Professional Background

T. Dawson Woodrum, JD, PhD is a licensed psychologist with training in clinical psychology and law, and prior experience as an international regulatory affairs executive in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. He has also served in corporate privacy and compliance roles, working at the intersection of data protection, risk management, and regulatory oversight across multiple jurisdictions.

His current research develops a formal, mechanism-level architecture for analyzing coercive influence — integrating complex adaptive systems theory with established behavioral science to generate evidentiary tools applicable in legal proceedings. Areas of application include undue influence, coercive control, human trafficking, and the structural analysis of algorithmic radicalization in digital ecosystems.

Dr. Woodrum has published with Routledge (2020, 2024) and Taylor & Francis (2017). His work draws on the intersection of clinical psychology, legal frameworks, and systems science to address problems at the boundaries of behavioral expertise and legal doctrine.

He maintains a limited individual psychotherapy practice grounded in depth psychology and existential-humanistic approaches. Clinical inquiries may be directed to his practice site at Psychology Today profile.