[1][2] She has a particular research interest is the work of Canadian Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian Bernard Lonergan.
[1][3] Williams doctoral dissertation, Lonergan and the transforming immanence of the transcendent : towards a theology of grace as the dynamic state of being-in-love with God, was completed in 1998 at the Melbourne College of Divinity.
[4] Williams is a former member of the Executive Council of WOCATI (World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions).
For the past five years has been involved in designing and implementing a program in theology for the women religious sisters in Papua New Guinea, thirteen of whom were the first to graduate in 2019 with a Diploma in Pastoral Ministry.
Gray's book, edited by Williams, M-D Chenu’s Christian Anthropology: Nature and Grace in Society and Church was published posthumously in 2019.