Sue Ellen Williams moved to Florida in June 2012 after 25 years of teaching at Olivet Nazarene University, a small liberal arts institution in Bourbonnais, Illinois (summer home of the Chicago Bears). She has a B.A. in English Education and began her career teaching high school English and French.  She earned a masters in English Education at Olivet Nazarene University and began teaching there part time. That soon developed into a full time position teaching college writing, creative writing, descriptive English grammar, and Introduction to Literature.  She continued her graduate studies at University of Illinois in Champaign-urbana and earned a Ph.D. from the College of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on writing instruction, language, literacy, and assessment. 

She served as department chair and director of the Honors Program at Olivet for six years in addition to teaching and leading the English Education program. Undergraduate courses she taught over the years include Basic College Writing , College Writing I and II, Business and Technical writing, Reading Processes, and English Methods. She also served as a supervisor for student teaching and taught at the graduate level in English Education on occasion. In the fall of 2012, Dr. Williams began teaching writing for St. Petersburg College at the Tarpon Springs campus. 

Dr. Williams believes that learning is a gift that each person must unwrap. Her role as a teacher is to help students discover and expand their gifts.  She is a teacher, facilitator, mentor, wife, mother, and grandmother who has passion for teaching college students. When she is not teaching, Dr. Williams likes to read, write poetry, watch movies, swim, take long walks, and spend time with her eight grandchildren. And she loves a good cup of coffee at Starbucks.