Dr. Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar joins the University Research Institute of Criminology and Criminal Science from June 28 to July 30, where she will collaborate with the research group led by Dr. Lucía Martínez Garay "Modern trends in Criminal Law and Criminology: Prevention and protection of civil liberties (GIUV2017-382)". The North American researcher has obtained a grant for visiting researcher stays, within the framework of the VLC-CAMPUS "Atracció de Talent" sub-program.
Dr. Seigfried-Spellar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology (CIT) at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America). She has multiple publications, book chapters, and conference paper presentations, including international presentations on the who and why of cybercrime. Specifically, Dr. Seigfried-Spellar studies the personality characteristics and socio-legal factors associated with cyberdeviance, such as Internet child pornography use, hacking, cyberbullying, trolling, and cyber threats via social media. In addition, Dr. Seigfried-Spellar has published in the area of digital forensics, specifically the ability to conduct a behavioral analysis of digital forensic evidence from child pornography investigations.

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