Willie S. Rockward is a physics professor and has served as the Chair of the Department of Physics & Engineering Physics at Morgan State University since August of 2018. His research interests include Micro/Nano Optics Lithography, Extreme Ultraviolet Interferometry, Metamaterials, Terahertz imaging, Nanostructure Characterization, and Crossed Phase Optics. From 2018 to 2020 he was the President of the National Society of Black Physicists.