Lara Karaian is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Her research examines the intersections between sexuality, technology, and law. Her current research project, “Sex/Crime in the Era of Immersive, Interactive, and Intelligent Technologies: A Study of Sextech, Affect, and Law” (funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council), examines how sextech affects the legal concept of ‘sex crime’. Lara has served as an Expert Consultant for national and international studies on youths’ digital sexual expression and as an expert consultant on numerous criminal cases involving youths’ intimate image distribution. She is an editorial member of the journal Porn Studies and a Senior Fellow and blogger at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Centre for Free Expression. Her research has been published online as well as in numerous peer-reviewed journals and edited collections.