Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar
BA - Psychology & Law and Society - 2005
Purdue University
MA - Forensic Psychology - 2007
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
PhD - Technology - 2011
Purdue University
Professor
Michigan State University
East Landing, MI
Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, PhD, MA is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. She is a Center Associate with the MSU Center for Cybercrime Investigation and Training. She is a globally recognized expert in technology-facilitated crime, specifically on the criminological characteristics and grooming strategies of online child sex offenders.
Dr. Seigfried-Spellar was a 2022-2023 U.S. Fulbright Scholar awardee for her research at the University of Valencia, Spain: “Analyzing Criminological Differences and Online Grooming Strategies of Child Sex Offenders in Spain.”
She is also a recipient of the International Fellows Award for Summer 2024 at the University of Adelaide, Australia to collaborate with faculty from the Adelaide Cybercrime Laboratory and Australian law enforcement.
Dr. Seigfried-Spellar is a Fellow and the Chair of the Digital and Multimedia Sciences section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, member of the American Psychological Association, and member of the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts.
Purdue University
MA - Forensic Psychology - 2007
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
PhD - Technology - 2011
Purdue University
Professor
Michigan State University
East Landing, MI
Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, PhD, MA is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. She is a Center Associate with the MSU Center for Cybercrime Investigation and Training. She is a globally recognized expert in technology-facilitated crime, specifically on the criminological characteristics and grooming strategies of online child sex offenders.
Dr. Seigfried-Spellar was a 2022-2023 U.S. Fulbright Scholar awardee for her research at the University of Valencia, Spain: “Analyzing Criminological Differences and Online Grooming Strategies of Child Sex Offenders in Spain.”
She is also a recipient of the International Fellows Award for Summer 2024 at the University of Adelaide, Australia to collaborate with faculty from the Adelaide Cybercrime Laboratory and Australian law enforcement.
Dr. Seigfried-Spellar is a Fellow and the Chair of the Digital and Multimedia Sciences section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, member of the American Psychological Association, and member of the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts.