Professor Rob Willis
Office of the Academic Director of Student Affairs

Professor Rob Willis is the Academic Director of Student Affairs and Campus Director of the Clayton and Caulfield campuses at Monash University. Professor Willis is responsible for education related projects and initiatives designed to develop and improve the student experience at Monash.

Professor Willis is an honours graduate in Mathematics and holds a MSc. in Operational Research and a PhD in Project Scheduling from the University of Birmingham. Before coming to Monash, he worked in operational research for Reckitt and Colmans Ltd, UK (now Reckitt Benckiser) and the British Coal Industry.

At Monash he has held many roles at both the faculty and University level. Among other academic and senior administrative positions, he was Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology from 1996 to 1997 and Director of the MBA and DBA Programs in the Faculty of Business and Economics between 2001 and 2004.

Professor Willis has acted as a special referee and expert witness to the Federal, Supreme and County courts and has published several books in the area of Computing and Business Modelling, produced over 70 research publications and presentations, and is on the editorial boards of three international research journals.

Within his portfolio as Academic Director of Student Affairs, Professor Willis is the Chair of the University Student Experience Network and the Transition, Retention and Progression Task Force and has oversight of Monash's Transition Program.

Professor Willis is also Chair of the University Market Review Committee, Chair of the Monash University Academy of Performing Arts, Chair of the Vice-Chancellor's Ancora Imparo Selection Committee, and Director of Open Day at Monash.

Portfolio and current projects

• Student Experience
• Retention Project
• Transition Program

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