Celia Williamson, Ph.D. Professor Social Work Department Chair, Research & Analysis Subcommittee, Ohio Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Commission Founder, Lucas County Human Trafficking Coalition Founder, Second Chance Program for Prostituted and Trafficked Women & Youth, 1993 President, National Research Consortium on Commercial Sexual Exploitation Director, Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute, University of Toledo Co-Chair, Human Trafficking Conference – University of Toledo Managing Editor, Journal of Human Trafficking Bio Sketch Dr. Williamson received her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Toledo, her Masters Degree in Social Work from Case Western Reserve University and her Ph.D. from Indiana University. Dr. Williamson founded the first program for domestic sex trafficking victims in Ohio in 1993. Williamson completed 9 studies, 17 articles/reports, and edited 2 books on prostitution and sex trafficking around the world. She has been funded by the DOJ or NIH from 2002 to 2012 to conduct research in this area. Williamson hosts the oldest annual academic conference on human trafficking in the nation. She founded the local Lucas County Human Trafficking Coalition, Chairs the Research and Analysis Committee for Ohio’s State Anti-Trafficking Commission, and is an Editorial Manager for the Journal of Human Trafficking.