[2] As a graduate student, he took a summer seminary at Brigham Young University in Latter-day Saint history run by Richard L.
He has been interviewed and cited as an expert on Mormonism by outlets such as the Los Angeles Times, NPR,[9] The Salt Lake Tribune,[10][11] Religion Dispatches Magazine,[12][13] and KPCC public radio in Pasadena, California.
[14] In January 2012, Mason published an opinion piece in The Washington Post regarding diversity within Latter Day Saints thought.
[21] Mason's research projects as of 2006 included a biography of Ezra Taft Benson, a former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a book on Mormon theology and ethic of peace.
[22] Mason participated in a short-lived joint blog in a current-issues/events debate format, at the non-partisan religion website Patheos.com, with psychologist John P. Dehlin, who has often been critical of the LDS Church.