Alan Williams, BA

Media Specialist, Acentia
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Division of Violence Prevention
4770 Buford Hwy NE
Atlanta, GA
USA 30341

Biographical Sketch: Alan Williams serves as Media Specialist in CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention, leading social and traditional media efforts for the Division of Violence Prevention. Among his digital communications interests has been increasing Facebook engagement and social actions surrounding the five main types of violence — suicide, child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence — with compelling content strategy based in metrics evaluation.

Papers:
3249.0 I vetoviolence: Using social media to change the violence prevention conversation