Peter Beattie

Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Assistant Programme Director, MSSc in Global Political Economy

 pbeattie@cuhk.edu.hk / peter@beatt.ie

PUBLICATIONS 

• “The Road to Psychopathology: Neoliberalism and the Human Mind,” Journal of Social Issues (in press). 
• “Ideology, Values and Foreign Policy.” In Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations. Ed. Patrick James.New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming. 
• “Knowledge in International Relations: One Precursor to Motivated Reasoning among Experts and Non-Experts,” Journal of Social and Political Psychology (in press). 
• “Who is the Neoliberal? Exploring Neoliberal Beliefs across East and West,” (with Karim Bettache and Kristy Chong) Journal of Social Issues (in press). 
• Social Evolution, Political Psychology, and the Media in Democracy: The Invisible Hand in the U.S. Marketplace of Ideas, Palgrave Macmillan (2019). 
• “The Cognitive Structuring of National Identity: Individual Differences in Identifying as American,” (with Shawn Rosenberg) Nations and Nationalism DOI: 10.1111/nana.12416 (2018).

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  “Theory, Media, and Democracy for Realists," Critical Review 30(1-2): 13-35 (2018).

  
  “The Pull of Humanitarian Interventionism: Examining the Effects of Media Frames and Political Values,” (with Jovan Milojevich) International Journal of Communication 12: 831–855 (2018).
• "The‘Chicken-and-Egg’ Development of Political Opinions: The Roles of Genes, Social Status, Ideology, and Information”Politics and the Life Sciences 36(1): 1-13 (2017).
• “A Test of the‘News Diversity’ Standard: Single Frames, Multiple Frames, and Values Regarding the Ukraine Conflict,” (with Jovan Milojevich) International Journal of Press/Politics doi: 10.1177/1940161216673194 (2016).
• “Anti-Semitism and Opposition to Israeli Government Policies: The Roles of Prejudice and Information” Ethnic and Racial Studies doi: /10.1080/01419870.2016.1260751 (2016).
• “Review Essay: The Battle over Human Nature, Coming to a Resolution,” Political Psychology 37(1): 137-143 (2016).
• “Information: Evolution, Psychology, and Politics,” Papers on Social Representations 25(1): 1-40 (2016).
• “The (Intellectual Property Law &) Economics of Innocent Fraud: The IP & Development Debate,” International Review of Intellectual Property & Competition Law 38: 6-30 (2007).
• “The U.S., Impunity Agreements, and the International Criminal Court: Towards the Trial of a Future Henry Kissinger,” Guild Practitioner 62: 193-229 (2005).

PRESENTATIONS

• “Testing ‘Elective Affinities’ in China,” ISPP Regional Conference, Taipei, July 27, 2018.
  “Psychology and Neoliberalism: Existence, Implications, and Resistance,” Society for the Study of Social Issues Annual Conference, Pittsburgh PA, July 1, 2018.
• “The ‘Chicken-and-Egg’ Development of Political Opinions,” International Society of Political Psychology Annual Meeting, Warsaw, July 13, 2016.
• “Constructing the Other: American Views of Immigrants and Foreigners” (with Shawn Rosenberg), International Society of Political Psychology Annual Meeting, Warsaw, July 16, 2016.
• “Motivated Knowledge in International Relations,” Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, March 25, 2016.
• “To Thine Own Self Be True: Multiple Frames and Values,” International Society of Political Psychology Annual Meeting, San Diego, July 6, 2015.
• “Different Ways of Constructing National Identity” (with Shawn Rosenberg), International Society of Political Psychology Annual Meeting, San Diego, July 6, 2015. 
• “Three Perspectives on Information: Memes, Schemas, and Social Representations,” International Conference on Social Representations, São Paulo, July 22, 2014.
• “What It Means to Be an American: Nationalism and Styles of Thought,” International Society of Political Psychology Annual Meeting, Rome, July 6, 2014.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

• Testing ‘Elective Affinities’ in China: Links between Ideology and Psychological Traits,” (with Rosalie Chen and Karim Bettache).
• “Migration: The Political Psychology of the Host Nation” (with Shawn Rosenberg and Genna Beckenhaupt) (Under Review).

SERVICE TO THE DISCIPLINE

• Associate Editor, Journal of Social and Political Psychology, September 2017-present
• Co-organizer, Political Psychology: An East Asian Perspective, ISPP Regional Conference 2018
• Section Chair, Public Opinion and Political Communication, ISPP Annual Conference 2017
• Reviewer, Political Psychology, International Journal of Press/Politics, European Union Politics, European Societies, Journalism Studies, Journal of Social and Political Psychology, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Politics and Religion, Global Political Economy: Evolution & Dynamics (6^th Edition)
• Book review co-editor, Political Psychology, January-September 2015

 EDUCATIONEDUCATION

University of California at Irvine, Department of Political Science                   

Ph.D. January 2013-2017
Colloquium presentation on book project: Introduction/Theory, "Demand" Side, Media Effects Part 1/Part 2, "Supply" Side

MA, January 2015

Doris Graber Scholar, September 2014-September 2015

Pedagogical Fellow, Center for Engaged Instruction, January 2016-October 2016

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY                   

JD, International and Comparative Law, June 2006

Dean’s Merit Scholarship

Passed New York Bar Examination, July 2006

New York University, New York, NY

BA Cum Laude, Psychology and Law, May 2003

Dean’s List

HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCEHIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR China

            Assistant Professor, August 2017 – present

University of California, Irvine

            Instructor, Summer 2015, 2016

            Teaching Assistant, January 2013 – June 2017

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY

            Adjunct Professor, June 2007 – December 2012

New York University

            Research Assistant, Tom Tyler's Psychology Lab, October 2010 – May 2012

COURSES TAUGHT

 

Political Psychology for Global Political Economy
Theories of Global Political Economy

            Political Economy of the United States

            Human Rights in Global Political Economy

            Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
             Comparative Politics

University of California, Irvine, 2013 – present

            Media and Power

Introduction to International Relations (TA)

            Political Psychology (TA)

            Anthropology: Global Cultures (TA)

            Introduction to Economics (TA)

            Political Theory (TA)

            Introduction to Social Psychology (TA)

            Writing Seminar: Political Representation (TA)

            International Studies Forum (TA)
            Principles of Social Science (online) (TA)
            Introduction to Law (TA)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, 2007-2012

Legal Writing

GRANTS/AWARDS

2017 James Danziger Award for Teaching Excellence, UCI

Research Grant, School of Social Sciences, UCI; UROP Research Grant, University of California, Irvine

Research Grant, Faculty of Social Science, CUHK