magic of Reframing a Day Off as a Zero Day

At the end of January, I worked furiously to meet two deadlines. The first involved rewriting a previous post as a short essay for…

3 min readFeb 15, 2023

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A picture of the author wearing a backpack with a field of green and a mountain in the background.

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An Atalantean Effort

I love rabbit holes. Not literal places where rabbits live, but the figurative kind. As a writer, I can start the day in one place, follow…

5 min readDec 1, 2022

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An Atalantean Effort

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Think you know how to read a political poll? Think again.

It’s polling season again. News media is rife with stories about the results of polls trying to show who’s ahead in political races across…

5 min readOct 18, 2022

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If the 2022 general election for the U.S. Senate were held today, who would you vote for? (randomized head to head) Image shows the results: 41% for Mike Lee (Republican), 37% Evan McMullin (Independent), 1% James Arthur Hansen (Libertarian), 2% Tommy Williams (Independent American), 5% Other, 12% Don’t know. Deseret News/Hickley Institute Poll.

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Living Untitled

I’ve written in a previous post about my decision to resign from my tenured professor position. Recently, I’ve begun my “separation” from…

7 min readMay 20, 2022

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Living Untitled

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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to … raft?

Fire ants and surfing. Before today, I never would have thought I’d be writing about these two things in the same post. But, here we are…

7 min readMay 2, 2022

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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to … raft?

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What’s next?

Let’s start with the news. I’ve resigned from my job as a tenured professor.

6 min readMar 28, 2022

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Goldfish staring into camera, mouth open, eyes on sides of head

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Life in academia: When imposter syndrome triggers a trauma response

I’ve been on sabbatical for almost three months now. I started with an intentionally unstructured process with three main goals for each…

9 min readMar 26, 2021

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Life in academia: When imposter syndrome triggers a trauma response

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How the story of the “pure” rape killed Utah’s proposed affirmative consent bill (HB78)

Note: This article discusses rape, sexual assault, and rape myths.

13 min readFeb 24, 2021

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How the story of the “pure” rape killed Utah’s proposed affirmative consent bill (HB78)

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Monica Williams

Monica Williams

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Monica Williams (monicajwilliams.com) is a Utah-based feminist sociologist who writes about gender and body issues, policing, rape, and sexual assault.

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