Kat Albrecht

Kat Albrecht is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology within the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. She holds a PhD in Sociology and a JD from Northwestern University.

Education:

• PhD in Sociology, Northwestern University
• JD, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Dr. Albrecht's research bridges computational social science and law, focusing on fear, regulation, and data universe construction. Her work explores the nexus of fear and criminal law, with recent projects analyzing horror fiction, horror games, low-budget horror films, and practical special effects. She contributes to interdisciplinary discourse through methodological innovation.

Dr. Albrecht actively disseminates her work in prestigious venues such as Nature Human Behavior, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Northwestern University Law Review, and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. She has organized multiple Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science (SICSS) in Chicago, Atlanta, and South Florida, fostering academic collaboration in her field.

Professional Engagements:

• Computational science expert for legal defense cases, specializing in California Racial Justice Act showings, special circumstance enhancements, and felony murder
• Member of the Systematic Content Analysis of Litigation EventS Open Knowledge Network (SCALES OKN) Consortium