Jack C.H.

Hasler
Doctoral Candidate in Political Science
226 W Rittenhouse Sq, Apt. 2406, Philadelphia PA 19103
jhasler@gwu.edu, jhasler0@gmail.com, (314) 807-6404

EDUCATION ______

George Washington University, Washington D.C.

Ph.D. in Political Science (ABD, expected 2020)
Major: International Relations Minor: Quantitative Methods
Selected Coursework: International Security, Multilevel Models, Game Theory, Nonlinear Models, Causal
Inference, Politics and Organizations, Political Violence, Comparative Political Economy.

M.A. in Political Science (Jan 2018)

Haverford College, Haverford, PA

B.A. in English and Political Science. Minor: Computer Science (2015)
Selected Coursework: German, New(s) Media and Print Culture, Terrorism Studies, Linear Algebra, Computer
Organization, Discrete Mathematics, Theory of Computation, Concurrency and Co-Design.

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), Ann Arbor, MI
Coursework: Advanced Game Theory, Advanced Multilevel Models, Advanced Network Analysis

PUBLICATIONS

Hasler, Jack. 2019. “Huawei is better positioned to spy on us than we think.” Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/13/huawei-is-better-positioned-spy-us-than-we-
think/

Hasler, Jack. 2017. “Trump seems happy to meet with authoritarians. How does this compare with other
presidents?” The Washington Post. (With Yonatan Lupu).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/05/11/trump-seems-happy-to-meet-
with-authoritarians-how-does-this-compare-with-other-presidents/

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

• Rumsfeld Foundation Graduate Fellowship (2019-2020)
• George and May Shiers Memorial Fund Fellowship (Summer 2019)
• George Washington University Summer Dissertation Completion Fellowship (Summer 2019)
• George Washington University Dean’s Travel Grant (Spring 2019)
EXPERIENCE

• Teaching Assistant, International Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer
Program, University of Michigan, (Summer 2018, 2019)
o Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Spatial, Temporal, and Survival Methods and
introduction to R.
• Quantitative Methods Fellow, Department of Political Science, GW (Fall 2017-Present)
• Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, GW (Spring-Summer 2017)
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, GW (Fall 2015-Fall 2016)
• Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, Haverford College (2013-2015)
• Student Assistant, Communications Department, Haverford College (2011-2015)

SELECTED TALKS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• “Opening the Black Box of International Aid: Understanding Delivery Actors and
Democratization” International Studies Association, Toronto (2019)
• “Let’s Talk It Out: The Importance of Advancements in Communications Technology on the
Conflict Propensity of States.” Mapping the Global Dimensions of Policy 7, Toronto (2018)
• “The Gamble of ICT Infrastructure: A Formal Model of How Governments Build New
Infrastructure.” Peace Science (International), Tempe, Arizona (2017)
• “Why Does Revolutionary Diffusion End? Examining Two Waves of Revolution.” The Jean
Monnet Summer School at the University of Dundee, Scotland (2016)

INVITED WORKSHOPS______________________________________________________________

• “Formal Models of Internal Violence”, Peace Science International (2017)

• Military Applications of Swarm Technologies, American University, sponsored by Marine Corps
University and the Office of Naval Research (2018)

RESEARCH

Work in Progress:
• “Explaining the International Infrastructure of Global Telecommunications: Why Government
Ownership Determines Interstate Connections” (Dissertation)
• “The Gamble of ICT Infrastructure: A Formal Model of How Governments Build New
Infrastructure”
• “Error 404: Democracy Not Found: The Effect of Random Internet Outages on Democratic
Protest”
• “Opening the Black Box of International Aid: Understanding Delivery Actors and
Democratization” (with Caroline Dunton)
• “Why Does Revolutionary Diffusion End? Examining Two Waves of Revolution”
Research Interests:
• The effects of communications technology on inter- and intra-state conflict
• Domestic inequality in access to technology and communications infrastructures
• The construction and effects of international submarine telecommunications cables
• International law regarding communications and space flight
• Interactions between state and nonstate actors
• Spatial and multilevel modeling
• Formal theory

SKILLS

Software: Stata, R, Python, Java, Microsoft Office Suite, LaTeX.

Languages: English, basic German

UNIVERSITY SERVICE AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

• GW Graduate Student Caucus

• Haverford College Orientation Program
• Haverford College Students Council Treasurer
• Haverford College Academic Integrity Committee
• Haverford College First Year Dean of Students Search Committee