Kelsey Fulton

I’m an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Colorado School of Mines. I did my PhD at the University of Maryland, advised by Michelle Mazurek in the Security, Privacy, and People Lab (SP2).

My research centers around secure software development, with a focus on the human factors impacting secure software development. I’m interested in understanding how software developers and security professionals reason and think about security in their job roles. Specifically, I’d like to explore how current security interventions, tools, programming languages, and organizational processes fail developers and security professionals and how we can improve them. As a result of my work, I aim to provide scientifically-based recommendations for improvements of secure development resources, secure development tools, and secure development processes.

I do not currenlty have any openings for PhD students. I have a few openings for excited, motivated undergraduate and Master’s students. If you are interested in working with me, please fill out this form. Prospective students can look at the prospective students page for details.