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 ______
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/
• 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)
• “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______________________________________________________________
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