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Find us at AHFE and SVCC this summer

Mon. June 23. Schuster, D., Fausett, C., Huang, M., Patel, S. M., Korentsides, J., Keebler, J. R., & Lazzara, E. H. (in press). Poster: Development of situation awareness measurement for cybersecurity professionals. Proceedings of the 2025 Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Conference. Fremont, CA: IEEE.

Mon. July 28. Schuster, D. (in press). Exploring how college students’ mental models of cybersecurity threats predict cyber knowledge and hygiene. Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE). Orlando, FL: AHFE.

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View our recent posters from SPARC and WPA

Negrette, A. & Schuster, D. (2025, May 1). Immersive virtual reality impacts learning [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association Convention. [ Poster ]

Lo, C. & Schuster, D. (2025, April 23). A review of methods to increase AI transcription accuracy in cybersecurity research [Poster presentation]. Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA. [ Poster ]

Mendez-Espain, B., Sevilla, M., Catalano, J., Pedroff, J., Hjalmarson, D., & Schuster, D. (2025, April 23). Exploring the usability of generative AI among college students [Poster presentation]. Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA. [ Poster ]

Sridhar, S., Batoy, K., Silva-Kaiser, T., Le, T., & Schuster, D. (2025, April 23). Impact of AI Explainability on College Students' Trust in AI [Poster presentation]. Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA. [ Poster ]

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Research Areas

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Cybersecurity

We investigate the cognitive factors that support cybersecurity professionals, cyber workforce development, and cyber hygiene.

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Human-Automation Teaming

We investigate how people and automation work together, especially when safety and performance are critical.


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STEM Education and Careers

We create, study, and evaluate strategies to increase participation and achievement in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce.

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