Adam Scott Wandt, associate professor of public policy, was elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Association of Inspectors General (AIG), a membership organization for agencies and professionals in the inspector general (IG) community.
Wandt has been active in the AIG for more than a decade. As an instructor, he is responsible for the curriculum and certification in digital evidence resources and social media investigations for their Certified Inspector General Institute. Wandt is also responsible for the curriculum and certification in digital evidence, digital forensics, social media investigations, mobile device investigations, data interception and cloud forensics for their Certified Inspector General Investigator Institute.
Wandt’s research interests include technology law and policy, information security, technology enhanced investigations, and UCR crime data and he has worked on sponsored research for, or in partnership with, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Institute of Justice, Interpol, the United Nations, the US Bureau of Justice, Sprint, BlackBoard, as well as educational institutions around the world. Wandt is a practicing attorney and regularly consults on issues relating to digital investigations, information security, academic technology, applied technology and social engineering.
Wandt is deputy chair for technology of the Department of Public Management and a member of the graduate faculty in both the MPA and MA in Digital Forensics and Cyber Security programs. He has been honored with the John Jay College Distinguished Faculty Service to Students Award, Distinguished Teaching Award and Ribaudo Award for Academic Excellence.
Wandt’s recent scholarship includes co-authoring “The SECI Model and Darknet Markets: Knowledge Creation and Sharing in Criminal Organizations and Communities of Practice” in the European Journal of Criminology, “U.S. Fantasy Sports Law: Fifteen Years after UIGEA” in the Ohio State Law Journal, “State of Ohio v. Ross Compton: Internet-Enabled Medical Device Data Introduced as Evidence of Arson and Insurance Fraud” in the the International Journal of Evidence and Proof and “Contemporary Policy Challenges in Protecting the Homeland” in the Policy Studies Journal Public Policy Yearbook.
Wandt is a member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the American Society for Criminology and the American Society for Public Administration. He earned a JD from Hofstra University School of Law and an MPA and BA from John Jay.
