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Lorrie Faith Cranor

Director and Bosch Distinguished Professor in Security and Privacy Technologies, CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
FORE Systems University Professor, Computer Science and Engineering & Public Policy

Director, CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory
Co-director, MSIT-Privacy Engineering masters program

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Contact

mailing address: Carnegie Mellon University, CIC 2107, 4720 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
office: CIC 2107 (4720 Forbes Ave [directions])
phone: 412-268-7534 (I rarely check voice mail)
email: lorrie AT cmu DOT edu
administrative assistant: Allison Fatla afatla@andrew.cmu.edu

How should you address me? Professor Cranor and Dr. Cranor are both fine if this is a professional context where titles are used. Outside of professional contexts you may use Dr. Cranor or Ms. Cranor. Please do not address me as Mrs. Cranor in any context. If we're not using titles, then Lorrie is just fine. If you can't decide whether to be formal or not, Professor Lorrie will also do. I use my full name Lorrie Faith Cranor in my publications, but no need to include my middle name elsewhere. Pronouns: she/her.

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Research focus

Usable privacy and security, technology and public policy - See the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory website for more information or watch a short video about my research

Highlights

Current projects

usable privacy choices, Usable Privacy Policy Project, usable and secure passwords, privacy decision making, user-controllable security and privacy, usable cyber trust indicators

Previous research

anti-phishing, P3P, electronic voting, and security vulnerabilities in movie distribution

Publications

CMU affiliations

Other affiliations

Teaching

Students

Current PhD Students: Wendy Bickersteth (Societal Computing), Elijah Bouma-Sims (Societal Computing), ), Andy Gallardo (Societal Computing), Megan Li (Societal Computing), Veronica Lin (Societal Computing), Alexandra Nisenoff (Societal Computing, Sarah Pearman (Societal Computing), Ellie Young (Societal Computing)

Graduated PhD Students (advisor): Rebecca Balebako (EPP PhD 2014), Cristian Bravo Lillo (EPP PhD 2014), Jessica Colnago (Societal Computing PhD 2021), Kyle Crichton (EPP PhD 2023), Serge Egelman (COS PhD 2009), Pardis Emami-Naeini (Societal Computing PhD 2020), Hana Habib (Societal Computing PhD 2021), Patrick Kelley (COS PhD 2013, co-advisor w/ N. Sadeh), Saranga Komanduri (Societal Computing PhD 2016), Ponnurangam Kumaraguru (COS PhD 2009), Pedro Leon (EPP PhD 2014), Abby Marsh (Societal Computing PhD 2018), Aleecia McDonald (EPP PhD 2010), Rob Reeder (CSD PhD 2008), Rich Shay (COS PhD 2015), Steve Sheng (EPP PhD 2009), Manya Sleeper (Societal Computing PhD 2016), Josh Tan (Societal Computing PhD 2020, co-advisor w/ L. Bauer), Janice Tsai (EPP PhD 2009), Blase Ur (Societal Computing PhD 2016), Kami Vaniea (CSD PhD 2012, co-advisor w/ L. Bauer)

Consulting

I have consulted for companies and non-profits on privacy policies, P3P, usable privacy and security, and technology policy. I have also served as an expert witness in patent litigation and in privacy cases, and in cases challenging the constitutionality of Internet harmful-to-minors laws, including the ACLU's successful challenge to the 1998 Children's Online Protection Act. I currently do expert witness consulting through Harbor Labs.

Personal

I walk to work, play recreational soccer, practice yoga, take lots of photos, sew clothes with pockets, and design and create quilts. I also play the bass flute in the City Flutes flute choir, serve as an Allegheny County elections poll worker, and organized the Dynamoms women's soccer club.

"I started quilting in grad school because I wanted to create something beautiful and see tangible progress when I got frustrated writing my dissertation. Thirty years later, I continue to design and sew quilts and now also clothing. Figuring out how to construct an idea I have in my mind out of fabric is a bit of an engineering challenge, but it is very different from what I do all day at work. I find it both relaxing and exciting, and I love the tactile nature of working with fabric. I enjoy designing and sewing clothing that meets all the requirements of the wearer: comfortable, perfect fit, looks great on, washable and of course it has to have functional pockets! And it is lots of fun when someone compliments me on my outfit, and I tell them I sewed it myself!" -- (CMU Arts in Education Week 2024)

Painted Sun Quilt Thesis2 Quilt Happy Flowers Quilt Circular Logic Quilt 2hip 2b square Quilt

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