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Turner College Management Professor Mark James Tackling the 2025-26 Academic Year in Grand Style

Turner College management professor Mark James has been experiencing a very successful 2025-26 academic year. In September 2025 we reported news that an investigation of the ethics of using hidden prompts to detect AI generated writing in student submissions in asynchronous online university classes by James, Turner College accounting professor Charles Boster and Turner College management professor Laurence Marsh had been published by the Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice. Later that same month we reported that James' work on the link between community and work for gays and lesbians with Zhimin Hu of the University of Padua was published in the Journal of Business, Industry and Economics. Completing a one-week stint in September 2025 when James announced three new publications, we reported that research by James, Boster, Nicholas Busko of Worcester Preparatory School and Towson University's Micheal Schuldt that employs a principal agent framework to examine agent reporting accuracy in a budgeting context was published in the Journal of Business and Economics. Lastly, on Friday Turner Business reported that the Turner College team of Boster, James and Jasmine Bordere, along with Zhimin Hu, recently received news that their study of college students' perceptions of belonging, support, and success is set to be published in a 2026 issue of the Research in Higher Education Journal.
To get a better grasp on James' research activities this year and what is to come in the near future, Turner Business recently spoke with him about his current progress on new projects. "I have a new paper examining how bilingualism may influence individuals' conflict management styles that is currently under review," James stated. He also informed us that he has two projects on AI that are in various stages of progress. "One of these provides a guide for using artificial intelligence and detailed grading rubrics to facilitate grading student writing assignments. The paper focuses on the use of AI to facilitate grading efficiency, consistency, and feedback quality while at the same time keeping instructors in full control of final evaluations," James noted. The second project, which examines the limitations of using rubric-based AI for grading writing assignments, is based on James' personal experience. As he explained, "The paper documents how AI systems drift from clearly defined grading rubric rules and requires constant human monitoring, much like an inattentive grader. The paper argues that AI can assist in grading writing assignments, but trusting AI grading without close supervision risks unpredictable and unreliable assessment." Stay connected to Turner Business for updates on these new research projects from James.




















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