Engagement Practice Advisor

Kristin N. Williams, PhD

Kristin N. Williams is a sociologist, former professor, and researcher whose work spans academia, consulting, and community engagement. As Founder and Principal Consultant of NineteenEleven, she helps local governments, nonprofits, and advocacy organizations design surveys, engagement processes, and listening strategies that produce information that is meaningful, actionable, and defensible. Kristin's focus is bridging the social sciences and community engagement — bringing evidence-based methods into practice while keeping research grounded in the realities practitioners face every day. A recipient of the 2021 Marvin Collins Planning Engagement Award (APA–North Carolina), she holds IAP2, GARE, and Racial Equity Institute training. Her perspective helps ensure CE Canvas strengthens the quality of the information behind engagement decisions, and that AI creates more space for human judgement rather than replacing it.