Kent Willis Assistant Professor Management and Health Care Administration CH414A 304-696-5292 willis23@marshall.edu Biography William “Kent” Willis is an Assistant Professor in the Management and Health Care Administration Department at the Lewis College of Business. He serves as the coordinator of both the undergraduate and graduate health administration programs in the college. He has worked professionally in the health care field for 25 years before beginning his teaching career. Kent’s teaching involves the health care program and undergraduate management program. His research in the health care discipline focuses on communication issues in health care, nursing topics, and health administration issues. His work has been published in a variety of academic journals both nationally and internationally and he has presented at both national and international conferences. Education InformationDrPH, Health Services Management, University of Kentucky, 2012MSHA, Management of Health Care Services, Marshall University, 2005BS, Business Management, Marshall University, 2003BS, Cytotechnology, Marshall University, 1990AS, Biological Science, Ashland Community College, 1977Employee Awards and HonorsRobert Bruce Hayes Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Lewis College of Business, April 2019Best Paper in Health Informatics and Technology track, Business and Health Administration Association, March 2019MBAA International McGraw-Hill Education Distinguished Paper Award, March 2017Courses TaughtHCA 622: Utilization of HSRHCA 630: Legal Issues/Health Care ManagementHCA 650: Comparative Health SystemsHCA 655: Health Care MarketingHCA 658: Long Term CareHCA 659: Rural Health CarHCA 671: Health Care PracticumMGT 320: Principles of ManagementMGT 350: Health Care ManagementMGT 354: Health Care Delivery SystemsMGT 355: Health Care Prods. & ServicesMGT 454: Trends Health Care DeliveryMGT 455: Health Care Policy SeminarMGT 460: Strategic ManagementMGT 471: Prac. Health Care Management IMPNA 710: Finance Management for Health Care Prof.MPNA 755: Mkt. Goods/Service Med. EnvironmentSelected PublicationsPreechavuthinant, S., Willis, W. K., & Coustasse-Hencke, A. M. (2018). Trends and effects of pharmaceutical DTCA. The International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, 12(1), 61-70.Willis, W. K., Muslin, I. S., & Timko, K. (2016). A house divided: Cooperative and competitive recruitment in vital industries. Journal of Nursing Management, 24(2), 253-260.Research InterestsHealth care leadership, Health finance, Health policy, Healthcare management, and Healthcare marketingExperienceAssistant Professor of Health Care Management, Marshall University, 2012 to PresentAssistant Professor Health Care Management, Clayton State University, Morrow, Georgia, 2010 to 2012Service to the ProfessionOfficer, President/Elect/Past, Business and Health Administration Association, March 2019 to March 2020Committee Member, Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), August 2019 to January 2020Officer, President/Elect/Past, Business and Health Administration Association, October 2017 to April 2018