Positions

Assistant Professor, Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Info

matthewsa22@ecu.edu

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Austin Scott Matthews

overview

Austin S. Matthewsis an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University. His research focuses on the intersections between political elites, institutionalization, and repression in dictatorships. Dr. Matthews' research has been featured in theBritish Journal of Political Science,Journal of Peace Research,German Politics, and other peer-reviewed academic journals.

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selected publications

article
- If You'll be my Bodyguard: Presidential Guard Units and Leader Capture during Coups d'etat. Armed Forces and Society. 51:46-69. 2025
- Brothers in Arms No Longer: Who Do Regime Change Coup-Entry Dictators Purge?. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 68:1913-1940. 2024
- Identifying Patterns in the Structural Drivers of Intrastate Conflict. British Journal of Political Science. 53:749-756. 2023
- Introducing an Individual-Level Dataset on Politburo Candidate and Full Members in the Eastern Bloc. Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 1-26. 2023
- Measuring and Forecasting the Rise of China: Reality over Image. Journal of Contemporary China. 32:191-206. 2023
- To purge or not to purge? An individual-level quantitative analysis of elite purges in dictatorships. British Journal of Political Science. 53:575-593. 2023
- Don't Turn Around, der Kommissar's in Town: Political Officers and Coups d'Etat in Authoritarian Regimes. Journal of Peace Research. 59:663-678. 2022
- The Nomination and Electoral Competitiveness of Working Class Candidates in Germany. German Politics. 31:459-475. 2022
- Mixed-Member Electoral Systems, Best Loser Rules, and the Descriptive Representation of Women. Electoral Studies. 57:153-162. 2019
report
- China-US Competition: Measuring Global Influence 2021

presentations

presentation

professional service activities

Peer Review Book proposal review performed for Polity Books. 2024

education and training

Ph.D. in Political Science, Louisiana State University

preferred title

Assistant Professor of Political Science