Rachel Bleiman
Temple University
PhD Student
Rachel Bleiman is a first-year PhD student studying Criminal Justice at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She has worked as a graduate research assistant on a National Science Foundation grant for over a year, during which she has researched cybersecurity issues, such as adversarial behavior in cyberattacks, social engineering, and ransomware. Rachel has also published on a wide range of topics, such as ransomware incidents against critical infrastructure, social engineering pretexts used to disclose sensitive information, and the development of experiential learning cybersecurity workshops. Her overall interests are in the online privacy and security domain, which she plans to study more throughout her graduate program.