I am available to provide expert commentary for journalists, documentary producers, podcast hosts, and other media professionals covering forensic psychology, criminal behavior, technology-facilitated abuse, wrongful convictions, and criminal justice.
My goal is to make complex psychological and behavioral research understandable without sacrificing accuracy or nuance. I can provide background consultation, on-record interviews, recorded commentary, and assistance interpreting new research, cases, or policy developments within my areas of expertise.
Areas of Commentary
Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence and Cyber Abuse
- Image-based sexual abuse
- Cyberstalking and online harassment
- Digital surveillance and coercive control
- Online sexual exploitation and impersonation
- Offender psychology and behavioral patterns
- Connections between online and offline abuse
- Survivor experiences and the consequences of digital victimization
- Investigative, legal, and policy responses
Behavioral Analysis and Violent Crime
- Investigative psychology
- Behavioral analysis of violent and sexual crime
- Offender profiling: evidence, limitations, and misconceptions
- Serial offending and behavioral crime linkage
- Serial homicide and sexual offending
- Victim selection and victim–offender dynamics
- Interpretation of crime-scene behavior
- How popular media portrayals differ from evidence-based profiling
Wrongful Convictions
- Psychological and investigative risk factors
- False confessions and interrogation practices
- Eyewitness memory and identification
- Confirmation bias and investigative tunnel vision
- Flawed or overstated forensic evidence
- Wrongful convictions in sexual assault and serial crime investigations
- Exoneration, reintegration, and policy reform
- Emotional, social, and financial consequences for families
Selected Media Appearances
The Alexander Brothers Documentary Series
Featured expert in a documentary series directed by Nicole Guillén and produced by The Real Deal. The series examines allegations of sexual violence involving prominent real-estate figures and includes expert discussion of offender behavior and patterns of sexual misconduct.
Interrogated
Featured expert in Interrogated, a 2023 investigative documentary directed by Nicole Guillén. The film explores the causes of false confessions and the history and development of police interrogation practices in the United States.
In the documentary, I provide research-informed commentary on the psychology of false confessions, interrogation-related vulnerabilities, and the ways confession evidence can contribute to wrongful convictions.
“A Criminal Profiler Talks Serial Killers & Dating Apps”
Interviewed by Refinery29 about offender profiling, serial homicide, behavioral warning signs, and the limitations of drawing conclusions from isolated behaviors.
“Mindhunter: The Art and Science of Offender Profiling”
Article for the Museum of the Moving Image and the Sloan Foundation’s Science & Film project examining the history, science, and popular portrayal of offender profiling.
“Murder and Mayhem—Oh My!”
Guest expert on Bar Crawl Radio for a discussion about the psychology of murder, serial offending, and developments in empirical offender-profiling research.
Selected Expert Panels and Public Discussions
Speaking Out Online: Perspectives from Survivors, Researchers, and Lawyers
Invited panelist for the New York Cyber Abuse Task Force Virtual Conference, discussing technology-facilitated abuse from research, survivor, and legal perspectives.
Law–Psychology Forum on Wrongful Convictions
Invited panelist and discussant at Fordham University for conversations addressing wrongful-conviction prevention, policy reform, and the challenges of exoneree reintegration.
Media Inquiries
I welcome opportunities to contribute research-informed perspectives to:
- News and feature articles
- Television and radio interviews
- Documentary productions
- Podcasts
- Expert panels
- Educational media
- Background research and fact-checking
- Commentary on new research, policy, or criminal justice developments
For media inquiries, please include your name and outlet, the subject of the request, the interview format, your deadline, and the best way to reach you.