{"id":1501,"date":"2021-09-26T20:54:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T00:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pharmacy\/?page_id=1501"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:46:18","slug":"kawanda-williams-pharm-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pharmacy\/department-directory\/kawanda-williams-pharm-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawanda Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2021\/09\/Kawanda-headshot-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1503\" width=\"264\" height=\"269\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kawanda Williams, Pharm.D.<br>Assistant Dean for Experiential Education<br>Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Doctorate of Pharmacy (2005) &#8211; Xavier University, LA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bachelors of Science Biology(1994) &#8211; Grambling State University, LA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Kawanda McCarthy is a proud graduate of &nbsp;Grambling State University, earning a &nbsp;Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.&nbsp; Dr. McCarthy\u2019s early career as a K-12 educator and community advocate is where she realized her true passion for ensuring all students have access to healthcare and quality education.&nbsp; This led her to the Xavier University of Louisiana where she not only earned a PharmD in 2005 but also an additional appreciation for the impact pharmacy can have on our global community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Williams has specialized in pharmacy leadership throughout her pharmacy career beginning with her role as Pharmacy Manager in the community pharmacy setting, pharmacy owner and Director of Pharmacy for a behavioral health hospital in Shreveport, LA. Under her leadership, &nbsp;these organizations successfully&nbsp; implemented pharmacy-driven clinical initiatives such as medication usage evaluations, and both antibiotic and opioid stewardship programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017, her passion for healthcare and education merged when she entered into academia as &nbsp;founding faculty and the first Director of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience at the University of Texas- Tyler, &nbsp;&nbsp;Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy.&nbsp; After establishing a successful experiential program, Dr. Williams supported similar work at the American University of Health Science in Long Beach, CA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She has drawn on her experiences as an educator and a global community advocate to form community partnerships that have advanced student rotation opportunities and the development of new faculty sites.&nbsp; As faculty, her interest in global health has opened the opportunity for students and faculty to participate in medical missions serving children across Jamaica and Port au Prince Haiti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kawanda Williams, Pharm.D.Assistant Dean for Experiential EducationAssistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice Education Bio Dr. Kawanda McCarthy is a proud graduate of &nbsp;Grambling State University, earning a &nbsp;Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.&nbsp; Dr. McCarthy\u2019s early career as a K-12 educator and community advocate is where she realized her true passion for ensuring all students have access&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pharmacy\/department-directory\/kawanda-williams-pharm-d\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Kawanda Williams<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1402,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1501","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1501\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}