I am an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Information School.
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.
Contact Info
Rick Wash
4251 Helen C. White building
600 N. Park st
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI
Email (preferred): rwash@wisc.edu
Phone: 734-730-1188 (cell)
Twitter: @rickwash
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Short Bio
Rick Wash is an expert on the human aspects of cybersecurity.
He is an Associate Professor in the Information School at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He studies how people think about their interactions with modern technology, with an emphasis on the work people do to protect themselves from risks associated with using information technology and the Internet.
His research has won the Impact award at SOUPS for significant long-term impact on the usable security and privacy research and practice, a Google Security and Privacy Research award, and an NSF CAREER award. His work is supported by over $2 million from the US National Science Foundation. He was previously a professor at Michigan State University, and he completed his PhD at the School of Information at the University of Michigan.