Fred H. Lawson is a professor and the head of the Government Department at Mills College. He teaches courses focused on US foreign policy and international relations in the Middle East. From 1992 to 1993 he was a Fulbright Lecturer in international relations at the University of Aleppo, Syria.

Lawson has published many articles on Middle Eastern affairs and is the author of several books, including “Constructing International Relations in the Arab World” and “Why Syria Goes to War.”