About

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Dr. Kelly Caine is currently a Fulbright Scholar in Computer Science at the University of Iceland.

She is also a Professor in the Human-Centered Computing Division of the School of Computing at Clemson University. She is the founder and co-director of the Humans and Technology Lab where she leads research in human factors, cybersecurity, human-centered computing, privacy, usable security, and human-computer interaction.

She is co-author of Understanding Your Users: A Practical Guide to User Research (2015) and has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers. She loves teaching students about science and has mentored over 60 students, ranging from undergraduates to post-doctoral fellows, as research assistants in her lab.

She and her students have received awards for their collaborative research from the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, the American Public Health Association, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Prior to joining Clemson, she was Principal Research Scientist in the School of Computing at Indiana University’s Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, and a UX researcher at Google. She holds degrees from the University of South Carolina (B.A.) and the Georgia Institute of Technology (M.S. and Ph.D.).