- Released the SA-13 inventory and associated working paper
- Will be speaking at the M3AAWG 65th General Meeting in October 2025, topic: Understanding and Mitigating SMiShing Vulnerability: Insights from U.S. Surveys and Interviews
- Posting lectures on Usable Security and Privacy on YouTube
Research Experience
- Faculty mentor for the UNC Charlotte Cybersecurity Clinic
- Member of the Human-Centered Computing (HCC) Lab, Center for Cyber Defense and Network Assurance (CyberDNA), Center for Energy Security and Reliability (CESaR), and Center for Humane AI Studies (CHAIS)
- Created the SA-6 security attitude scale in 2018-19
- Teaching ITIS 4360/5360: Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence in Spring 2026
- Mentoring 4 Undergraduate Research Fellows and a Special Topics course for graduate students in our Cybersecurity Clinic
Background
Scholar in human-computer interaction, usable security and privacy, UX, and social computing. Assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where I direct the Security and Privacy Experiences (SPEX) research group. My focus is on understanding how people's security attitudes and social environments weigh in their decision to adopt - or not adopt - secure behaviors.
Miscellany
Interests include: survey research, HCI books, papers, and blog posts