Scholarship

Journal Articles & Conference Proceedings

• 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.
• 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.
• Carr, V. A., Avena, J., Smith, M. C., Lee, W., Schuster, D., & Wei, B. (2024). Work in Progress: Community college student experiences with interdisciplinary computing modules in introductory biology and statistics courses. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD: American Society for Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--47061
• Schuster, D., Fausett, C. M., Korentsides, J. M., Patel, S. M., Lazzara, E. H., & Keebler, J. R. (2024). Exploring cognition and proficiency in cybersecurity incident response: Description of a subject-matter expert interview. In 2023 IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.29007/gt9r
• Fausett, C. M., Korentsides, J. M., Patel, S. M., Schuster, D., Lazzara, E. H., & Keebler, J. R. (2024). Investigating team level KSAs in cybersecurity: Insights from observing a cybersecurity-themed board game pilot study. In 2023 IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.29007/1wrb
• Carr, V. A., Avena, J. S., Schuster, D, Lee, W., & Wei, B. (2023). Work in progress: Applied Programming Experiences (APEX) for community college students. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD: American Society for Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--42877
• Muratore, L. A., Flentje, A., Schuster, D., & Capriotti, M. R. (2022). Disordered eating and body dissatisfaction in transgender and gender expansive adults: An evaluation and integration of the gender minority stress and resilience and tripartite influence models. Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.02.006
• Schuster, D. (2020). Exploring cognitive processes to develop cybersecurity defender proficiency. Cybersecurity Skills Journal: NICE Framework Special Issue: Investigating Framework Adoption, Adaptation, or Extension, 40-57. [ Open Access ]
• Mabie, D., & Schuster, D. (2020). Lessons learned in leveraging existing simulations for cybersecurity training, evaluation, and research. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181320641095
• Baker, A. L., Keebler, J. R., Plummer, J. P., Schuster, D., & Anania, E. C. (2020). Team combat identification: Effects of gender, spatial visualization, and disagreement. Human Factors. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720820902286
• Macabante, C., Wei, S., & Schuster, D. (2019). Elements of cyber-cognitive situation awareness in organizations. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181319631483
• Schuster, D., & Wu, S. (2018). Toward cyber workforce development: An exploratory survey of information security professionals. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621285 [ Poster ]
• Scott, A., Cooke, I., Wong, N., Sliwinska, K. & Schuster, D. (2018). Elicitation by critiquing: Applications to computer network defense. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621286 [ Poster ]
• Cooke, I., Scott, A., Sliwinska, K., Wong, N., Shah, S. V., Lyu, J., & Schuster, D. (2018). Toward robust models of cyber situation awareness. In T. Ahram & D. Nicholson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (vol. 782, pp. 127-137). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94782-2_13
• Still, J. D., Cain, A., & Schuster, D. (2017). Human-centered authentication guidelines. Information and Computer Security. https://doi.org/10.1108/ICS-04-2016-0034
• Plummer, J. P., Schuster, D., & Keebler, J. R. (2017). The effects of gender, flow and video game experience on combat identification training. Ergonomics. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2017.1280187
• Brown, P., Christensen, K., & Schuster, D. (2016). An investigation of trust in a cyber security tool. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931213601333
• Cain, A. A., Edwards, T., & Schuster, D. (2016). A quantitative measure for shared and complementary situation awareness. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931213601416
• Cain, A. A., & Schuster, D. (2016). Applying measurement to complementary situation awareness. Proceedings of the IEEE International Inter-Disciplinary Conference on Cognitive Methods in Situation Awareness and Decision Support (CogSIMA), 121-125. San Diego, CA: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/COGSIMA.2016.7497798
• Schuster, D., Still, M. L., Still, J. D., Lim, J. J., Feria, C. S., & Rohrer, C. (2015). Opinions or algorithms: An investigation of trust in people versus automation in app store security. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Heidelberg: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20376-8_37
• Keebler, J., Jentsch, F., & Schuster, D. (2014). The effects of video game experience and active stereoscopy on performance in combat identification tasks. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720814535248
• Cain, A. A., & Schuster, D. (2014). Measurement of situation awareness among diverse agents in cyber security. Proceedings of the IEEE International Inter-Disciplinary Conference on Cognitive Methods in Situation Awareness and Decision Support (CogSIMA). San Antonio, TX: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CogSIMA.2014.6816551

Book Chapters

• Schuster, D. (in press). Applying lessons learned from the safety of sociotechnical systems to the human factors of cybersecurity. In C. Fausett, J. Keebler, E. L. Lazzara, & D. Schuster (Eds.), Handbook of Human Factors in Cybersecurity: A Human-Centered Approach. Taylor & Francis.
• Schuster, D., & Keebler, J. (2019). Cybersecurity in organizations: A sociotechnical systems approach. In M. Mouloua & P. Hancock (Eds.), Human Performance in Automated and Autonomous Systems: Emerging Issues and Practical Perspectives. CRC Press. [ Link ]
• Schuster, D., & Scott, A. (2018). Trust. In A. Moallem (Ed.), Human-Computer Interaction in Cybersecurity Handbook. CRC Press. [ Link ]
• Nathan-Roberts, D., & Schuster, D. (2017). Looking ahead: Human factors in sociotechnical systems. In H. M. Cuevas, & J. Velázquez (Eds.), Human Factors and Practice: Concepts and Applications. CRC Press. [ Link ]
• Schuster, D., & Nathan-Roberts, D. (2017). Situation awareness, sociotechnical systems, and automation in emergency medical services: Theory and measurement. In J. R. Keebler, E. H. Lazzara, & P. Misasi (Eds.), Human Factors and Ergonomics of Prehospital Emergency Care (pp. 27-40). CRC Press. [ Link ]

Conference Presentations

• Hampole, S., McCaslin-Rodrigo, S., Carr, V., Schuster, D., Reyes, S., Senti, S., Ramsey, K., Owen, J., Taylor, K., & Mackintosh, M-A. (2025, June 10). Examining posttraumatic symptoms as predictors of user engagement with a mobile app for military sexual trauma [Poster presentation]. Society for Digital Mental Health 2025 Annual Meeting. https://societydmh.org/2025-annual-meeting/
• Negrette, A. & Schuster, D. (2025, April 23). Investigating learning in immersive virtual reality [Lecture presentation]. Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• 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 ]
• Batoy, K., Le, T., Silva-Kaiser, T., Sridhar, S., & 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 ]
• Negrette, A. & Schuster, D. (2025, May 1). Immersive virtual reality impacts learning [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association Convention, Las Vegas, NV. [ Poster ]
• Carr, V., & Schuster, D., Baca Reinke, M., Smith, M. C., Avena, J., Lee, W., & Wei, B. (2024). Applied programming experiences (APEX): Embedding computing modules in introductory biology and statistics courses [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.
• Carr, V., Avena, J., Lee, W., Schuster, D., Smith, M., & Wei, B. (2024, March 1). Student experiences with interdisciplinary computing modules embedded into lower-division biology courses [Poster presentation]. 2024 Symposium on Teaching and Learning, San Bernadino, CA.
• Avena, J. S., Carr, V. A., Schuster, D., Lee, W., & Wei, B. (2023). Applied programming experiences (APEX) for students in introductory biology and statistics courses [Poster presentation]. X-DBER Conference, Lincoln, NE.
• Fausett, C. F., Korentsides, J., Patel, S., Keebler, J., Lazzara, E., & Schuster, D. (2023). Leveraging existing content to assess and train cybersecurity cognition [Poster presentation]. Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International Conference, San Francisco, CA.
• Pradhan, K. D., Norton, C. M., Chavarin, C., Tran, T. T., Mubarez, H., & Schuster, D. (2022, April 18). Evaluating macrocognitive awareness training [Poster presentation]. Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA. [ Poster ]
• Norton, C. M. & Schuster, D. (2022, April 18). Exploring threat understanding and cyber hygiene behaviors using card sorting [Poster presentation]. Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA. [ Poster ]
• Tran, T. T., Chavarin, C., Mubarez, H., Norton, C. M., Pradhan, K. D., & Schuster, D. (2022, April 18). Lessons learned recruiting cybersecurity students for human factors research [Poster presentation]. Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA. [ Poster ]
• Khan, H. A., Helzer, M. R., & Schuster, D. (2021, June 21 to 24). Training for macrocognitive skills awareness in cybersecurity professionals [Lecture presentation]. Resilience Engineering Association, Naturalistic Decision Making and Foundation for an Industrial Safety Culture Joint Initiative: Bouncing Forward from Global Crises and Challenges, Toulouse, France.
• Khan, H. A., Helzer, M. R., & Schuster, D. (2021, April 20 to 27). Training for macrocognitive skills awareness in cybersecurity professionals [Poster presentation]. Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Schuster, D. (2020, October 28-31). How psychology can solve our toughest technology problems [Keynote presentation]. Western Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.
• Conetta, C., & Schuster, D. (2020, October 28-31). Individual differences in cyber security [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.
• Fausett, C., Fisher, H., & Schuster, D. (2020, October 28-31). Informing best practices for cyber hygiene: A systematic literature review [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.
• Ghavami, N. & Schuster, D. (2020, October 28-31). Implementing cybersecurity education in K-12 schooling to increase self-efficacy and STEM engagement [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.
• Lee, C. & Schuster, D. (2020, October 28-31). Measuring the constructs of shared mental models in human-agent teams: A review [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.
• Conetta, C., & Schuster, D. (2020, April 20 to May 5). Individual differences in cyber security [Poster presentation]. Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Fisher, H., Fausett, C., & Schuster, D. (2020, April 20 to May 5). Cyber hygiene among college students [Poster presentation]. Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Salubre, K. J., Tully, A., Ghavami, N., Schuster, D., & Klaw, E. (2020, April 20 to May 5). The impact of the Cyber Spartans mentorship program: Effects on college student participants [Poster presentation]. Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Sanders, J., Diamond, D., Schuster, D., & Soto, R. (2019, October 5). Effective and affordable ways to get talent. [Panel presentation]. Cybersecurity Symposium for Smart Cities. San Jose, CA.
• Ashenden, D., Mancuso, V., & Schuster, D. (2019, June). Macrocognition and development of the cybersecurity workforce. In R. Hoffman (Chair), Current issues and challenges in cyberdefense. Symposium conducted at the 14th International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making, San Francisco, CA.
• Kelley, D., Macabante, C., Salubre, K. J., Fausett, C., Do, S., Lee, C., & Schuster, D. (2019, April). A mental model approach to understanding phishing susceptibility. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Pasadena, CA.
• Wei, S., Fausett, C., & Schuster, D. (2019, April). Protection motivation theory for mobile security. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Pasadena, CA.
• Contreras Barrios, G. A., & Schuster, D. (2019, April). Decision making style and cyber hygiene. Poster session presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Cooke I., Aragon, E., Macabante, C., Miro, M., Cruz, L., & Schuster, D. (2019, April). The relationship between self-assessment of technology literacy and aptitude in cybersecurity. Poster session presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• DeMar, C., Do, S., George, T., & Schuster, D. (2019, April). Identifications of cybersecurity workforce needs. Poster session presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Do, S., Ahmed, S., George, T., & Schuster, D. (2019, April). Motivations behind cyber criminals. Poster session presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Fausett, C., Salubre, K., Dinh, L., Kraskian, R., Fisher, H., Contreras, G., Do, S., Tully, A., Schuster, D., & Klaw, E. (2019, April). Cyber Spartans: Assessing Self-Efficacy and Engagement in STEM. Poster session presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Macabante, C., Wei, S., & Schuster, D. (2019). Elements of cyber-cognitive situation awareness in organizations. Poster session presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Kelley, D., Schuster, D., Conetta, C., & Quinto, K. (2018, August). Investigation of attitudes toward security behaviors. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA. [ Poster ]
• Cooke, I., & Schuster, D. (2018, August). A comparative study of the influence of level of automation and reliability of IDS systems on cyber situation awareness. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
• Davtyan, K., & Schuster, D. (2018, August). Understanding cybersecurity decision making through knowledge elicitation techniques. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA. [ Poster ]
• Kelley, D., & Schuster, D. (2018, April). Investigation of attitudes toward security behaviors. Poster session presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Cooke, I., Scott, A., Sliwinska, K., Wong, N., Shah, S. V., Liu, J., & Schuster, D. (2017, April). Toward robust models of cyber situation awareness. Poster session presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Shah, S., Wong, N., & Schuster, D. (2017, April). Accelerating on-the-job-training using concept mapping. Poster session presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA. [ Poster ]
• Schuster, D. (2017, January). Understanding human cognition in computer network defense. Poster session presented at the NSF Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Principal Investigators Meeting, Washington, DC. [ Poster ]
• Schuster, D., Cooke, I., & Scott, A. (2016, September). Cybersecurity, human factors, and industry: Three research challenges.. Invited talk and discussion panel presented the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
• Wong, N., & Schuster, D. (2016, April). The use of virtual machines in learning about human behavior in cyber security. Poster session presented at the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Brown, P., Christensen, K., Nguyen, R., Wong, N., & Schuster, D. (2016, April). An investigation of trust in cyber security tools. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Long Beach, CA.
• Christensen, K., Laraway, S., Schuster, D., & Rogers, R. F. (2016, April). The effects of online course pedagogies on learning and cognitive workload. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Long Beach, CA.
• Cain, A. A., & Schuster, D. (2015, April). The neurobiological underpinnings of trust between humans and machines. Poster session to be presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Las Vegas, NV.
• Cain, A. A., & Schuster, D. (2015, April). Trust as a predictor of complacency in cyber security. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Las Vegas, NV.
• Cain, A. A., Schuster, D. (2014, May). Trust as a mediator between signal detection and security-related behaviors in cyber security. Presentation at Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Kuhach, K. L., Koss, J., & Schuster, D. (2014, May). The effect of transparency, reliability, and system error on automated intrusion detection systems. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.