He has written and lectured widely on technology, society, and war. After receiving bachelor’s degrees in history, religion, and interdisciplinary studies, Laprise went on to study Arabic language at the Arabic Language Institute at the American University in Cairo and received a master’s degree in war studies from King’s College London. He received his PhD in media, technology and society from Northwestern University for his interdisciplinary research examining the relationship between computer adoption, information policy and national security in the White House at the end of the Cold War. Prior to attending Northwestern, he worked for more than ten years in the private sector as a research consultant to Fortune 500 companies.