Leah Zhang-Kennedy, University of Waterloo

Research

Mental models Privacy Software development User interface design User studies

Latest funding

Enhancing User Interfaces to Support Privacy Mental Models
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$75,000
Enhancing User Interfaces to Support Privacy Mental Models
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 2 grants and awards

Enhancing User Interfaces to Support Privacy Mental Models

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Zhang-Kennedy, Leah

Keywords: privacy; mental models; user interface design; software development; user studies

$75,000

Enhancing User Interfaces to Support Privacy Mental Models

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Zhang-Kennedy, Leah

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Mental models Dear Professor Zhang-Kennedy, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on mental models connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Enhancing User Interfaces to Support Privacy Mental Models" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]