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H. Wayne Huizenga
College of Business and Entrepreneurship
College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Assistant Professor
Management
H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business & Entrepreneurship
Dr. Will Hawks serves as Assistant Professor of Management at the Nova Southeastern University H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship. He has over 20 years of leadership experience in various sectors, including higher education, hospitality, government, and corporate affairs. He is passionate about empowering people and unleashing organizational performance through positive employee relations, workplace culture analysis, process innovation, executive development, and servant leadership.
Dr. Hawks holds a Doctorate in Education specializing in Organizational Change and Leadership from the University of Southern California, a Master of Science in Management from the Wake Forest University, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (summa cum laude) from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, and a Certificate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace from the University of South Florida. He has published, presented, and reviewed papers in various academic journals and conferences. Dr. Hawks has also received numerous awards and honors for his community, professional, and scholastic contributions. Before joining NSU, he was the Senior Manager for global employee and labor relations at a Fortune 40 conglomerate, where he led several strategic initiatives across multiple countries and regions. He is committed to fostering a culture of belonging, equity, diversity, and inclusion in his teaching, research, and service.
Dr. Hawks serves as a co-investigator for funded research projects totaling over $1 million.
HRM5380 Employee Relations
HRM5375 Managing Total Rewards
HRM5320 Career Development
MGT5170 Applying Strategy for Managers
MGT5105-Managing Organizational Behavior in a Dynamic & Complex World
MGT4880-Business Strategy & Policy
HRM4300 Managing Workplace Diversity
MGT4170 Organizational Behavior
HRM4160 Human Resource Management
INB3550 International Business
MGT3100 Managing Conflict & Change
MGT3020 Business Communications
BUS2000 Professional Success I
BUS3000 Professional Success II
BUS3700 Professional Success III
Hawks, W. (Contributing Author, Reviewer, & Editor). Mujtaba, B. G. (2022). Workforce Diversity Management: Challenges, Competencies and Strategies (3rd Edition). ILEAD Academy Publications: Davie, Florida, USA.
Neymotin, F. (Author & Presenter) and Hawks, W. (Author & Presenter). Minimum Wages and Foster Care Placement Disruption. 2025 American Economics Association (AEA) Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) Session @ MESA Meeting (ASSA/AEA Annual Meeting). January 2025. San Francisco, CA. (Accepted May 2024).
Hawks, W. (Author & Presenter). Company Policies Matter: Starbucks versus the Memphis Seven. 2024 North American Case Research Association (NACRA) Annual Conference. Start-Up Case Presentation. Orlando, FL. October 2024. (Accepted July 2024).
Neymotin, F. (Author & Presenter) and Hawks, W. (Author & Presenter). Minimum Wages and Foster Care. Academy of Business Research Spring 2024 Conference. Economics/Finance (virtual), New Orleans, LA. March 2024. Best Paper Award Winner.
Sims, R. L. (Author), Gong, B. (Author & Presenter), Hawks, W. C. (Author & Presenter). Race and Happiness in the United States: The Importance of Faith. Academy of Management. Management, Spirituality, and Religion, Boston, MA. August 2023.
Hawks, W. (Author & Presenter) and Bonaretti, D. (Author & Presenter). Temporary Employees? Financial and Cultural Benefits of Supporting International Faculty to Pursue Continued Employment at NSU. 2023 NSU Diversity Summit. March 2023.
Hawks, W., Deranek, K., Sainfort, F., and Lawrence, E.L. (2025). Setting the Record Straight at Teeth Lovers Dentistry: Promoting Health Equity in Clinical Case Notetaking. SAGE Business Cases, in Press.
Hawks, W., Lawrence, E.L., and Sainfort, F. (2024). Human Resources in Healthcare: Promoting High-Quality Patient Care & Health Equity. HR Pulse Magazine. In press.
Hawks, W. (Expert Contributor). McCann, A. (2024) States Where Unemployment Claims Are Increasing the Most. WalletHub. https://wallethub.com/edu/states-unemployment-claims/72730#expert=Will_Hawks
Neymotin, F. and Hawks, W. (2024). Minimum Wages & Foster Care Placement Disruption. Economic Affairs, in press.
Deranek, K, W. Hawks, E. Lawrence, K. Feiler and F. Sainfort. Getting Leadership Right at Patients-Are-Foremost Medical Center: Influencing and Impacting Quality Healthcare, SAGE Business Cases, in press.
Sims, R., Hawks, W., and Gong, B. (2023). What is there to be happy about? The impact of race and resilience in the United States. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-01-2023-0018
Hawks, W. (2020). Foster Care Placement Monitoring & Reduction: An Innovation Study. University of Southern California. 2020 Dissertation of Distinction- Nominee.