CV
Contact Information
mason.auten@vanderbilt.edu- Web
- https://mason-auten.github.io
- GitHub
- https://github.com/Mason-auten
- Location
- Nashville, TN, United States
Education
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Ph.D. student, Political Science, expected 2028.
Advisor: Brenton Kenkel.
Primary field: International Relations.
Research interests: state formation, state capacity, historical political economy.University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO
B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, 2023.
Thesis: “The Eroding Nuclear Taboo.”
National Security Scholars Program (member, 2021–2023).
Research Experience
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Research Assistant, Spring 2024.
Supervisor: Andrés Gannon.
Research on arms, programming, GitHub-based workflows, and quantitative methods in R.Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Research Assistant, 2023–2024.
Supervisor: Brett Benson.
Research on international security and multiparty conflict.
Working Papers
Conference Presentations and Talks
The Foreign Politics of State-Making: Endogenous Power Shifts and the Logic of External Influence
Talk at 83rd Annual MPSA Conference, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL
Teaching Experience
Workshops and Seminars
- Conflict Workshop, Vanderbilt University — Discussant and Presenter, 2023–present.
- IR Graduate Student Workshop — Presenter, 2024–present.
- Organizer, Online Peace Science Colloquium (OPSC), 2024–present.
Service
- Graduate Student Workshop Planner, Graduate Student Association, Vanderbilt University, 2024–2025.
References
Available upon request.