Ernest Williamson III, PhD

Dr. Ernest Williamson III, who was admitted to New England College's MFA program in poetry in 2004, has published creative work in over 650 journals. He has published poetry in over 200 journals including Roanoke Review, Poetry, Life, and Times (UK), Aroostook Review, Commonline Journal, Wilderness House Literary Review, decomp, Bangalore Review, Yellow Medicine Review, Penwood Review, JMWW, Pinyon Review, Cannon's Mouth, Pamplemousse, Grasslimb, Bayou Review, Copperfield Review, Maynard, Ekphrastic Review, Oklahoma Review, Westview, Reverie, & I-70 Review. Recent poems are in Open: Journal of Arts & Letters, Ink Pantry, Fragmented Voices, Brazen Head (UK), and Littoral Magazine (UK),

His artwork has appeared in hundreds of journals including New England Review (2015), Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art (2016), Penn Review, (2018), Kestrel, Portland Review, Columbia Review (2011), Tulane Review, Tupelo Quarterly, Kaltblut (DE), Fourteen Hills, Brooklyn Review, Belfast Review (UK), Emerson Review, & The Journal.

For 20+ years, Dr. Williamson has published creative work in reputable journals. His art has graced the covers of numerous journals including Columbia Review (Columbia University), Madison Review & New Delta Review. His music has appeared in Roanoke Review, and his photography is in Eleventh Hour Literary (SUNY-Binghamton).

Born in Illinois and raised in Tennessee, Williamson is the son of a retired elementary school principal and a BMI Music Award-winning musician. Identified early as a strong student, he was moved into an experimental public gifted education program called Creative Learning in a Unique Environment, (CLUE). The oldest of three, Williamson began writing poetry at the age of 13.His brother is a Grammy-nominated musician, and his sister is a certified educator.

Williamson, a graduate of CBHS, is also a self-taught pianist and classical composer. His composition, Struggle for Peace, was published in Georgia College's Literary Journal, The Peacock's Feet in 2014. Williamson has composed over 160 classical compositions for piano. Williamson earned an MA in English from the Univ. of Memphis and a PhD in Higher Education Leadership from Seton Hall University.

Dr. Williamson's poetry has been nominated three times for the Best of the Net Anthology. In 2012, famed theatre director and Moliere award winner, Irina Brook, praised Dr. Williamson's creative work and called him "an amazing Renaissance man". Williamson was admitted to Drew University’s Doctor of Letters program in literary studies in 2012 but did not enroll.

Ernest has worked in various roles in higher education for over 15 years. For 5 years, he was an Asst. Professor of English & Department Coordinator at Allen University. For 4.3 years he was Asst. Director of Education Projects at Tennessee State University. Ernest has also taught at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Nyack College, TSU, ECC, and NJCU. He has published education articles in Academic Exchange Extra, Higher Education Digest, and Epitome: IJMR. He has served as an editorial board member for Criterion: An Int'l. Journal in English. In 2023 Dr. Williamson was a reader for IJRDO- Journal of Educational Research. In 2024 he was a reader for The Word's Faire & Tonic Literary Journal. His research can be found in Urban Review, Public Purpose, Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, & in peer-reviewed books. For nearly two years, Dr. Ernest Williamson III has served as a Test Prep Instructor with (MSCS). This is his current position. In addition, he is a reviewer for International Journal of Education, Culture and Society. Dr. Williamson has 11+ years of full-time work exp. in education, and he has 18+ years of total work exp. in education. Dr. Williamson, a 2023 Marquis Who's Who listee, is also a member of Pi Lambda Theta, Golden Key, Sigma Alpha Lambda, & IHIQS.