Scholarship

Journal Articles & Conference Proceedings

• Schuster, D. (in press). Exploring cognitive processes to develop cybersecurity defender proficiency. Cybersecurity Skills Journal: 2020 Special Issue on the NICE Framework. [ Early Access ]
• Baker, A. L., Keebler, J. R., Plummer, J. P., Schuster, D., & Anania, E. C. (in press). Team combat identification: Effects of gender, spatial visualization, and disagreement. Human Factors.
• 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. Seattle, WA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. doi: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. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. doi: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. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. doi: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. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics. Orlando, FL: AHFE International. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-94782-2_13 [ Web ]
• Still, J. D., Cain, A., & Schuster, D. (2017). Human-centered authentication guidelines. Information and Computer Security. doi:10.1108/ICS-04-2016-0034 [ Web ]
• Plummer, J. P., Schuster, D., & Keebler, J. R. (2017). The effects of gender, flow and video game experience on combat identification training. Ergonomics. doi:10.1080/00140139.2017.1280187 [ Web ]
• 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. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. doi:10.1177/1541931213601333 [ Web ]
• 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. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. doi:10.1177/1541931213601416 [ Web ]
• 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. doi:10.1109/COGSIMA.2016.7497798 [ Web ]
• 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. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20376-8_37 [ Web ]
• 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. doi:10.1177/0018720814535248 [ Web ]
• 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. doi:10.1109/CogSIMA.2014.6816551

Book Chapters

• Schuster, D., & Keebler, J. (2019). Cybersecurity. In M. Mouloua & P. Hancock (Eds.), Automation and Human Performance: Theory and Applications (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
• Schuster, D., & Scott, A. (2018). Trust. In A. Moallem (Ed.), Human-Computer Interaction in Cybersecurity Handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. [ Web ]
• 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. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. [ Web ]
• 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). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. [ Web ]

Conference Presentations

• Pradhan, K. D., Norton, C. M., Chavarin, C., Tran, 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., 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 ]
• Schuster, D. (2020, October 28-31). How psychology can solve our toughest technology problems [Keynote presentation]. Western Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA. [ Thu., Oct. 29, 11:00am - 12:00pm ]
• Conetta, C., & Schuster, D. (2020, October 28-31). Individual differences in cyber security [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA. [ Available on demand ]
• 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. [ Available on demand ]
• 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. [ Available on demand ]
• 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. [ Available on demand ]
• 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 ]
• 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.