About Lorne Dawson Lorne Dawson is a professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo. Books by Lorne Dawson Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Canada edited by Jez Littlewood, Lorne Dawson & Sara K. Thompson Religious Radicalization and Securitization in Canada and Beyond edited by Paul Bramadat & Lorne Dawson