Rachel German
PhD Candidate, The University of Texas at Austin

Contact
- E-mail: rachelgerman@utexas.edu
- Office: MEZ 3.232
Interests
Public Policy, American Politics
Biography
Rachel German is a PhD candidate at the University of Texas in the Department of Government. Her dissertation examines policy processes and jurisdictional complexity in emergent issue areas, with a focus on cybersecurity and data privacy.
Her research interests center around decision-making in institutions and organizations, with a focus on privacy and information policy as it relates to both consumers and national security. She was a 2017-2018 Brumley Next Generation Graduate Fellow for the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Law and Security's Integrated Cybersecurity Studies program. She is an affiliated lecturer with UT's M.S. in Identity Management and Security program in the iSchool, a Research Associate with the Center for Identity, a Graduate Researcher with the Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute.