Hometown: La Salle-Peru

Undergraduate Institution and Major: Illinois State University, Psychology

Graduate Institution and Major: Illinois State University, MBA

Bio: Rebecca Dieken is the Research Program Evaluation Manager in the Bureau of Safety Programs and Engineering at the Illinois Department of Transportation. In this role, she designs and conducts analyses to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on Illinois roads. She also serves as a Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program Panel Member at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in which she oversees research that aims to increase traffic safety for children in Ride-Sharing environments nationwide. Additionally, she serves as a National Cooperative Highway Research Program Panel Member at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine by guiding research activities that incorporate driver behavior into Crash Modification Factors for highway safety across all states.

Relevant Professional Experience: Instructional Assistant Professor for Marketing Research at Illinois State University, Staff Development Specialist at Illinois Department of Human Services, Marketing Research Analyst at MarcFirst

Research Interests: Traffic Safety, Attitudes and Behaviors of Drivers, Enforcement and Driver Cognition, Learning vs. Memorizing, Crash Countermeasures, Program Evaluation

Professional Affiliations: Illinois Highway Safety Plan Committee Member, Illinois Traffic Records Coordinating Committee Technical Member, Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals Member, Governors Highway Safety Association Member

Volunteer Activities: Board of Directors, Prevention First.