BRYCE GARRETH WESTLAKE Assistant Professor 529 MacQuarrie Hall Department of Justice Studies San Jose State University

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1 BRYCE GARRETH WESTLAKE Assistant Professor 529 MacQuarrie Hall Department of Justice Studies San Jose State University EDUCATION 08/2015 Doctorate of Philosophy (Criminology) Dissertation: The criminal career evolution of child exploitation websites: Identification, survival, and community patterns 04/2011 Masters of Arts (Criminology) Thesis: Analyzing online child exploitation networks: An examination of severity and connectivity 05/2007 Bachelor of Arts (Psychology/Sociology) University of British Columbia RESEARCH INTERESTS Digital forensic science, online sex crimes (child exploitation, self-exploitation, tourism, and trafficking), BDSM and the law, cybercrime, social network analysis, criminal career, capital punishment, and non-monogamy. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 08/2015-Present San Jose State University, Assistant Professor 09/ /2015 International Cybercrime Research Centre (SFU), Projects Coordinator 12/ /2011 International Cybercrime Research Centre (SFU), Research Assistant 05/ /2010 Centre for Research on Sexual Violence (SFU), Research Assistant 10/ /2009 Centre for Rural Health Research (UBC), Project Manager 09/ /2009 The Dark Triad Research Laboratory (UBC), Research Assistant

2 PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Refereed: Research Papers Westlake, B.G., Bouchard, M., & Frank, R. (2015). Child Exploitation Network Extractor: Validating the use of web-crawlers for cybercrime data collection. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, online first. Westlake, B.G., & Bouchard, M. (2015). Criminal careers in cyberspace: Examining website failure within child exploitation networks. Justice Quarterly, online first. doi: / Paulhus, D.L., Westlake, B.G., Calvez, S.S., & Harms, P.D. (2013). Self-presentation style in job interviews: The role of personality and culture. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, pp doi: /jasp Westlake, B.G., Bouchard, M., & Frank, R. (2012). Comparing methods for detecting child exploitation content online. Proceedings of the EISIC - European Intelligence and Security Informatics, Odense, pp Joffres, K., Bouchard, M., Frank, R., & Westlake, B.G. (2011). Strategies to disrupt online child pornography networks. Proceedings of the EISIC - European Intelligence and Security Informatics, Athens, pp Won the Honorable Mention Award for Best Paper at the 2011 EISIC conference Westlake, B.G., Bouchard, M., & Frank, R. (2011). Finding the key players in online child exploitation networks. Policy and Internet, 3(2), Article 6. doi: / Frank, R., Westlake, B.G., & Bouchard, M. (2010). The structure and content of online child exploitation. Proceedings of the 16 th ACM SIGKDD Workshop on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI-KDD 2010). Book Chapters Bouchard, M., & Westlake, B.G. (forthcoming). Community detection in online criminal networks and its implications for research co-offending. In R. Boivin & C. Morselli (Eds.), Analysis of Criminal Networks. Montreal: The University Press. Under Review Westlake, B.G., & Bouchard, M. (under review). Liking and hyperlinking: Examining reciprocity and diversity in online child exploitation network communities. Submitted to Social Science Research. Westlake, B.G., Bouchard, M., & Girodat, A. (under review). How obvious is it: The content of child sexual exploitation websites. Submitted to Journal of Sexual Aggression.

3 Non-Refereed: Conference Papers Westlake, B.G., & Bouchard, M. (2015, November). Liking and hyperlinking: Community detection in online child exploitation networks. Presentation given at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Washington, DC. Westlake, B.G., & Bouchard, M. (2014, March). Monitoring the evolution of child exploitation networks. Presentation given at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Cybercrime, East Lansing, MI. Westlake, B.G., & Bouchard, M. (2013, November). Surviving online: Attributes which influence child exploitation website survival. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta, GA. Westlake, B.G., & Bouchard, M. (2012, November). Conceptualizing co-offending online. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Chicago, IL. Westlake, B.G., & Bouchard, M. (2012, October). Conceptualizing co-offending for cybercrime: Reciprocity and homophily in the online child exploitation community. Paper presented at the Illicit Networks Conference, Vancouver, BC. Westlake, B.G., Frank, R., & Bouchard, M. (2011, February). Finding the key players in online blog and non-blog child exploitation networks. Presentation given at the 2011 Western Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC. Frank, R., Westlake, B., & Bouchard, M. (2011, February). Extracting dark cyber networks. Presentation given at the 2011 Western Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC. Westlake, B.G. (2010, June). Normalizing polyamory in a mono-centric society. Paper presented at the Work in Progress Conference, Burnaby, BC. Paulhus, D.L., & Westlake, B.G. (2008 July). Self-enhancers: Responsiveness and effectiveness. Presentation given at the 14 th European Conference on Personality, Tartu, Estonia. Paulhus, D.L., & Westlake, B.G. (2008 July). Self-enhancers: Responsiveness and effectiveness. Presentation given at the 29 th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany. Westlake, B.G., & Paulhus, D.L. (2007 March). Living in a material world: Accurate measure of consumer knowledge. Presentation given at the 9 th Annual UBC PSA Undergraduate Conference, Vancouver BC. Westlake, B.G., & Paulhus, D.L. (2006 March). Hiring biases as a function of narcissism and ethnicity: Quantity, quality, or style? Presentation given at the 8 th Annual UBC PSA Undergraduate Conference, Vancouver BC.

4 TEACHING CERTIFICATES 04/2014 University Teaching and Learning Certificate (120 Hours) 12/2013 Instructional Skills Workshop (24 Hours) 08/2006 Student Directed Seminar Training (18 Hours) University of British Columbia TEACHING EXPERIENCE 08/2015-Present San Jose State University, Assistant Professor Graduate Courses: Research Methods; Qualitative Research Methods; Applied Statistics Undergraduate Courses: Internship; Cybercrime 01/ /2015, Sessional Instructor Courses: Psychological Explanations of Crime (x2). 09/ /2015, Teaching Assistant Courses: Introduction to Criminology (x3); Psychological Explanations of Crime (x6); Sociological Explanations of Crime; Introduction to Cybercrime (x2); Research Methods; Quantitative Research Methods. 01/ /2007 University of British Columbia, Course Coordinator Courses: Sociology of Sexual Violence. STUDENT SUPERVISION 09/2015-Present Ann Soliman (Masters Thesis) 09/2015-Present Jennifer Rodriguez (Masters Thesis) 09/ /2015 Yevgeniy Mayba (Graduate Research Assistant) 06/ /2015 Ashleigh Girodat (Undergraduate Research Assistant) 09/ /2014 Amanda Sullivan (Undergraduate Research Assistant) COMMITTEES (SJSU) Faculty Recruitment; Undergraduate Program; Forensic Science Undergraduate Advisor; Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (Guest).

5 AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS 04/2014 The Storytellers Award ($3,000), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 05/2012 Canadian Graduate Scholarship ($105,000), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 05/2012 Insight Research Grant (P.I.: Dr. Martin Bouchard) ($92,000), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 12/2004 John B. MacDonald Alumni Entrance Award ($3,000), University of British Columbia 06/2001 Leadership and Community Excellence Scholarship ($3,000), Insurance Corporation of British Columbia