Hi, I’m Mason. Starting January 2027, I will be a Lecturer at Australian Catholic University. In the meantime, I am a Lecturer at Johns Hopkins. (These are, confusingly, different senses of 'Lecturer'.)

Previously, I was the Foundations of Mind Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, and a McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellow at Washington University in St. Louis in the Department of Philosophy/Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology (PNP) Program. 

I specialize in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and related epistemological and metaphysical issues, in particular, how they intersect in thinking about social cognition.

Please feel free to email me at mwestfa5 [at] jh.edu