Welcome

“The Williams-Mystic program is engaged with some of the most urgent issues of our time…”

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Discover Your Williams-Mystic

Adventurous students of all majors are welcome. Each semester, students tackle topics such as environmental justice and climate change. Williams-Mystic is planning to operate an in-person Fall 2021 semester. We highly encourage students to sign up for our email list, apply now for our Fall 2021 or Spring 2022 semesters, or request information.

image shows students standing around ecology professor Tim Pusak learning about tide pools in Alaska

Williams-Mystic Partners in $4.9 Million Grant to Examine Historical Injustice in New England

Learn more about Williams-Mystic’s crucial role in this three-year project that will use maritime history as a basis for studying historical injustices and generating new insights into the relationship between European colonization in North America, the dispossession of Native American land, and racial slavery in New England.

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Williams-Mystic Alumni

Alumni and Friends: Join the Williams-Mystic Alumni and Friends Facebook Group or the Williams-Mystic Alumni LinkedIn Group.

Speaking of alumni, we encourage you to read about Devon Parfait’s (F’18) research into the disproportionate land loss indigenous communities are facing in southern Louisiana.