Dr Joanna Williams
academic; author, How Woke Won and Women vs Feminism

Joanna Williams is an academic, author and commentator. Her books include How Woke Won (2022); Women vs Feminism (2017); Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity (2016) and Consuming Higher Education, Why Learning Can’t Be Bought (2012). She is a columnist for the online magazine Spiked and writes regularly for The Times, The Spectator and The Telegraph. Joanna began her career teaching English in secondary schools. She joined the University of Kent as lecturer in Higher Education and Academic Practice in 2007 where she later became director of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education. Since leaving academia, Joanna has worked for think tanks including Policy Exchange and Civitas.

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