Sean Lawson

Sean Lawson is Professor of Communication and Director of the Edna Anderson-Taylor Communication Institute at the University of Utah. His research focuses on the relationships among science, technology, and security. In particular, he focuses on the intersections of national security and military thought with new media, information, and communication technologies (ICTs).

He is the author of four books. Most recently, he is co-author with Robert W. Gehl of Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication (MIT Press, 2022). He is also author of the book, Cybersecurity Discourse in the United States: Cyber-Doom Rhetoric and Beyond (Routledge, 2020). He is also the author of Nonlinear Science and Warfare: Chaos, Complexity, and the U.S. Military in the Information Age (Routledge, 2014). He is co-author (with Professor Marouf Hasian and Dr. Megan McFarlane) of The Rhetorical Invention of America’s National Security State (Lexington, 2015).