He joined the staff of The UWI, Mona in 2006 as Lecturer in the Department of Management Studies and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2010. He was appointed Head of Department in 2010 and Deputy Executive Director of the merged entity Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) in 2012.
Professor Williams has established an impressive record of high quality work and distinguished himself as a scholar, publishing over 40 refereed papers on economic development, small firms’ strategy and international competitiveness in academic journals and conference proceedings. He is also the author of two books.In 2013, he was awarded the prize for the most outstanding researcher in the Faculty of Social Sciences at The UWI, Mona Campus and he was also the recipient of the Principal’s Award for Best Publication – Books (2010).
Densil Williams has focused his scholarly attention on how small and medium-sized enterprises from developing economies can internationalize their operations in order to improve their chance of survival. His work is highly respected locally, regionally and internationally as an expert in these important areas of International Business.
Professor Williams has made significant contributions to leadership and administration at The UWI, Mona Campus. He served on the steering committee for the Mona Campus accreditation, as campus coordinator for the 2012-2017 strategic plan and as Faculty Coordinator for the suite of Business in Global Environment courses for the former Mona School of Business while still lecturing in the then Department of Management Studies (DOMS).He is also well respected as a teacher at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, developing two new courses in Corporate Strategy and International Entrepreneurship and redesigning others. The first MSc Taxation programme in the region, as well as the first MSc in Agricultural Entrepreneurship were launched under his leadership of DOMS. He also led the design of the first co-opt programme (student internship) in Accounting in Jamaica, negotiated with ABASA to have the first set of South African students join the MSc in Accounting, and streamlined the teaching arrangements in the Department which delivered a saving of over J$30million.
As Deputy ED of MSBM, Professor Williams was responsible for the research portfolio of the school which saw a 50 percent increase in research output. He also led the development of the first strategic plan for the new school of business and management and led the first extensive revision of the DBA programme.
