Rate My Professor Jennifer Williams

Macquarie University

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4.08/20/2025

Creates a welcoming and inclusive environment.

4.05/21/2025

Encourages students to think critically.

5.03/31/2025

Makes learning engaging and enjoyable.

4.02/27/2025

Helps students unlock their full potential.

5.02/17/2025

Creates a safe and inclusive space.

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Dr. Jennifer J. Williams is a Lecturer in Cyber Security Analysis at Macquarie University in the School of International Studies, Faculty of Arts. Specializing in behavioural cybersecurity, she applies insights from cognitive science to enhance public cyber resilience, decision-making processes, and responses to cyber threats. Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Psychological Studies with Honours from Western Sydney University, and she is completing her PhD in Cyber Security and Human Behaviour at Macquarie University. Her doctoral research employs experimental quantitative methods to investigate how cognitive techniques, such as mental simulations and episodic future thinking, can empower individuals by increasing self-efficacy and motivating effective cybersecurity practices. Since 2020, she has been teaching and lecturing in cognitive science, behavioural cybersecurity, and technical cybersecurity, including unit convening for courses like PICT8012 Critical Thought and Research Design, PICT8040 Cyber Crime and Cyber Policing, and PICT8030 Cyber Warfare. A career highlight includes leading 21 postgraduate students on a study tour to the United States, visiting FBI Headquarters, the Pentagon, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, the Australian Embassy, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, the World Trade Centre 9/11 Memorial Museum, and the United Nations Headquarters.