Melissa Brooks, Ph.D.

Current Title & Duties

Adjunct Faculty, Teaching MBA – HR courses online

Miami Campus

Biography

Dr. Brooks has been teaching for 20 years and teaching online for 16 years. Melissa has worked in both for-profit and non-profit sectors. She has owned two businesses herself as an entrepreneur and has coached and mentored many students in that process. She has worked as a social worker, HR Director at an ICF, Behavioral Therapist, Marketing Director, Recruiter, and Staff Development Director. Academically, she has been conducting research and has published several papers. She has been an advisor, recruiter, Department Chair, Program Director, Adjunct Instructor, Visiting Professor, and Assistant Professor of Business. She was a Campus Director of a University on a Naval Base and worked on the base for 2 years assisting Active Duty, DOD, and Veterans for all branches of military service. She also has been recognized as a Kentucky Colonel for her work in Kentucky as a Dean of Online and Graduate Programs. Dr. Brooks was an HR Director at one non-profit facility, and HR Director, and Staff Development Director at a Roofing and Construction Company. Melissa worked as a Marketing Director for several organizations as well and is excellent with Customer Service. Melissa completed her Doctorate in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources. She has 2 Masters in Human Resource Management and Public Administration. She also has dual Bachelor’s Degrees in Social Work and Sociology.

She spent several years teaching in various locations in Mainland China. After leaving China just before COVID 19 in December of 2020, Dr. Brooks took a position at an HBCU in South Carolina where she was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Business. She relocated to Hawaii, where she was teaching at various military installations including Schofield Barracks, Army, PHH: Pearl Harbor Joint Base: Navy and Airforce, and K-Bay: Kaneohe, Marine Corps. Dr. Brooks has recruited and worked with the U.S. Military on 10 bases.

She has taught Business, HR, Public Administration, Marketing, and General Education Courses at Undergraduate and Graduate Levels as well as being a Dissertation Chair at various Academic Institutions. In her career, she has had the opportunity to teach diverse populations of students Globally. In 2022, Dr. Brooks relocated to Florida and is in Fort Myers. Dr. Brooks is married to a CW03 In the Navy.

Research / Research Interests

Disasters Preparedness at Academic Institutions, AI in the workplace, Training and Development.

Academics, Education, Certifications

Doctor of Business Administration| Human Resource Management

Northcentral University, San Diego, CA  (National University)

Master of Science | Public Administration                                                                 

Keller Graduate School, DeVry University, Orlando, FL

Master of Science | Human Resources Management                                                  

Keller Graduate School DeVry University, Orlando, FL

Bachelor of Science | Social Work and Sociology                                                      

St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN

Associate of Arts | Art and General Education

Fergus Falls Community College, Fergus Falls, MN

Quality Matters: APPQMR

Motivational Coach: Dynamic Institute. CMCC 1-5Certified Motivational Career Coach 2011

Gardner Institute: High Impact Teaching and Learning Practices for Faculty at HBCU’s.

CITI: Ethics Certification & Training for Research

DEAC: Preparing for DEAC Accreditation

Recent Publications

Faculty Mentoring Programs at Academic Institutions: A Systematic literature review and suggestions for future mentoring programs. International Journal of Engineering Technologies and Management Research, Vol. 6, (10). October 2019.

The Experiences of Faculty and Staff at Academic Institutions Preparing Themselves for Academic Continuity after a Disaster: International Journal of Management and Applied Science, Vol. 3., (11)., January,2018.

A Dyadic of Employee Readiness and Job Satisfaction: The Existence of a Conceptual Precursor to the Satisfaction-Performance Paradigm- International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 27, No.3., January 2018. with Dr. Brian Matthews, Jaime Daigle, and Dr. Melissa Houston

Published Dissertation: The Experiences of Faculty at Academic Institutions Preparing Themselves for Academic Continuity after a Disaster in Florida in the Last Decade: A Phenomenological Study, Library of Congress, USA &ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2016. 10106247.

Academy of Business Research 2017 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Conference Presentation: Conference Proceedings
Academy of Business Research 2016 San Antonio, Texas, USA. Conference Presentation: Conference Proceedings