Faculty Profile

Thomas Mason

Title
Professor
Department
Political Science
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

Education

PhD, University of Georgia, 1982.
MA, University of Georgia, 1978.
BA, University of Georgia, 1973.
Major: magna cum laude with general honors

Current Scheduled Teaching*

No current or future courses scheduled.

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

PSCI 6660.001, Civil War, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2021
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3500.002, Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring 2020 Syllabus
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5610.001, Proseminar in Comparative Government, Spring 2019 SPOT
PSCI 5610.600, Proseminar in Comparative Government, Spring 2019 SPOT
PSCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2019
PSCI 5650.001, Seminar in Comparative Politics, Fall 2018 SPOT
PSCI 3700.002, Area Politics, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4640.001, Revolution and Political Violence, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5900.720, Special Problems, Fall 2017
PSCI 6930.712, Individual Research, Spring 2017
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4952.001, Political Science Capstone Seminar, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5660.001, Civil War, Fall 2016 SPOT
PSCI 6930.720, Individual Research, Fall 2016
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6930.712, Individual Research, Spring 2016
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4670.001, Third World Politics, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6930.720, Individual Research, Fall 2015
PSCI 6900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2015
PSCI 3700.002, Area Politics, Spring 2015 Syllabus
PSCI 4660.001, Democracy and Democratization, Spring 2015 Syllabus
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Fall 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 5650.001, Seminar in Area Studies, Fall 2014
PSCI 6940.720, Practicum, Spring 2014
PSCI 4640.001, Revolution and Political Violence, Spring 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 4900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2014
PSCI 4660.001, Democracy and Democratization, Fall 2013
PSCI 4952.001, Policy Capstone Seminar, Fall 2013 Syllabus
PSCI 6900.720, Special Problems, Fall 2013
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring 2013 Syllabus
PSCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2013
PSCI 4670.001, Third World Politics, Fall 2012 Syllabus
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Summer 5W1 2012
PSCI 4900.714, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2012
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring 2012 Syllabus
PSCI 6940.720, Practicum, Spring 2012
PSCI 5650.001, Seminar in Area Studies, Spring 2012
PSCI 4900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2012
PSCI 3700.001, Area Politics, Fall 2011 Syllabus
PSCI 6940.720, Practicum, Fall 2011
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Summer 5W1 2011
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring 2011 Syllabus
PSCI 4900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2011
PSCI 5650.001, Seminar in Area Studies, Fall 2010
PSCI 4900.721, Special Problems, Fall 2010
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring 2010 Syllabus
PSCI 6940.720, Practicum, Spring 2010
PSCI 4900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2010
PSCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2010
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Fall 2009 Syllabus
PSCI 6900.720, Special Problems, Fall 2009
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Summer 5W1 2009
PSCI 4900.714, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2009
PSCI 3700.001, Area Politics, Spring 2009
PSCI 6930.712, Individual Research, Spring 2009
PSCI 6940.712, Practicum, Spring 2009
PSCI 4700.001, Topics in Comparative Politics, Spring 2009
PSCI 6940.712, Practicum, Fall 2008
PSCI 5610.001, Proseminar in Comparative Government, Fall 2008
PSCI 4900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2008
PSCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2008
PSCI 6930.712, Individual Research, Summer 5W2 2008
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Summer 5W2 2008
PSCI 4900.714, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2008
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring 2008
PSCI 5650.001, Seminar in Area Studies, Spring 2008
PSCI 4900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2008
PSCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2008
PSCI 6930.712, Individual Research, Fall 2007
PSCI 6940.712, Practicum, Fall 2007
PSCI 5610.001, Proseminar in Comparative Government, Fall 2007
PSCI 4900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2007
PSCI 4900.714, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2007
PSCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2007
PSCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2007
PSCI 6930.712, Individual Research, Spring 2007
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring 2007
PSCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2007
PSCI 5610.001, Proseminar in Comparative Government, Fall 2006
PSCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2006
PSCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2006
PSCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2006
PSCI 4700.003, Topics in Comparative Politics, Spring 2006
PSCI 5610.001, Proseminar in Comparative Government, Fall 2005
PSCI 6900.719, Special Problems, Fall 2005
PSCI 3600.001, Comparative Politics, Spring 2005
PSCI 6900.719, Special Problems, Spring 2005
PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Fall 2004
PSCI 5900.709, Special Problems, Fall 2004
PSCI 5900.753, Special Problems, Fall 2004
PSCI 6900.719, Special Problems, Fall 2004

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
Mason, T., Mitchell, S. M. (2016). What Do We Know About Civil Wars?. 352. Lanham, MD: Rowman & LIttlefield.
Mason, T. D. (2006). Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Post-War Societies: Sustaining the Peace.
Mason, T. D. (2004). Caught in the Crossfire: Revolution, Repression, and the Rational Peasant.
Mason, T. D. (1994). Japan, NAFTA and Europe: Trilateral Cooperation or Confrontation.
Mason, T. D. (1992). A Social and Economic Portrait of the Mississippi Delta.
Mason, T. D. (1991). U.S.-Japan Trade Friction: Its Impact on Security Cooperation in the Pacific Basin.
Book Chapter
Meernik, J. D., Demeritt, J. H., Mason, T. D., Pulido Gomez, A. (2019). Land, Violence and the Colombian Peace Process. Cambridge University Press.
Mason, T., Mitchell, S. M., Prorock, A. (2016). What Do We Know About Civil Wars: Introduction and Overview. What Do We Know About Civil Wars?. Lanham, MD: Rowman & LIttlefield.
Mason, T., Romano, D., Gurses, M. (2014). Democracy, Civil War, and the Kurdish People Caught Between Them. Conflict, Democratization, and the Kurds in the Middle East. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Mason, T. (2009). The Evolution of Theory on Civil War and Revolution in Manus Midlarsky, ed., Handbook of War Studies, 3rd ed. . 63-99. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Mason, T. D. (2006). "Conclusion", (with James Meernik) in James Meernik and T. David Mason, eds. Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Post-War Societies: Sustaining the Peace.
Mason, T., Meernik, J., (2006). Introduction: Sustaining the Peace After Civil War. Conflict Prevention and Peace-Building in Post-War Societies.
Mason, T. D. (2006). Sustaining the Peace: Stopping the Recurrence of Civil Wars", (with Jason Quinn) in James Meernik and T. David Mason, eds. Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Post-War Societies: Sustaining the Peace.
Mason, T. D. (2003). Ethnicity and Politics, pp. 542-574 in Routledge Encyclopedia of Government and Politics, 2nd ed.,  edited by Mary Hawkesworth and Maurice Kegan.
Mason, T. D. (1994). Trade Blocs and the Future of Japan's Relations with the People's Republic of China", in Japan, NAFTA and Europe: Trilateral Cooperation or Confrontation?, edited by T. David Mason and Abdul M. Turay.
Mason, T. D. (1992). Ethnicity and Politics", pp. 568-586 in Routledge Encyclopedia of Government and Politics, edited by Mary Hawkesworth and Maurice Kegan.
Mason, T. D. (1992). The Poverty Hurdle: Poverty as an Impediment to Development in the Mississippi Delta", pp. 279-296 in A Social and Economic Portrait of the Mississippi Delta, edited by Arthur G. Cosby, T. David Mason, Eunice McCulloch, and Mitchell Brackin.
Mason, T. D. (1991). "U.S.-Japan Security Cooperation Amid the Shifting Security Environment in Asia", pp. 158-192 in U.S.-Japan Trade Friction: Its Impact on Security Cooperation in the Pacific Basin, edited by T. David Mason and Abdul M. Turay. .
Mason, T. D. (1991). The Strategic Context of U.S.-Japan Trade Friction", pp. 1-7 in U.S.-Japan Trade Friction: Its Impact on Security Cooperation in the Pacific Basin, edited by T. David Mason and Abdul M. Turay.
Mason, T. D. (1990). "Dynamics of Revolutionary Change: Indigenous Factors in Third World Revolutions", pp. 30-53 in Revolution and Political Change in the Third World, edited by Barry M. Schutz and Robert O. Slater.
Mason, T. D. (1986). Population Growth and the Struggle for the Hearts and Minds of Rural Populations in Central America", pp. 183-222 in Latin American Population Growth and U.S. National Security, edited by John Saunders.
Encyclopedia Article
Mason, T. (2019). Sustaining the Peace after Civil War: What Do We Know About Peace Failure vs. Peace Duration?. Oxford Encyclopedia of Politics. 32. Oxford University Press.
Journal Article
Paolino, P., Chen, Y., Mason, T. D. (2021). Who Protests and Why: Hierarchical Government Trust and Protest Participation in China. Journal of East Asian Studies. 21, 499-513.
Phayal, A., Mason, T., Gurses, M. (2019). "Who Wins, Who Loses, Who Negotiates Peace in Civil Wars: Does Regime Type Matter?. Journal of Global Security Studies. 17.
Greig, J. M., Mason, T. D., Hamner, J. H. (2018). Win, lose, or draw in the fog of civil war. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 35(5), 523-543. SAGE Publications.
Mason, T. D., Greig, J. M. (2017). State Capacity, Regime Type, and Sustaining the Peace after Civil War. International Interactions. 43(6), 967-993. Routledge.
Chan, V., Backstrom, J., Mason, T. D. (2014). Patterns of Protest in the People's Republic of China: a Provincial Level Analysis. ASME Early Career Technical Journal. 41, .
Joshi, M., Mason, T., (2012). "Balance of Power, Size of Governing Coalition and Durability of Peace in the Post-Civil War States", International Interactions 37: 388-413. . International Interactions. 37, 388-413.
Mason, T. D. (2012). "Ending the War in Iraq: The Third Option", Civil Wars 14(2, June): 223-245.. 14(2), 223-245.
Joshie, M., Mason, T., (2011). Peasants, Patrons, and Parties: The Tension between Clientelism and Democracy in Nepal. International Studies Quarterly. 55, 151-175.
Mason, T., Gurses, M., Brandt, P., Quinn, J., (2011). When and Why Civil Wars Recur: Conditions for a Durable Peace After Civil Wars. International Studies Perspectives. 12, 171-189.
Joshi, M., Mason, T., (2010). Land Tenure, Democracy, and Patterns of Violence During the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal, 1996-2005. Social Science Quarterly. (91), 984-1006.
Gurses, M., Mason, T., (2010). Weak States, Regime Types, and Civil War. Civil Wars. 12, 140-155.
Ma, T. (2009). International Relations Theory and How Civil Wars End. International Interactions. 35(3), 341-351.
J, M., Ma, T. (2008). Between Democracy and Revolution: Peasant Support for Insurgency versus Democracy in Nepal. Journal of Peace Research. 45(6), 765-782.
Gurses, M., Mason, T. (2008). Democracy out of Anarchy: The Prospects for Post-Civil War Democracy. Social Science Quarterly. 89(2), 315-336.
Brandt, P., Mason, T., Gurses, M., Petrovsky, N., Radin, D., (2008). When and How the Fighting Stops: Explaining the Duration of Civil Wars. Defence and Peace Economics. 19(6), 415-434.
Joshi, M., Mason, T. (2007). Land Tenure, Democracy, and Insurgency in Nepal: Peasant Support for Insurgency versus Democracy. Asian Survey. 47(3), 393-414.
Quinn, J., Mason, T., Gur, M. (2007). Sustaining the Peace: Determinants of Civil War Recurrence. International Interactions. 33(2), 167-193.
Mason, T. D. (2003). Globalization, Democratization, and the Prospects for Civil War in the New Millennium.
Mason, T. D. (2003). Structures of Ethnic Conflict: Revolution versus Secession in Rwanda and Sri Lanka.
Mason, T. D. (2002). Tiananmen Square Thirteen Years After: The Prospects for Civil Unrest in China.
Mason, T. D. (2001). Colonial Style and Post-Colonial Ethnic Conflict in Africa.
Mason, T. D. (2000). The Calculus of Fear: Revolution, Repression, and the Rational Peasant.
Mason, T. D. (1999). The Civil War in El Salvador: a Retrospective Analysis.
Mason, T. D. (1999). Win, Lose, or Draw: Predicting the Outcome of Civil Wars.
Mason, T. D. (1998). Take Two Acres and Call Me in the Morning: Is Land Reform a Remedy for Peasant Unrest?.
Mason, T. D. (1996). How Civil Wars End: A Rational Choice Approach".
Mason, T. D. (1996). Insurgency, Counterinsurgency, and the Rational Peasant.
Mason, T. D. (1996). Japan-Bashing and America-Bashing: Public Opinion and U.S.-Japan Relations in a Time of Transition.
Mason, T. D. (1995). Guerrillas, Drugs, and Peasants: The Rational Peasant and the War on Drugs in Peru.
Mason, T. D. (1994). Modernization and its Discontents Revisited: The Dynamics of Mass-Based Opposition in the People's Republic of China.
Mason, T. D. (1992). Women's Participation in Central American Revolutions: A Theoretical Perspective.
Mason, T. D. (1989). Land Reform and the Rise of Sendero Luminoso in Peru.
Mason, T. D. (1989). Nonelite Response to State-Sanctioned Terror.
Mason, T. D. (1989). The Political Economy of Death Squads: Towards a Theory of State-Sanctioned Terrorism.
Mason, T. D. (1986). Land Reform and the Breakdown of Clientelist Politics in El Salvador.
Mason, T. D. (1986). Sino-Soviet Relations Amid the Transition in Leadership.
Mason, T. D. (1986). The Developmental Parameters of Relative Deprivation Theory".
Mason, T. D. (1985). Who Riots? An Empirical Test of the 'New Urban Black' and 'Social Marginality' Hypotheses.
Mason, T. D. (1984). China's Four Modernizations: Blueprint for Development or Prelude to Turmoil.
Mason, T. D. (1984). Individual Participation in Collective Racial Violence: A Rational Choice Synthesis.
Monograph
Mason, T. D. (2007). Sustaining the Peace After Civil War.
Mason, T. D. (1991). The Child Care Equation in Mississippi: A Study of Public Priorities, Beliefs, and Usage.
Mason, T. D. (1991). The Supply of Child Care in Mississippi: A Study of Program Costs, Organization, and Quality.
Popular Press Article
Mason, T. D. (1989). "Non-Military Dimensions of the Soviet Union's Security Policy in Asia.

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Mason, T. D. (Co-Principal), "Research and Development Grant: "The Delta Project", (Co-PI with Arthur G. Cosby and Eunice McCulloch)," Sponsored by Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (1987-88, $110,000 approx.); Cooperative State Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (1989-91; $330,000 approx.), Federal, $440000 Funded. (19871990).
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    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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