Rate My Professor James Melton

James Melton Jr. is a Professor of Business Information Systems and Chairperson of the Department of Business Information Systems in the College of Business Administration at Central Michigan University. He earned his PhD from New Mexico State University, Master of Arts from Brigham Young University, and Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University. Throughout his career at Central Michigan University, he has advanced from assistant professor to full professor, contributing to the department's graduate programs, including serving as a key faculty member listed in the MSIS Graduate Student Handbook. Melton teaches courses in applied business communication and general business, with an emphasis on professional communication competencies.

His research explores social media behaviors among students, policy crowdsourcing, and intercultural communication in business contexts. Notable publications include 'The Fundamentals of Policy Crowdsourcing' (Prpić, Taeihagh, & Melton, 2015, Policy & Internet), cited 239 times; 'College Students and Risk-Taking Behaviour on Twitter versus Facebook' (Miller & Melton, 2015, Behaviour & Information Technology); 'Integrating Social and Traditional Media in the Client Project' (Melton & Hicks, 2011, Business Communication Quarterly); 'MOOCs and Crowdsourcing: Massive Courses and Massive Resources' (Prpić, Melton, Taeihagh, & Anderson, 2015, First Monday); and 'Lost in Translation: Professional Communication Competencies in Global Training Contexts' (Melton, 2008, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication). He received the Hazleton Graduate Excellence Award in 2018 for outstanding contributions to graduate education. Melton has engaged in international teaching collaborations, such as a hybrid graduate course on intercultural business communication with Hochschule Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences in Germany, incorporating Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) methodologies. His work addresses cybervetting, online social networks, and problem-based learning in writing.