Williamson, H., Jr., “Navigating Your Way Through Graduate School: Helpful Insights and Instructions for Young Scholars,” presented to the Ronald McNair Program Fellows, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, July -1999.

Williamson, H., Jr., “Exploring Career Opportunities in Natural Resources and Agriculture,” Workshop presented at the Natural Resources Education for Minority Youth Planning Meeting, Columbia, TN July 16, 1997.

Williamson, H., Jr., “Mission, Vision and Values: Clarifying the Future Role of the Southern Rural Development Center,” a strategic Planning Workshop conducted to revamp and revitalize the center, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 9-10, 1996.

Williamson, H., Jr., “Writing Winning Proposals Under the USDA Capacity Building Grants Program”, presented as a Grant Writing Workshop for Virginia State University Faculty, June, 1996.

Williamson, H., Jr., “Determinants of Minority Enrollment in Departments of Animal Science and Agriculture,” presented at annual meetings of the American Society of Animal Science, at Orlando, FL June 1995.

Williamson, Handy, Jr., "Diversification Within Agriculture: A Broad Overview." The Annual Conference of MANRRS, Gainesville, FL, April 5-6, 1991.

Williamson, H., Jr., "Role of the Research Director in Building an Effective Competitive Research Grant Program," presented at the Joint CSRS/OICD, USDA Workshop for Land-Grant Universities, Washington, DC, January, 1989.

Randolph, S. L., and H. Williamson, Jr., "Perspectives on the Role of Rural Females in the Survival of the Small Family Farm," presented at the 42nd Annual Professional Agricultural Workers Conference, Tuskegee Institute, AL, December 2-4, 1984.

Hiremath, B.N., S.P. Singh, and H. Williamson, Jr., "Determinants of Off-Farm Income: A Study of Selected Tennessee Farm Families," submitted for presentation at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Logan, UT, August 1-4, 1982.

Williamson, H., Jr., "Small Farm Research in the 1980's: Opportunities for National Survival in the Year 2000," presented at the University of Kentucky Small Farm Policy Seminar, March, 1981.

Williamson, H., Jr., "Essential Design and Development Initiatives for Agricultural Extension, Information and Training Units of Swaziland's Ministry of Agriculture," The Project Design Document for a Cropping System Project, jointly submitted by Pennsylvania State University and Tennessee State University to USAID, Washington, DC, 1981.

Williamson, H., Jr., "Commercial Farming and Agribusiness: The Dangers and
Opportunities for Black Land Owners," Duke University, Institute of Policy Science, December, 1974.

Invited Lectures

Getting to Know the Motherland: My Work and Travels on the Continent of Africa, presented to the Beta Theta Subordinate Boule`, Knoxville, TN, March - 2001.

Differentials in Regional Economic Development Gains: Toward New Dimensions of Impact Assessment, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwest Economics Association, Galveston, TX - March 2000.

Determinants of Minority Enrollment in Colleges of Agriculture: Perspectives of an Academician, presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwest Economics Association, Galveston, TX - March 2000.

Beyond Slavery: the African-Americans ’ Contributions to Agricultural Science and Education in the United States presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, NV - March 2000.

Global Food Security: Exploring the Nexus Between Domestic and International
Strategies, the D.A. Hamilton Memorial Lecture, presented at the 57th Professional Agricultural Workers Conference, Tuskegee University - Alabama, December 7, 1999.

Determinants of Minority Enrollment in Departments of Animal Science and Agriculture, presented at annual meetings of the American Society of Animal Science, at Orlando, June 1995.

African-American Contributions to the U.S. Agricultural Sector, presented before the Maryville College Community Forum, Maryville, TN, November, 1990.

Land-Grant University Involvement in AID Foreign Technical Assistance Programs," presented before the Knoxville Science Club, September, 1990.

World Hunger: An International Perspective, presented in commemoration of the 8th World Food Day at Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA, October, 1989.

Role of the Research Director in Building an Effective Competitive Research Grant Program, presented at the Joint CSREES/OICD, USDA Workshop for Land-Grant Universities, Washington, DC, and January, 1989.

A Theoretical Basis for the Study of Labor Turnover in Industrializing Rural Areas, presented at Bureau of Economic Research and Development, Virginia State College, 1974.

Commercial Farming and Agribusiness: The Dangers and Opportunities for Black Land Owners, presented at the Duke University, Institute of Policy Science, December, 1974.