Cassandra Shivers-Williams

Social Science Deputy Program Manager

Cassandra is a social scientist supporting NOAA’s Weather Program Office as the WPO Social Science Deputy Program Manager. Prior to supporting WPO, she was a Research Scientist at NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO) focused on understanding social and personal factors affecting individuals’ weather-related protective action decisions. Cassandra received her PhD in Social Psychology from Howard University, where she studied decision-making across multiple behavior domains, and she received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Southern University and A&M College.