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Krissy McCooey is currently a first year grad student in the Computer Science Department. As an undergraduate, she completed her freshmen year at Stonehill College, before transferring to URI to be a part of their Digital Forensics Interest Group. She graduated last spring from URI with a BS in Computer Science and a minor in Digital Forensics. As a graduate student Krissy is currently involved in helping teach the Digital Forensics courses at URI. She is also currently working on research in the area of analyzing and breaking different methods of computer steganography. Her favorite class as a graduate student has been CSC 541, Advanced Topics in Algorithms with Dr. Lamagna. “I recommend that everyone try to take it, It’s a very interesting class in which you learn about old and new methods of Cryptography.” When she’s not at school Krissy spends her extra time playing ball with her dog Chloe, or just relaxing on the couch.