Pam Hassebroek is a new media consultant and a postdoctoral research affiliate at the Internet and Public Policy Project (IP3). Through her experience as a researcher, educator, developer, and user of computer-based technologies in multiple contexts, she has broad interest in the social influences on computer-based systems.  In recent work, she investigates the complexity of organizations with respect to the impact of diverse cultural, linguistic, and sectoral conditions on IT management and cybersecurity.  In positions at the Graphics Visualization and Usability (GVU) Center,  Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC),  Wesley Center for New Media Research and Education, and others, she gained experience in interdisciplinary IT areas such as Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), multimedia applications, numerical simulation, and the use of IT for community building and economic development.

After 9/11, Dr. Hassebroek directed her research activities toward information security, critical infrastructure protection, and countering computer crime and terrorism.  In 2009, she served as a Mirzayan Fellow at The National Academies' Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, where she led the development of a research proposal incorporating persuasive communication in soft power strategies for reducing acts of terrorism. Also in this research area, she is actively engaged in the work of the American Bar Association (ABA) Privacy and Computer Crime Committee, and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), most recently through a coordinated project on cybercrime legislation that can assist in harmonizing the legal structures of the global community.

Current scholarly interests lie in the role of rhetorical discourse through film, in the way problems are presented and values embedded, and the evidence of subtle and not-so-subtle influence of media situations on individuals and groups.

Dr. Hassebroek has received numerous awards for her work in addition to The National Academies' Fellowship: Outstanding PhD Student, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech; International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium [ISC]2 Information Security Scholarship Award; Cisco Systems Information Assurance Scholarship; US Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP) grant.

Dr. Hassebroek received  MS (Digital Media/Computer Science) and PhD (Public Policy) degrees from Georgia Tech. She has traveled extensively outside the US in her work, having presented her ideas on five continents, and having spent an extended residency in Taipei, Taiwan.