Dr. Melody N. White
University of North Texas
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
(940) 369-7626
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Education

PhD, Walden University, 2022.
Major: Applied Management and Decision Sciences
Degree Specialization: Information Systems Management
Dissertation Title: Social Media Analytics Use Among Small Business Owners
MPhil, Walden University, 2021.
Major: Management
Degree Specialization: Information Systems Management
MS, University of Texas at Dallas, 1999.
Major: Business
BBA, Southern Methodist University, 1993.
Major: BBA
Degree Specialization: MIS

Professional Positions

Professional
CIO, I am That I Am Academy. (July 2003May 2005).
Senior Engineer and Trainer, Ericsson. (January 1996April 2001).
Systems Analyst, Sprint. (July 1993January 1996).

Professional Memberships

Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education. (January 1, 2020 – Present).

Member, Association for Information Systems. (2016 – Present).

Development Activities Attended

Conference Attendance,"Americas Conference on Information System," Association for Information Systems, Panama City, Panama, United States of America. (August 9, 2023August 13, 2019).

Other,"Summer Research Grant," College of Business, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (June 2022August 2022).

Conference Attendance,"Investing in Us and Dialoguing Through Generations," Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (February 28, 2022March 1, 2022).

Conference Attendance,"Best Teachers Institute Summer Seminar," Best Teachers Institute, West Orange, NJ, United States of America. (June 15, 2020June 18, 2020).

Workshop,"First Flight," CLEAR, Denton, TX, United States of America. (September 2018May 2019).

Conference Attendance,"Americas Conference on Information System," Association for Information Systems, Boston, MA, United States of America. (August 10, 2017August 12, 2017).

Faculty Fellowship,"NextGen," Clear, United States of America. (June 2015June 2017).

Conference Attendance,"The Teaching Professor Conference," Magna Publications, St. Louis, MO, United States of America. (June 2, 2017June 4, 2017).

Seminar, CLEAR Tree Workshops, Denton, Texas. (2015).

Conference Attendance,"The International Conference on Information Systems," Association of Information Systems, Ft. Worth, Texas, United States of America. (December 13, 2015December 16, 2015).

Workshop,"Teaching Portfolio," Faculty Excellence, United States of America. (August 2015September 2015).

Tutorial, Monday Morning Mentor, Denton, Virtual. (2014).

Conference Attendance, Webinar on 1st Day of Classes Best Practices, Denton, Texas. (2012).

Other, CLEAR Bookclub to improve teaching skills, Denton, Texas. (2012).

Other, Power Pipeline, Dallas, Texas. (2012).

Other, Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education Convention, Dallas, Texas. (2012).

Conference Attendance, Knowledge Area Module Research Intensive for PhD program, Alexandria, Virginia. (2011).

Conference Attendance, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing, Sanibel Island, Florida. (2007).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
BCIS 2610, Introduction to Computers in Business, 27 courses.
BCIS 3610, Basic Information Systems, 36 courses.
BCIS 3630, Object Oriented Programming for Business, 3 courses.
BCIS 4670, Continuing Seminar in Computer Based Information Systems, 20 courses.
BCIS 4720, Web Based Information Technologies, 3 courses.
BCIS 4900, Special Problems, 1 course.
BCIS 5090, Introduction to Business Computer Information Systems, 22 courses.
BCIS 5110, Programming Languages for Business Analytics, 11 courses.

Non-Credit Instruction

Workshop, 20. (20152016).

Other. (20132013).

Other. (20102010).

Directed Student Learning

Directed Individual/Independent Study, Information Technology and Decision Sciences. (June 3, 2019August 8, 2019).

Awards and Honors

Nominated for: Teaching Portfolio Seminar, Teaching Excellence. (August 2016 – Present).

NextGen Grant Recipent, Clear. (June 2016 – Present).

Research Grant Recipent, Clear. (2015).

Research Grant Recipent, Clear. (2014).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Abstracts and Proceedings
White, M. N. (2023). Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative and Online Behavior. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction.
White, M. N. (2023). TREO Talk paper: Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative and Online Behavior.

Presentations Given

Oral Presentation

White, M. N., Next Step Advancement is a non-profit agency that helps orphans who have aged out of being adopted transition into adulthood. Computer classes are some of the classes they offer; I teach those. I will also design some course material for the organization. This is a volunteer position., Technology Courses. (2014).

White, M. N., Allowed adults to bring their devices for training., BYOD for residents in the south Oak Cliff area. (2013).

White, M. N., Created a presentation showcasing apps to assist single parents; also informed them of the apps their children may be using. For the latter part of the presentation, I gave advice on why some apps maybe dangerous., Parenting Paperless Conference. (2013).

Paper

White, M. N. (Author & Presenter), AMCIS, Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative and Online Behavior, Panama, Panama. (20232023).

Professional Meeting Contribution

White, M. N. (Presenter), American Conference On Information Systems, Teaching With Technology, Association of Information Systems, Boston, United States of America. (20172017).

Awards and Honors

Mentor Grant Recipient, University of North Texas. (2014).

Service

University Service

Committee Member, Grade appeal Committee. (August 15, 2023 – Present).

Committee Member, Academic Affairs Committee. (April 15, 2023 – Present).

Student Org Advisor (Non-Professional Org), Magazine Organization. (October 1, 2021 – Present).

Student Org Advisor (Non-Professional Org), Magazine Organization. (October 1, 2021 – Present).

Committee Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Policy and Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Antiracism.. (August 1, 2021 – Present).

Other, Coordinator of BCIS 2610/3610 exam reviews for all sections. (January 1, 2021 – Present).

Member, Business Palooza. (August 2019 – Present).

Faculty Advisor, Let's Talk Business. (August 1, 2019 – Present).

Faculty Mentor, Access Mentor. (2017 – Present).

Committee Chair, Committee on the Status of Faculty of Color. (2017 – Present).

Committee Member, Academic Affairs Committee. (June 7, 2032June 7, 2026).

Other, Course Coordinator for BCIS 3610 Courses. (20142019).

Committee Member, COACHE Steering Committee. (October 20172018).

Other, Creator of ITDS Resume Book. (20172018).

Faculty Mentor, Access Mentor. (20162017).

Committee Chair, Committee on the Status of People of Color. (20162017).

Other, Creator of ITDS Resume Book. (20162017).

Faculty Mentor, Access Mentor. (20152016).

Other, Creator of ITDS Resume Book. (20152016).

Committee Member, New Faculty Search Committee. (20152016).

Access Mentor. (20142014).

Committee on the status of people of color. (20142014).

Other Institutional Service Activities, Creator of ITDS Resume book. (20142014).

Search Committee for the new Director of Equal Opportunity. (20142014).

Student Mentor. (20142014).

Committee on the Status of People of Color. (20122013).

Student Mentor. (20122013).

Other Institutional Service Activities, ITDS Corporate Partners. (20112012).

Other Institutional Service Activities, CLEAR Book Club to improve teaching. (20112011).

Assistant Directory for C-DIT. (20102010).

Other Institutional Service Activities, Library Focus Group. (20102010).

Other Institutional Service Activities, New Faculty Focus Group for UNT Libraries. (20102010).

Faculty Sponsor, The NASCAR Kinetic Sports Marketing. (20102010).

Other Institutional Service Activities, Department Meeting Secretary. (20092009).

SECC Representative. (20092009).

Other Institutional Service Activities, Judge for the BCIS 4940. (20082008).

Professional Service

Session Chair, AMCIS, Panama City, Panama. (May 1, 2023August 12, 2023).

Public Service

Committee Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.. (September 2019 – Present).

Committee Chair, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. National Technology Committee, Washington, DC. (January 1, 2019 – Present).

Committee Chair, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.. (August 2019August 2021).

Committee Chair, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Washington D.C.. (August 1, 2019August 1, 2021).

Board Member, Generation to Generation Ministries. (20182018).

Member, Cedar Hill Athletic Club Booster. (20172018).

Member, Cedar Hill Band Booster. (20172018).

Committee Chair, Media Ministry/Information Technology Support for AME Zion Church. (20172018).

Committee Chair, Media Ministry/Information Technology Support for AME Zion Church. (20172018).

Committee Member, Member on the technology board for Cedar Hill ISD. (20172018).

Committee Member, Parent Volunteer Committee, Cedar Hill, TX. (20172018).

Committee Member, Technology Advisory Board member for TCCD Southeast Campus CIS department. (20172018).

Committee Member, Technology Advisory Board member for TCCD Southeast Campus CIS department. (20172018).

Officer, Treasurer, Cedar Hill Council of PTAs, Cedar Hill, Texas. (September 1, 2017September 1, 2018).

Board Member, Generation to Generation Ministries. (20172017).

Committee Member, Technology Advisory Board member for TCCD Southeast Campus CIS department. (20162017).

Committee Chair, Media Ministry/Information Technology Support for AME Zion Church. (20152017).

Board Member, Generation to Generation Ministries. (20162016).

Committee Member, Member on the technology board for Cedar Hill ISD. (20162016).

Officer, Vice President, Bessie Coleman Middle School PTA. (20152016).

Committee Chair, Media Ministry/Information Technology Support for AME Zion Church. (20152016).

Committee Member, Technology Advisory Board member for TCCD Southeast Campus CIS department. (20152016).

Committee Member, Boy Scout Treasurer. (20152015).

Board Member, Generation to Generation Ministries. (20152015).

Committee Member, Member on the technology board for Cedar Hill ISD. (20152015).

Board Member, Generation to Generation Ministries. (20142014).

Committee Member, Technology Advisory Board member for TCCD Southeast Campus CIS department. (20142014).

Committee Chair, District Youth Director. (20132013).

Committee Chair, Media Ministry/Information Technology Support for AME Zion Church. (20132013).

Committee Chair, PTA - Box Tops Chair. (20132013).

Committee Chair, Treasurer for Boy Scout Troop 786. (20132013).

Other, Volunteer at the North Texas Food Bank. (20132013).

Other, Volunteer for Cedar Hill Independent School District. (20132013).

Other, Volunteer for NEEDHim and I Am Second. (20132013).

Committee Chair, Women's Day 2012. (October 2012December 2012).

Committee Member, Committee on the Status of People of Color. (20122012).

Committee Chair, Membership Chair for PTA. (20122012).

Committee Chair, Vocation Care Grant. (20122012).

Committee Chair, Board Member - Promises of God Ministries. (20072010).

Committee Chair, PTA Board. (20092009).

Other, Volunteer for Prison Fellowship Ministries. (20062006).

Committee Chair, Board Member - Generation to Generation. (20042004).

Committee Chair, Volunteer for computer courses held at Women's Musuem.. (20022004).

Other, Volunteer for Need Him Ministries. (20022002).

Committee Chair, Executive Directer - National Assoc. of Female Executives. (20002000).

Consulting

Academic, Pearson, United States of America. (September 1, 2017February 1, 2018).

Academic, Pearson, United States of America. (20152016).

Other, bSecurity Systems, Dallas Texas. (2014).

Other, Various non-profits, Dallas Texas. (2014).

Other, Various Small Businesses, Various cities Texas. (2014).