I am a doctoral student in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University, from which I received my MA in Criminal Justice and my BA in Criminal Justice with minors in Psychology and Information Science & Technology. I have proficiency with coding in Python, Java, SQL, Stata, and R.
My research interests include cybercrime, mis/disinformation, ransomware, and social engineering. I have conducted independent research projects using both qualitative and quantitative methods, including a study in which I collected primary data on factors that impact deepfake technology and another study in which I used Item Response Theory to analyze the measuring instrument of an original deepfake detection survey.
I am also a member of the Cybersecurity in Application, Research, and Education (CARE) Lab run by Dr. Aunshul Rege in which I work under an NSF grant. With the lab, I have co-led workshops that teach both educators and students about social engineering. I have also helped to design, organize, and execute social engineering competitions for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. Additionally, I maintain a publicly available dataset of ransomware incidents against critical infrastructure that has been requested by government, industry, non-profit, and academic professionals.
Currently, I serve as the president of the university's chapter of the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) organization, which unites interested undergraduate and graduate students in guest speaker events, workshops, conferences, and networking opportunities in the field of cybersecurity, both technical and non-technical.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Aunshul Rege
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