Melissa Carlton, PhD

Education

Research Interests and Publications

• Hakim, Z., Levy, Y., & Carlton, M. (2019). Business leaders’ resistance to collaborate with law enforcement agencies in protecting their firms from cyber-attacks. Refereed Extended Abstract Proceedings of the KM Conference 2019, Warsaw, Poland, p. 35.
• Carlton, M., Levy, Y., & Ramim, M. M. (2019). Mitigating cyber attacks through the measurement of non-IT professionals’ cybersecurity skills. Information and Computer Security, 27(1), 101-121. https://doi.org/10.1108/ICS-11-2016-0088
• Carlton, M., Levy, Y., & Ramim, M. (2018). Validation of a vignettes-based, hands-on cybersecurity threats situational assessment tool. Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management (OJAKM), 6(1), p. 107-118.
• Carlton, M., & Levy, Y. (2017). Cybersecurity skills: Cybersecurity skills: Foundational theory and the cornerstone of advanced persistent threats (APTs) mitigation. Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management (OJAKM), 5(2), 16-28.
• Carlton, M., Levy, Y., Ramim, M., & Terrell, S. (2016). Development of the MyCyberSkills™ iPad app: A scenarios-based, hands-on measure of non-IT professionals’ cybersecurity skills. Proceedings of the Tenth Pre-ICIS Workshop on Information Security and Privacy, Ft. Worth, Texas, pp. 1-12.
• Carlton, M., & Levy, Y. (2015). Expert assessment of the top platform independent cybersecurity skills of non-IT professionals. Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE SoutheastCon, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, pp. 1-6. doi:10.1109/SECON.2015.7132932
• Carlton, M., Levy, Y., & Ramim, M. (2019). Mitigating cyber attacks through the measurement of non-IT professionals’ cybersecurity skills. Information & Computer Security, 27(1), 101-121. https://doi.org/10.1108/ICS-11-2016-0088

Committee Service/Offices Held

• Academic SACSCOC reviewer (2019)
• Academic SACSCOC writer for Computer Science and Cyber Engineering programs (2018, 2019)
• Computer Science Program Coordinator (2018, 2019)
• Faculty Assembly Executive Committee – Representative (2018, 2019)
• Academic Technology Advisory Group (ATAG) – Representative (2018, 2019)
• Associate Provost Search Committee – College of Engineering Representative (Fall 2018)

Awards and Honors

• Florida State University’s Provost’s 90% List – At least 90% of the students ranked Carlton in the “Excellent or Above Satisfactory” category (2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017).
• Student of the Year Finalist, Nova Southeastern University – College of Engineering & Computer, Lauderdale, Florida. (April 2016).
• Outstanding Employee Award, Florida State University, Panama City, Florida (May 2002).
• President’s Award, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky, (April 2000).

Previous Academic/Professional Positions

• Assistant Teaching Faculty, Florida State University, Panama City, (2013-2018)
• Associate Director of Contracts & Grants, Florida State University, Panama City, (2012-2017)
• Assistant Director of Technology, Office of Technology, Florida State University, Panama City, (2006-2012)

Additional Information

• HBU’s College of Engineering’s National Cyber League, Team Coach (2018-present)
• Institutional Review Board (IRB), Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) – Certified in Protection of Human Research Subjects (Expires 07/2020)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), member (2013 – present)
• Association of Computing Machinery, member (2013 – present)
• Association for Information Systems (AIS), Special Interest Group – Security (SIGSEC) (2015-present)
• Program Co-Chair, International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management’s KM Conference 2019, Warsaw, Poland, (http://iiakm.org/conference/KM2019/index.php).