Sydney Boone is a doctoral student in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University. She received her M.A. in Forensic Psychology from George Washington University in 2015 and her B.S. in Psychology from the Honors College at Towson University in 2013. Her professional roles have focused on social science research, research ethics, and investigative analysis. Since 2017, she has worked as an intelligence analyst at a non-profit organization that combats human trafficking. Her research interests include legal psychology, legal decision-making, forensic psychology, experimental criminology, and translational criminology.