Catherine J Williams is a Florida native who has lived and worked in Tennessee for the last 35 years.  She joined Cumberland University as an adjunct lecturer in Mathematics during summer 2023.  Prior to this she taught middle and high school mathematics for 21 years in Wilson County, TN, Metropolitan Nashville Davidson County School System, TN and in Tampa, FL. In addition to these teaching experiences, she worked for Vanderbilt’s Peabody College supervising Secondary Math Education majors during their teaching practicums and taught high school mathematics in a homeschool tutorial.

She is the mother of two daughters, one a Music Therapist and the other a college student.  She is very active in the music ministries of First Baptist Church Nashville where she accompanies a children’s choir, sings in the adult choir, plays in the adult handbell group and each year teaches Vacation Bible School and Music Arts Camp.  She is the wife of an Electrical Engineer who practices in the Nashville area.