Cybercriminology: Shelly Marshall and Dr. Hedi Nasheri
Shelly Marshall
Areas of Expertise
Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Networking, Digital Forensics, Cloud and Virtualization, Computer Hardware and Software, Emerging Technologies
Biography
Shelly Marshall is an Associate Lecturer in Information Technology/Cybersecurity in the College of Applied and Technical Studies at Kent State University. She is the Lead Faculty for the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and the Associate Degree in Information Technology as well as the Co-Lead Faculty for the Bachelor of Science in Cybercriminology.
She worked in IT for most of her career before joining the Kent State faculty in 2013. She is passionate about technology and enjoys sharing her experience and expertise with all students. Shelly is a lifelong learner. She engages in workshops, classes, and seminars to stay current in a field that continues to change daily. She also participates in professional development activities related to teaching online. She believes that all students can succeed. Her view is that the only failure is when one does not try and try again. She strongly believes that our students are the answer to the nationwide call to fill the needs of government and private sector employers who need cybercrime professionals.
Dr. Nasheri
Areas of Expertise
Emerging Technologies, Cybercrime & Security, Intelligence & National Security & International Terrorism.
Biography
Dr. Hedi Nasheri is a Professor of Cybercriminology & Global Security at Kent State University & a Visiting Professor of Technology Crimes in the Faculty of Law at the University of Turku in Finland. Professor Nasheri’s academic and practical experiences has focused for a number of years on cybercrime, global security and intellectual property crimes.
She has collaborated throughout the years with members of the Intellectual Property Section of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a number of domestic and international educational & research projects related to cybercrimes and intellectual property. She served on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Generative Artificial Intelligence Public Working Group and has served for a number of years on the French-American Foundation’s Cyber Security Working Group in Washington DC.
More recently, Professor Nasheri served as a Visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Germany and as a Senior Fellow in the Policy Division of the Business Executives for National Security (BENS) in Washington DC. She has held a number of Visiting Scholar appointments at New York University School of Law, Columbia University, Case Western Reserve University School of Law and the University of London's Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.