Robin B. Williams, Ph.D.

Robin B. Williams, Ph.D.
Chair, Architectural History Department
Savannah College of Art & Design
rwilliam@scad.edu / www.scad.edu

Robin B. Williams earned his B.A. at the University of Toronto and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on architectural history. He has taught at the Savannah College of Art and Design since 1993, chairing the Architectural History department since 1995. His teaching and research interests include the ways in which social and political power shapes the built environment, the history of street and sidewalk pavements, and Savannah’s urban plan and architecture—lead authoring the guidebook Buildings of Savannah of 2016 and co-authoring, with David Gobel, a forthcoming book entitled Learning from Savannah that analyzes the evolution of Savannah’s famous urban plan and its influence on the city’s architecture and what lessons the city holds for other places.