Contact Info

Rick Wash
rwash@wisc.edu

Cell: (734) 730-1188

I am an Associate Professor at the Information School at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. My research focuses on understanding how people think about and reason about their use of technology, with particular focuses on information security, crowdsourcing, and online communities.

Previously, I was an associate professor at Michigan State University, where I was one of the lead PIs in the Behavior, Information, and Technology Lab (BITLab) at MSU.

For more information about my research publications, see my Google Citations profile.

Recent News

  • New I recently began a new position as an Associate Professor at the Information School at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

  • New I wrote an article about my phishing research for the Wall Street Journal. And six months later, a second article based on my research about mock phishing tests in companies. And a third article based on my research on using storytelling as a possible solution to phishing.

  • I will be the Program Committee Co-Chair for SOUPS 2022 along with Manya Sleeper, and SOUPS 2023 along with Katharina Krombholtz

  • SOUPS awarded its Impact Award to my 2010 paper “Folk Models of Home Computer Security” (more info)

  • Google awarded me one of their 2018 Security and Privacy Research Awards. (more info)