Jeffry A. Will

Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Distributive Justice, Research Methods, Poverty and Public Policy

Dr. Jeffry A. Will is an Associate Professor of Sociology and is currently the Director of the Northeast Florida Center for Community Initiatives and serves as Director of Research and Director of Urban and Strategic Initiatives at The Florida Center For Public Policy and Leadership. Jeffry joined the UNF faculty in 1993. He earned his undergraduate degree at Ball State University in Muncie Indiana, and his masters and doctorate degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In 1996 Dr. Will, along with Drs. Charles E. Owens and Henry Camp, established the Northeast Florida Center For Community Initiatives to provide research and evaluation support for agencies and communities throughout the region and the nation. Since that time, research faculty working within CCI have been responsible for over $1.8 million in research contracts and grants.

Dr Will’s primary areas of research concern poverty, inequality and public policy. He has authored or co-authored two books, nine refereed articles and book chapters, more than thirty research reports, and presented over two-dozen research papers since 1990. In addition to his work at UNF, Dr. Will is on the Board of Directors for the Clara White Mission. He has previously served on the Advisory Board for the Health Care for the Homeless Clinics in Jacksonville, and worked as a consultant and coordinator for the annual Homeless Census and Survey in Jacksonville from 1994 - 2000. Dr. Will was also a member of the Leadership Jacksonville Y2K Class.

Contact information:
Office: 51/2219
Phone: 904-620-1657
Email: jwill@unf.edu

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