L. Bryan Williams

Dr. L. Bryan Williams recently founded the Ethics Center, an online center for evaluating Artificial Intelligence systems with virtue and intelligence analysis. The resulting research informs his latest work and publications. Dr. Williams also serves as President of McCall College in McCall, ID. The college serves the higher educational needs of the West Central Mountains region and the Treasure Valley of Idaho. Professionally, Dr. Williams is a Social and Bio Ethicist. He is building AI Ethics training. He offered a Bioethics training program to provide a supply of health care professionals in this much-needed area. As well, Dr. Williams assists hospitals and health care systems in the moral development of ethical cultures. He focuses on improving ethics committee structure and the activation of Ethics Resource/Consultation Teams. Prior to this role, Dr. Williams served as Associate Professor of Ethics, Religion, and Health Care at Warner Pacific College in Portland, OR. He is Past President of the Wesleyan Philosophical Society. He coached the Oregon regional champion Ethics Bowl team, an undergraduate debate-style team. Dr. Williams‘ scholarship emphasizes moral development in social settings such as Artificial Intelligence, health care, education, and religion. Dr. Williams hold a Ph.D. in Religion and Social Ethics (Bioethics) from the University of Southern California.