Janice Dean Willis, or Jan Willis is Professor of Religion, Emerita at Wesleyan University, where she has taught 1977 to 2013; and the author of books on Tibetan Buddhism. She has been called influential by Time Magazine, Newsweek, and Ebony Magazine. Aetna Inc.'s 2011 African American History Calendar features professor Willis as one of thirteen distinguished leaders of faith-based health initiatives in the United States. She taught part-time at Agnes Scott College from 2014 to 2020.