Biography

I’m a PhD candidate advised by Michelle Mazurek in Security, Privacy, and People Lab (SP2) at the University of Maryland, College Park. I am on the job market for the 2022-2023 academic year!

My research centers around the intersection of computer security and usability with a focus on the human factors affecting software developers and security professionals. I’m interested in understanding how software developers and security professionals reason and think about security in their job roles. Specifically, I’d like to explore how current security interventions, tools, programming languages, and organizational processes fail developers and security professionals and how we can improve them. As a result of my work, I aim to provide scientifically-based recommendations for policy, education, programming language and tool changes.

Interests
  • Secure Development
  • Security Professionals
  • Human-Computer Interaction
Education
  • PhD in Computer Science, 2023

    University of Maryland

  • MS in Computer Science, 2019

    University of Maryland

  • BS in Computer Science and Mathematics, 2017

    Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Recent Publications

Vulnerability Discovery for All: Experiences of Marginalization in Vulnerability Discovery
Understanding the How and the Why: Exploring Secure Development Practices Through a Course Competition
Benefits and Drawbacks of Adopting a Secure Programming Language: Rust as a Case Study

Service

Technical Program Committee

Organizing Committee

Poster Jury

External Reviewer

Sub-Review Service

Departmental Service

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Graduate Research Assistant
Aug 2018 – Present College Park, MD
 
 
 
 
 
Researcher
May 2020 – Aug 2020 Washington D.C.
 
 
 
 
 
Researcher
Sep 2017 – May 2020 Gaithersburg, MD
 
 
 
 
 
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Aug 2017 – May 2018 College Park, MD

Contact

If you are security professional and would like to participate in future research, please consider joining the MC2 Security Professional Research Panel.