Education

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
School of Computer Science
Doctoral Student in Computation, Organizations, and Society, 2009 - present
Masters degree in Computation, Organizations, and Society, 2011

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Master of Science in Computer Science, 2007
Upsilon Pi Epsilon, International Honor Society for the Computing Sciences
GPA: 3.75

Brown University, Providence, RI
A.B. in Computer Science and Classics, 2003
GTE Corporation Merit Scholarship
Graduated Magna cum Laude and with honors in classics
GPA: 3.9

Thayer Academy, Braintree, MA
High School, 1999
Senior Class President
Cum Laude Society
GPA: 3.92

Professional Experience

Web Development Consultant, 2008 - 2009
Designed and created websites

Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General, 2003-2004
Intern, Boston, MA
Redesigned and implemented database system used to record the Office's cases
Researched, wrote, and edited documents disseminated by the Office

BBN Technologies, Summers 2001 and 2002
Intern, Cambridge, MA
Designed and implemented graphical interfaces for internal research projects on network security
Named 2001 Verizon Northeast Region Internet of the Year

GTE/Verizon Labs, Waltham, MA, Summers 1999 and 2000
Senior Technician, Waltham, MA
Designed, coded, and tested a graphical interface for Verizon customer website

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant

Usable Privacy and Security
Teaching Assistant for Lorrie Faith Cranor, Fall 2011
Duties included grading weekly homework assignments, helping to determine the lesson plan, presenting two lectures, and meeting students outside of the classroom to discuss homework and the class project.

Publications

Conference and Workshop Papers

Why Johnny Can't Opt Out: A Usability Evaluation of Tools to Limit Online Behavioral Advertising. CHI 2012, publication pending. (with P. Leon, B. Ur, R. Balebako, L.F. Cranor, and Y. Wang)

Access Control for Home Data Sharing: Attitudes, Needs and Practices. CHI 2010. (with M. Mazurek, J.P. Arsenault, J. Bresee, N. Gupta, I. Ion, C. Johns, D. Lee, Y. Liang, J. Olsen, B. Salmon, K. Vaniea, L. Bauer, L.F. Cranor, G.R. Ganger, and M.K. Reiter)

Of Passwords and People: Measuring the Effect of Password-Composition Policies. CHI 2011. (with S. Komanduri, P.G. Kelley, M. Mazurek, L. Bauer, N. Christin, L.F. Cranor, and S. Egelman)

Exploring Reactive Access Control. CHI 2011. (with M. Mazurek, P. Klemperer, H. Takabi, L. Bauer, and L.F. Cranor)

Encountering Stronger Password Requirements: User Attitudes and Behaviors. SOUPS 2010. (with S. Komanduri, P.G. Kelley, P.G. Leon, M. Mazurek, L. Bauer, N. Christin, and L.F. Cranor)

Password Policy Simulation and Analysis. DIM 07. (with Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel and Elisa Bertio)

Journal Publications

A Comprehensive Simulation Tool for the Analysis of Password Policies. International Journal of Information Security, Springer, 2009. (with E. Bertino)

AdChoices? Compliance with Online Behavioral Advertising Notice and Choice Requirements. I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society (publication pending). (with S. Komanduri, G. Norcie, B. Ur, L.F. Cranor)

Posters

Exploring Reactive Access Control. CHI 2010. (with M. Mazurek, P. Klemperer, and H. Takabi)

Undergraduate Thesis

Jesus and Hierarchy Senior Thesis. Brown University Department of Classics.

Hobbies and Interests

I am a professional Magic: the Gathering player. I have been playing since 1997, and have attended several Pro-Tours. I have written several articles on Magic that have been published online.

I enjoy playing board games. I am the former New England champion in Agricola, Power Grid, Dominion, and Notre Dame.

I am interested in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, especially the works of Plato.

I am a native English speaker. I have been proficient at reading Latin, but am rusty. I have proficiency with Ruby, Rails, Java, C, C++, and LaTeX. I have experience with SQL and Perl.