Thomas Williams & Georgetown University Professor

Thomas Williams

Isabelle A. and Henry D. Martin Professor of Medieval Philosophy

Thomas Williams is the Isabelle A. and Henry D. Martin Professor of Medieval Philosophy. He received his BA from Vanderbilt University in 1988 and his PhD from the University of Notre Dame in 1994. He comes to Georgetown from the University of South Florida, where he taught for sixteen years following nine years at the University of Iowa. He began his career with the Jesuits at Creighton University and is happy to be returning to the world of Jesuit education.

An Episcopal priest, Prof. Williams has served for several years as the Canon Theologian of the Cathedral Church of St Peter in St Petersburg, Florida. He is an avid choral singer and a reasonably competent pianist. His husband, Marty Gould, is Associate Professor of English at the University of South Florida, specializing in Victorian literature. Thomas and Marty have an American Pit Bull Terrier named Tess.