2022-Present | MFA Candidate in Photography, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
2021 | MA Candidate, Southern Studies, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS |
2020 | BA, Fine Arts and History, Concentration in Photography, Departmental Honors in History, Haverford College, Haverford, PA |
2022-Present | Instructor of Record in Photography, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
2021-Present | Photography Lab Monitor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
2021-2022 | Photography Teaching Assistant, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
2022 | Public Programs Intern, Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, New Orleans, LA |
2021 | Southern Studies Teaching Assistant, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS |
2021 | Darkroom Monitor, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS |
2017-2020 | Photography Teaching Assistant and Lab Monitor, Haverford College, Haverford, PA |
2023 | Jewish Alabama Folklife Fellowship, Alabama Folklife Association |
2023 | Graduate Student Scholarly & Creative Activity Support Fund, LSU School of Art |
2022 | Rabbi Allen Krause Endowment Grant, Southern Jewish Historical Society |
2022 | Project Grant, Texas Jewish Historical Society |
2021 | Excellence in Inclusivity Fellowship, University of Mississippi |
2020 | Fotofika 2020 All-Star, Reviewed by David Hume Kennerly and Leah Ollman |
2020, 2019 | The Student Arts Fund, John B. Hurford Center for Arts and Humanities, Haverford College |
2023 | We had to know who we were; We had to know who we weren’t, Temple Beth Or, in partnership with the Alabama Folklife Association, Montgomery, AL |
2023 | the in between, Gallery 229, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
2022 | We had to know who we were; We had to know who we weren’t, Gallery 229, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
2021 | Finding Home, Hey! Cafe (as part of PhotoNOLA), New Orleans, LA |
2024 | Home Sweet Home, VanDernoot Gallery at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, Curated by Jessica Burko |
2023 | Society for Photographic Education South Central/South East Member’s Show, Schley Gallery in the Corn Center for the Visual Arts at Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, Juried by Erin Dunn |
2023 | Home Sweet Home, Analog Forever Magazine (online), Juried by Jessica Burko https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/online-exhibitions/home-sweet-home-september-2023 |
2023 | Slow Exposures, Stricklands, Concord, GA and The Cochran Gallery, LaGrange, GA, Juried by Aline Smithson and Alexa Dilworth |
2023 | Reveal, Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA |
2023 | TPS 31: The International Exhibition, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery at The University of Texas Permian Basin, Odessa, TX, Juried by Charlotte Cotton |
2023 | Louisiana, Gallery 229, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Juried by Jessica Just and Gabi Magaly |
2023 | LSU Graduate Open Studios, Baton Rouge, LA |
2022 | Society for Photographic Education South Central Student Showcase, Donna Service Gallery at Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier City, LA, Juried by Stefan Nodarse |
2022 | Why LSU from an Artist's Point of View, Union Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Curated by Cecelia Mosely |
2022 | With A Little Help From My Friends, Yes We Cannibal, Baton Rouge, LA |
2021 | Southern Studies Fall Student Showcase, The Powerhouse, Oxford, MS |
2020 | Love In All Forms, Analog Forever Magazine (online), Juried by Rashod Taylor https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/online-exhibitions/love-in-all-forms-december-2020 |
2020 | 2020 Senior Thesis Exhibition (online), Haverford College, Haverford, PA |
2018 | Stories That Live, The Rohr Center for Jewish Life, Haverford, PA |
2022-Present | President of Shutterpunks (LSU Photography Club) |
2023 | Photography and New Media Fellowship Reviewer, Alabama State Council on the Arts |
2023 | Photographs commissioned for the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life |
2019-2020 | Student Photographer, Haverford College, Haverford, PA |
2018 | Photography Intern, Muslala, Jerusalem, Israel |
2023 | “A River of Time: Jewish Memory Practices in Alabama,” Tributaries Vol 16, Journal of the Alabama Folklife Association, Images published alongside an essay by Dr. Daniel Levine |
2023 | “Louisiana,” Shutterpunks Volume 5, publication of the LSU Photography Club |
2023 | “Meet Emily Williams,” CanvasRebel, Online Publication https://canvasrebel.com/meet-emily-williams-3/ |
2023 | “Blue,” Shutterpunks Volume 4, publication of the LSU Photography Club |
2023 | “Feature: Emily Williams,” Deep Red Press, Online Publication https://www.deepredpress.com/features/2023/emily-rena-williams |
2022 | Parish Epiphany: King Cake Bakers of South Louisiana, The Southern Foodways Alliance, Online Publication https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/parish-epiphany/ |
2019 | “West Philly, Baby!” Margin Journal, Hurford Center for Arts and Humanities, Haverford College |
2024 | Invited Speaker, "Art at Lunch: Photography and Protest," LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
2023 | Invited Speaker/Guest Critic, “We had to know who we were; We had to know who we weren’t and the in between,” Temple College, Temple, TX |
2023 | Invited speaker, “Lunchtime Lagniappe” Series, Capitol Park Museum, Baton Rouge, LA |
2023 | “Outside the Archival Boxes: Art and Oral Histories Enriching Jewish Studies Scholarship” Panel with Jillian Glantz and Gabrielle Lyle, Southern Jewish Historical Society Conference, Rice University, Houston, TX |
2023 | Invited Speaker, “We had to know who we were; We had to know who we weren’t,” Online lecture, Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center Sisterhood, Pasadena, CA |
2023 | Invited Speaker/Guest Critic, “The Photographer as Historian,” Metairie Park Country Day School, Metairie, LA |
2022 | “Jewish Race and Place in the Deep South,” Society for Photographic Education South Central Conference, Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier City, LA |
2022 | “Current Research - Photographer and Oral Historian Emily Williams,” Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, New Orleans, LA |