Celia Williamson, Ph.D.ProfessorSocial Work DepartmentChair, Research & Analysis Subcommittee, Ohio AttorneyGeneral’s Human Trafficking CommissionFounder, Lucas County Human Trafficking CoalitionFounder, Second Chance Program for Prostituted and Trafficked Women & Youth, 1993President, National Research Consortium on Commercial Sexual ExploitationDirector, Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute, University of ToledoCo-Chair, Human Trafficking Conference – University of ToledoManaging Editor, Journal of Human Trafficking

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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, 17 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 National Research Consortium on Commercial Sexual Exploitation 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 continues to teach and take on interns that are interested in the issue of human trafficking and social justice.

Human Trafficking Conferencewww.traffickingconference.com

Lucas County Human Trafficking Coalitionhttp://lchtc.org/

Ohio Attorney General Anti-Trafficking Commissionhttp://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/humantrafficking.aspx