Sergei A. Samoilenko is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at George Mason University. His research focuses on subversive strategic communication and climate-related misinformation campaigns. Sergei is a co-founder of the Research Lab for Character Assassination and Reputation Politics (CARP), an interdisciplinary research community studying character assassination and reputation management. His publications include The Handbook of Social and Political Conflict, Character Assassination and Reputation: Management Theory and Applications, Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online, and other books. He is currently working on a monograph entitled The Language of Ad Hominem Climate Campaigns (under contract with Cambridge University Press). His website is https://communication.gmu.edu/people/ssamoyle
