Rev. Khalia J. Williams, Ph.D. is the Assistant Dean of Worship and Music, and Co-Director of the Baptist Studies Program at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. As an ordained minister, she holds a doctorate in Liturgical Studies from Graduate Theological Union, where her research focused on African American women’s embodiment in worship, in which her dissertation entitled “Flesh That Dances: Constructing A Womanist Liturgical Theology of Embodiment,” brought together he research interests of liturgical theology, womanist theo/ethics and dance performance. Khalia is an ordained minister with affiliations in both the Baptist church and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).