Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast
Master's in Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Bio
Kelly Huie is a adjunct professor in the Department of Psychology with expertise in social media cybercrime. Publications have focused on self-disclosures on social media, Snapchat, cybercrime victimization, and school shootings.
Courses Taught
PSY/LAW 370: Psychology and the Law
PSY 421: Forensic, Social, and Experimental Psychology (Capstone)
Scholarly Work
Huie, K., Butler, M., & Percy, A. (2025). Investigating the self-disclosure of personal information on Snapchat stories. Security Journal, 38(1), 1-20.
Huie, K., Butler, M., & Percy, A. (2023). Identifying trends and patterns in offending and victimization on Snapchat: a rapid review. Security Journal, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41284-023-00400-6
Stone, C.B., Guan, L., Labarbera, G., Ceren, M., Garcia, B., Huie, K., Stump, C., & Wang, Q (2022). Why do people share memories online? An examination of the motives and characteristics of social media users. In Memory Online, (1 ed., pp. 1-15). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003357360-8
Stone, C.B., Guan, L., LaBarbera, G., Ceren, M., Garcia, B., Huie, K., Stump, C., & Wang, Q (2022). Why do people share memories online? An examination of the motives and characteristics of social media users. Memory, 30(4), 450-464. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2022.2040534
Huie, K. (June, 2020). Remembering school shootings: An examination of intergenerational differences. CUNY Academic Works. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/jj_etds/163
Research Summary
Kelly Huie’s research focuses on the intersection of forensic psychology, criminology, and social psychology, with a particular emphasis on how social media behavior contributes to cybercrime and victimization. Core areas of work include the study of online self-disclosure, digital risk, and the psychological mechanisms underlying user behavior on platforms such as Snapchat and social media more broadly, contributing to an underexplored but highly relevant area of digital risk. Complementing this work, contributions to research on online memory-sharing investigate the psychological motivations behind why people share personal experiences on social media. Earlier work on school shootings explored intergenerational differences in how traumatic public events are remembered, linking memory, media exposure, and developmental factors.