Who Am I?

 About Me:

My name is Colin May, M.S., CFE, 3CE. I am an adjunct professor of forensic studies and criminal justice at Stevenson University, near Baltimore, Maryland. I have spent over 20 years in the public sector, working primarily in the field of investigation, digital forensics, and leadership development. I enjoy teaching and training, as well as writing about the profession. Leadership is a particularly important field of study and practice for me, especially as it related to leading in the public safety and law enforcement context.

STANDARD DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this blog are my personal ones, and do not necessarily represent the current agency I work for, any other agencies I have worked for or with, or the U.S. Government.  This blog is a personal project started in October 2022 while I was taking a graduate course in social media strategic communication at Purdue University.

My education includes a bachelor’s degree in Business from Siena College, where I also studied leadership with Dr. Chuck Seifert, fraud investigation with Professor Joe Fitzgerald, and forensic accounting with Dr. Len Stokes. My time at Siena was formative and I was an elected member of student government, as well as appointed to several college committees, including working on the Middle States Accreditation. I also worked for the Athletic Department in Sports Information and for the Public Safety and Security Department.

I have graduate certificates in forensic accounting (Northeastern University); leadership (University of Southern Maine); and I am completing one in strategic communication (Purdue University, expected December 2022).

My Masters degree is from Stevenson University in Forensic Studies, where I current teach courses in fraud investigation, online investigation and open source intelligence, and the graduate capstone. I have developed courses and trainings at the graduate and undergraduate level, as well as taught at major government institutions.

I have completed several courses at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, including the Criminal Investigator Training Program, and multiple digital evidence and computer forensics courses.

In 2006, I became a Certified Fraud Examiner and several years ago, I became a Certified Cyber Crime Examiner (3CE). My writings have appeared in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Law Enforcement Bulletin, Police Chief Magazine, Security Management, and Fraud Magazine, among others.

You can connect with me on LinkedIn.

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