Dr. Alexandra McGarry Williams
Senior Research Manager, Litigation Surveys and Consumer Science, IMS Legal Strategies
PhD
Dr. Alexandra McGarry Williams, PhD, is a senior research manager on the litigation surveys and consumer science team at IMS Legal Strategies. She has extensive experience designing and conducting social science surveys, as well as qualitative research, including studies on sensitive subjects.
Dr. Williams completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the pediatrics department of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Her research has focused on voter responses to negative advertising and campaign logos; public health communications; and women in politics. She has contributed to two books and published peer-reviewed research in Political Research Quarterly, the Journal of Political Marketing, and American Politics Research.
Dr. Williams earned her PhD in political science at Arizona State University, with a dissertation on voter perceptions of feminist candidates, and her undergraduate degree in history from Rutgers University. An avid reader, she lives in New Jersey with her beloved dog, Sophie.
Professional Experience
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science, Pediatrics, Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2023-2025
- Consultant, School of Politics and Global Studies Experimental Research Lab, Arizona State University, 2021-2023
- Lab Coordinator, School of Politics and Global Studies Experimental Research Lab, Arizona State University, 2019-2021
- Assistant Lab Coordinator, School of Politics and Global Studies Experimental Research Lab, Arizona State University, 2019-2021
- Research Assistant, Racial and Ethnic Politics Project, Arizona State University, 2022-2023
- Course Instructor, Women and Politics, Arizona State University, 2022-2023
- Course Instructor, American National Government, Arizona State University, 2021
- Research Assistant, Seeing Women, Strengthening Democracy Book Project, Arizona State University, 2019
- Research Assistant, Sexual Violence in the Military Project, Arizona State University, 2019-2020
Credentials
- PhD, Political Science, 2023, Arizona State University
- BA, History, 2017, Rutgers University