{"id":1676,"date":"2026-03-23T00:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T00:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.uccs.edu\/amoin\/?page_id=1676"},"modified":"2026-03-23T00:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T00:20:42","slug":"morgan-mckenzie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.uccs.edu\/amoin\/morgan-mckenzie\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan McKenzie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.uccs.edu\/amoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/03\/1675673359737.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1677\" style=\"width:182px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.uccs.edu\/amoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/03\/1675673359737.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/faculty.uccs.edu\/amoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/03\/1675673359737-300x300.jpeg 300w, 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Mississippi\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-3a19a7a8\"><h3 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Professional Experience<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>06\/2023-09\/2023: Research Intern, West Point Military Academy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>09\/2023-09\/2024:\u00a0Research Assistant and Software Developer, Army Cyber Institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-73b0294f\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Publications<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=y6j4KbYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=y6j4KbYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) Contact Email: mmckenz6@uccs.edu Research Focus AI for Hybrid Quantum-Classical Software Security Education Professional Experience 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