RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

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Social Cybersecurity

REU research Intern, Summer 2021

Human Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Mentored by Laura Dabbish and Jason Hong
Understanding user security behavior adoption and attitudes through an exploratory interview study and qualitative data analysis.

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Driving Inferences

Research Assistant, Feb 2021 - May 2021

Behavior, Information and Technology lab at Michigan State University
Mentored by Emilee Rader
Exploring user understanding of driving data, inferences from that data through collaborative qualitatitve analysis of an interview study

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Security Stories

Research Assistant, May 2020 - Apr 2021

Behavior, Information and Technology lab at Michigan State University
Mentored by Rick Wash
Designing and implementing an experimental protocol to develop story-based training against phishing emails

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Online Communities

Research Assistant, Sep 2019 - Apr 2020

Behavior, Information and Technology lab at Michigan State University
Mentored by Rick Wash
Exploring attitudes towards tracking technology within subreddit communities for infertility through collaborative qualitative analysis

COURSEWORK

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"COVID, Social Media Usage, and Loneliness in Different Age Groups"

MI 401: Topics in Information Science, Spring 2021

My team and I developed a relevant research question and a survey study extending methodology and conclusions from literature related to the course content. This paper reports on the findings and conclusions of that study. Individually, I conducted and wrote the literature review section, as well as tidied and created statistics from the survey data.