Williams is Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Chicago, where he co-directs its Institute on Critical Thinking and Higher Order Reasoning. He received his Ph.D. in English and linguistics from the University of Wisconsin.
Gregory G. Colomb (1951-2011) was professor of English at the University of Virginia and the author of "Designs on Truth: The Poetics of the Augustan Mock-Epic". He is coauthor, with Wayne C. Booth and Joseph M. Williams, of the best-selling guide "The Craft of Research", published by the University of Chicago Press.
