Robert J Honomichl

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Journals/Publications

• Kipers, J., Wagner, P., & Honomichl, R. J. (2025). Arizona’s Experiential Learning Opportunities: Regional Security Operations Centers and Cybersecurity Clinics. Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2025(1), 18.
• Wagner, P., Dark, M., Honomichl, R., Sharevski, F., & Leiterman, S. (2025). The National Cybersecurity Teaching Coalition: Expanding Cybersecurity Education Opportunities.. Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2025(1).
• Honomichl, R. (2024). Building the middle school cybersecurity education ecosystem: The critical role of replicable teacher cybersecurity education professional development. Available at SSRN 5823162.

Proceedings Publications

• Dupuis, M., Honomichl, R., Zantua, M., & Ju, J. (2025). Cybersecurity High School Innovations: A Path for Educators to Teach Cybersecurity Courses in their Schools. In Journal of The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, 12.
• Honomichl, R., & Wagner, P. (2025). DEVELOPING CRITICAL INDUSTRY SKILLS THROUGH INTEGRATION OF RISK ASSESSMENT CURRICULUM IN HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES. In INTED2025 Proceedings.
• Honomichl, R., & Wagner, P. (2025). THE NEED FOR HIGHLY TRAINED AND QUALIFIED K12 TEACHERS TO ADDRESS THE GROWING DEMAND FOR CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONALS. In INTED2025 Proceedings.
• Honomichl, R. (2024).

  BUILDING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF REPLICABLE TEACHER CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  . In ICERI2024 Proceedings.
• Honomichl, R. (2024). ADOLESCENT TECHNOLOGY USERS'ATTITUDES, PERCEPTIONS, EXPERIENCES, AND ENGAGEMENT WITH PROBLEMATIC INFORMATION AND INFORMATION-BASED COGNITIVE CYBERATTACKS. In INTED2024 Proceedings.
• Honomichl, R. (2024). DEVELOPING PROBLEMATIC INFORMATION CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN ADOLESCENT TECHNOLOGY USERS THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY CYBERSECURITY CURRICULUM. In EDULEARN24 Proceedings.
• Straight, R., Alharthi, D., & Honomichl, R. (2023, 13-15 November, 2023). BRIDGING COMPLEXITY AND DISTANCE: DESIGNING AN ONLINE MS PROGRAM IN CYBER AND INFORMATION OPERATIONS. In ICERI2023 Proceedings.

Presentations

• Honomichl, R. J., & Wagner, P. E. (2024, April).

  Addressing the critical need for experiential learning within cybersecurity education

  . NCAE-C in Cyber Defense (CD) Track Proceedings. Charleston, SC: A Publication of the CAE in Cybersecurity Community National Center.
• Honomichl, R. J., Wagner, P. E., & Encinas, S. (2025, July).

  Developing Highly Skilled Cybersecurity Professionals Through Experiential Learning

  . EnergySec 20th Anniversary Conference. Anaheim, CA.
• Honomichl, R. J., Wagner, P. E., & Hartkopf, J. (2025, December).

  Expanding CTE Cybersecurity: Dual Enrollment, Industry Partnerships, and Workforce Readiness

  . ACTE’s CareerTech Vision 2025 Conference. Nashville, TN: ACTE.
• Honomichl, R. J., Wagner, P. E., & Hartkopf, J. (2025, December).

  Harmonizing Learning and Service: A High School Cybersecurity Clinic Experience

  . NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference 2025. Nashville, TN: NICE and iKeepSafe.
• Honomichl, R. J., Wagner, P. E., & Hartkopf, J. (2025, July).

  Building Bridges in Cyber Education: A Collaborative Model

  . 2025 Arizona CTE Summer Conference. Tucson, AZ.
• Honomichl, R. J., Wagner, P. E., Evans, N., & Kass, K. (2025, July).

  Evolution of the Security Pipeline

  . EnergySec 20th Anniversary Conference. Anaheim, CA.
• Honomichl, R. J., Wagner, P. E., Leiterman, S., Sharevski, F., Dai, J., Pailen, L., Elmaghraby, A., Homan, F., Sun, S., & Huff, P. (2024, April).

  NCTA’s role in credentialing high school teachers to expand availability and access to high school cybersecurity courses

  . NCAE-C in Cyber Defense (CD) Track Proceedings. Charleston, SC: A Publication of the CAE in Cybersecurity Community National Center.
• Honomichl, R. J., Zantua, M., Ju, J., & Dupuis, M. (2024, April).

  Expanding the k-12 cybersecurity teacher pathway

  . NCAE-C in Cyber Defense (CD) Track Proceedings. Charleston, SC: A Publication of the CAE in Cybersecurity Community National Center.
• Straight, R. M., Honomichl, R. J., & Wagner, P. E. (2025, December).

  True Teamwork: Building Human-AI Partnerships for Tomorrow’s Cyber Challenges

  . NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference 2025. Nashville, TN: NICE and iKeepSafe.
• Wagner, P. E., & Honomichl, R. J. (2025, October).

  Arizona’s CyberSupply: Identifying Gateway-to-Cybersecurity and Cybersecurity Courses and Pathways

  . ISCAP. Louisville, KY.
• Wagner, P. E., & Honomichl, R. J. (2025, October).

  Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap by Leveraging Cybersecurity Clinics: Developing the Arizona Cybersecurity Clinic

  . ISCAP. Louisville, KY.
• Wagner, P. E., & Honomichl, R. J. (2025, October).

  Securing the Digital Gateway: Cybersecurity Awareness for Libraries

  . 2025 Arizona Library Association Annual Conference. Tucson, AZ.
• Honomichl, R. J., & Wagner, P. E. (2024, April).

  New, But Not New

  . GenCyber Spring Meeting. Charleston, SC: NSA.
• Honomichl, R. J., Wagner, P. E., Leiterman, S., Dai, J., Huff, P., Homan, F., & Pailen, L. (2024, April).

  Building Pathways for GenCyber Students & Teachers

  . GenCyber Spring Meeting. Charleston, SC: NSA.
• Wagner, P. E., Honomichl, R. J., & Kontak, N. M. (2024, December).

  Partnerships, Pathways, and Opportunities Supporting K-12 Programs and Educators

  . 2024 K12 NICE Cybersecurity Conference. San Antonio, TX.
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  There is a general increase in cybersecurity education courses and programs provided across the U.S. at secondary education institutions. The growth, expansion, and sustainability of those programs may be limited by several factors. The cost of establishing and running cybersecurity courses and programs may be prohibitive. Students within the district may not be aware of cybersecurity as a career field or interested in the related coursework or programs. Further, teachers may not be comfortable teaching cybersecurity content or credentialed to teach the subject area. This is further exacerbated by the competing requirements for state testing, curricular requirements, and limited academic time to support new content, courses, and programs. This session will provide insight on multiple initiatives spurring collaboration and overcoming challenges to support cybersecurity education in K-12. Most important is partnerships. The session will describe the process for developing partnerships among K-12 schools and districts, post-secondary education institutions, non-profit, government, and industry. Next is providing awareness of the cybersecurity field, providing opportunities for students in the forms of camps and other learning activities, and providing teacher professional development and educational opportunities. This point will focus on UAs Middle School Teacher Cybersecurity Accelerator Program, the coordination and execution of statewide CyberPatriot camps, and the development of an 18-Credit Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate to support dual-enrollment credentialing and ensuring teachers are comfortable teaching cybersecurity and highly technical concepts. UA partnered with Arizona Teaching Academy to provide the first dual enrollment credentialing opportunity for teachers which will also be discussed.Participants will come away from this session with actionable steps on developing partnerships and consortiums to support their efforts, methods for overcoming obstacles or communicating with districts and navigating university processes, resources to engage with students, and resources for teachers to introduce cybersecurity concepts and courses into their existing curriculum.
• Zantua, M., Ju, J., Honomichl, R. J., & Marc, D. (2024, April).

  Expanding High School Cybersecurity Opportunities Through Cybersecurity High School Innovations Project

  . 2024 Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) Cybersecurity Community Symposium. Louisville, KY: National Security Agencey/National Center of Academic Excellence.
• Honomichl, R. J. (2023, April).

  Building a Cybersecurity Culture

  . 2023 Technology Innovation Education Conference. Rapid City, SD: TIE.
• Honomichl, R. J. (2023, April).

  I Don't Know What To Believe

  . 2023 Technology Innovation Education Conference. Rapid City, SD: TIE.
• Honomichl, R. J. (2023, October).

  K12 Tech Triumphs, Trials, & the Trek to Tomorrow’s Summit

  . 2023 SDSTE Conference. Madison, SD: SDSTE.
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  Keynote speaker at the SDTSE annual conference. 
• Honomichl, R. J., & Zwach, S. (2023, April). So, Your School Wants a Cybersecurity Course. 2023 Technology Innovation Education Conference. Rapid City, SD: TIE.
• Honomichl, R. J., Wagner, P. E., & Bonhorst, C. (2023, December).

  Tucson Area Middle Grades CTE Accelerator Program

  . 2023 K12 NICE Cybersecurity Conference. Phoenix, AZ.
• Honomichl, R. J., Zantua, M., Ju, J., & Haney, M. (2023, December).

  Empowering Educators vis the Cybersecurity High School Innovations Project

  . 2023 K12 NICE Cybersecurity Conference. Phoenix, AZ.

Poster Presentations

• Zantua, M., Ju, J., Honomichl, R. J., & Valegenti, V. (2024, April). Filling the Cyber Skills Pipeline Through Training High School Teachers. 2024 Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cybersecurity Community Symposium. Louisville, KY: National Security Agency/National Center of Academic Excellence.

Others

• Honomichl, R. J., & Wagner, P. E. (2025, April).

  High School Cybersecurity Clinic Curriculum

  . Towson University and CLARK Curriculum Expo at NCAE-C Symposium.
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  Curriculum Expo held by Towson Univeristy at the NCAE-C Spring Symposium
• Honomichl, R. J., Akbar, A., Corrigan, S., Macklin, T., & Nagamine, M. (2025, October).

  Sustainability for Cybersecurity Clinics

  . 2025 Great Minds in STEM Conference.
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  Panel discusing the Sustainabiliyt of Cybersecurity Clinics
• Honomichl, R. J., Blum, T., Burns, R., & Trevethan, T. (2025, December).

  Future Ready Classrooms – Striking the Right Chords Between AI, Cybersecurity, and Emerging Technologies in K12 Education

  . NICE K12 Cybersecurity Conference. https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/12/2025-nice-k12-cybersecurity-education-conference-recap
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  Closing Panel at the 2025 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Conference
• Honomichl, R. J., Ball, A., Heaton, R., & Bonhorst, C. (2024, May).

  White House Office of the National Cyber Director Cyberscurity Education Panel

  . https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/oncd/briefing-room/2024/05/30/readout-national-cyber-director-visits-arizona-to-showcase-best-practices-building-the-nations-cyber-workforce-and-empowering-hispanic-serving-institutions/
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  Education panelist during the Director Coker's visit to Tucson. The visit was a collaborative effort between the University of Arizona, ONCD, and Pima Community College. This visit was initatied by the work done through the Middle Grades Accelerator Grant, in which I was the PI of.https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/oncd/briefing-room/2024/05/30/remarks-national-cyber-director-coker-remarks-for-pima-community-college/
• Honomichl, R. J. (2023, April).

  Social Media’s impact on adolescent technology users: A quantitative analysis

  . ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/social-media-s-impact-on-adolescent-technology/docview/2827188167/se-2
• Honomichl, R. J. (2023, October).

  Lessons Learned from Successful GenCyber Camps Panel Discussion.

  . Fall 2023 GenCyber Virtual Camp Meeting.
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  Invited panelists to discuss six years of running the largest residential GenCyber teachers' camp.