I am a Ph.D. Student at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. My expected graduation is May 2025.
Willett, J. F., Rodgers S., Stemmle, J. (in press). Seeking the public health angle in Missouri newspaper coverage of the opioid crisis. Newspaper Research Journal
Zhang, W., Tsou, T.-H., Rodgers, S., & Willett, J. F. (2024). Comparing personalization strategies in social network advertising: The role of impression motivation in persuasion outcomes. Journal of Interactive Advertising. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2024.2337057
Willett, J. F., LaGree, D., Shin, H., Houston, J. B., & Duffy, M. (2023). The role of leader communication in fostering respectful workplace culture and increasing employee engagement and well-being. International Journal of Business Communication. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/23294884231195614
Willett, J. F., LaGree, D., Warner, B. R., Houston, J. B., & Duffy, M. (2024). Flourishing with flexibility: Leader communicative support of flexible work arrangements (FWA) enhances employee engagement and well-being [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Strategic Communication, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri.
Willett, J. F., LaGree, D., Warner, B. R., Houston, J. B., & Duffy, M. (2024, June 20-24). Flourishing with flexibility: Leader communicative support of flexible work arrangements (FWA) enhances employee engagement and well-being [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association 2024 Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Willett, J. F., Rodgers S., Stemmle, J. (2023, August 7-10). Seeking the public health angle in Missouri newspaper coverage of the opioid crisis [Poster session]. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2023 Conference, Washington, D.C., United States.
Willett, J. F., LaGree, D., Houston, J. B., Shin, H., & Duffy, M. (2023, May 25-29). The role of leader communication in fostering respectful workplace culture and increasing employee engagement and well-being [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association 2023 Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bonnie and Douglas Wakefield Award
The Department of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Missouri School of Medicine presents this award annually to a graduating master’s student who has displayed significant achievement and leadership outside the classroom. Learn more.
Ph.D. in Journalism – expected May 2025
Area of study: Strategic Communication
University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Missouri
Master of Health Administration (M.H.A.)
University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri
Bachelor of Journalism (B.J.)
University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Missouri
Justin served as Communication Manager at MU Health Care and the School of Medicine from 2018-2021. He helped lead MU Health Care’s COVID-19 communication efforts, including promotion of the health system’s COVID-19 vaccine program. Under Willett’s leadership, the health system’s evidence-based COVID-19 vaccine content garnered millions of pageviews and boosted total pageviews of muhealth.org owned content by nearly 1200% in 2021 (13 times higher than 2020).
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