Castle Williams

Castle Williams graduated with his Ph.D. in Geography in August 2020. He recently joined Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs as a Social Scientist contractor for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), and the Weather Program Office (WPO) where he supports the Social Science and Forecasting a Continuum of Environmental Threats (FACETS) programs. As the Social Science Research-to-Operations Coordinator, Castle provides scientific, technical, and programmatic services to the WPO Social Science and FACETs program manager, coordinates closely with the Social Science and FACETs program coordinators to effectively develop, plan, implement and track actively funded projects, acts as a social and behavioral science subject matter expert, and in particular, is tasked with transitioning relevant social and behavioral science research into NOAA and National Weather Service operations.