Pete Mohanty University of Texas at Austin, Department of Government, pete.mohanty@utexas.edu Education PhD Political Science, University of Texas at Austin (Expected: 2014) MS Statistics, University of Texas at Austin 2013 BA with Honors, Swarthmore College 2006 Study Abroad Free University of Berlin (via Berlin Consortium for German Studies) Sommersemester 2004 International Institute for the Study of French (l IIEF) in Strasbourg, France Summer 2008 Languages: German (fluent), French (advanced reading, intermediate spoken) Dissertation: Immigration Politics in a (Dis)Integrating Europe Terri Givens, Robert Luskin, Benjamin Gregg, Stephen Jessee, Jeffrey Murer Master s Report: Ideology and Interests: A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to Spatial Party Preferences Stephen Jessee, Terri Givens Peer Reviewed Publications Mohanty, Pete. "Thick and Thin Public Sentiments and the Politics of Immigration in Europe." Comparative Sociology 11, no. 5 (2012): 733-61. Crage, Suzanna M., Melanie, M. Hughes, Pete Mohanty, and Terri E. Givens. "Gendered Jobs: Integrating Immigrants versus Controlling Immigration in the European Union." Politics & Gender 9 (2013): 31-60. Mohanty, Pete, and Terri E. Givens. "Analyzing Discourses." In Legislating Equality: the Politics of Antidiscrimination in the European Union, by Terri E. Givens and Rhonda Evans Case. Oxford University Press, 2014. Academic Distinctions Amy Eckert Award for Ethics and International Relations, awarded at ISA-West 2009 for best graduate paper related to the conference theme ( human consequences of state action ) 1
Conference Presentations & Participation 2014 Deliberating across National Boundaries: A Study of Two Pan-European Deliberative Polls, with Robert C. Luskin. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 3-6. Security, Economics, or Culture? What drives the divergence of migrant and native attitudes towards immigration? Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 3-6. Organized Panel: Migrant vs. Native Attitudes: Gaps and Commonalities in Comparative Context at Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 3-6. Class & Inclusivity: Ideology, Identity, and Spatial Party Preferences in the European Union, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, March 25-29. Organized Panel: Crashing the Party: Migra on and the Evolving European Poli cal Landscape at International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, March 25-29. How does the rate of change affect attitudes about immigration? International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies Annual Meeting, Washington DC, March 14-16. 2013 Class & Inclusivity: How Public Opinion Translates into Party Preferences in the European Union. Poster. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago. Multiparty Polarization. Poster. Society for Political Methodology Summer Methods Meeting, University of Virginia, July 17-20. Discussant: Outside Information: Specification and Measurement in fsqca, by Marcus J. Kurtz. Workshop on Case-Studies, Medium-N Conference, and Causal Inference, University of Texas at Austin, May 15-16. The Politics of Immigrant Integration: Public Opinion and Party Politics, with Terri E. Givens. International Conference of Europeanists, Amsterdam, June 25-27. Disaggregating Deliberation s Effects: Knowledge versus Heterogeneity, with Robert C. Luskin and Gabor Toka. 2012 Disaggregating Deliberation s Effects: Knowledge versus Heterogeneity, with Robert C. Luskin and Gabor Toka. European Union Policy Workshop at Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University, December 1-2. Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in the European Union. Future of EU Citizenship conference at York University, Toronto, Canada, October 18-20. 2011 Thick and Thin and Public Support for the Political Inclusion of Immigrants. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Seattle. Organized Panel: The Politics of Rights & the Security of States and Migrants in Europe (Section 15-14 European Politics and Society). American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Seattle. How does public opinion on immigration relate to security, universalism, and community? 2
Space or Hierarchy? How is Context Influencing my Data, Poster with Dorothy Morgan. Organized Panel: Immigration and Integration as a Conflict between Security, Universalism, and Community: Combining Empirical and Normative Perspectives (European Politics Section). Political Theory of the Field: How to Teach Political Theory to Non-Political Theory Graduate Students. American Political Science Association Teaching & Learning Conference Annual Meeting in Albuquerque. What explains European Attitudes towards Ethnic Discrimination? Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting in San Antonio. Women s Work in Governments: 2nd European Conference on Politics and Gender, with Terri E. Givens, Melanie M. Hughes, Suzanna M. Crage. 2nd European Conference on Politics and Gender in Budapest, Hungary. 2010 Deliberating in Europolis: Learning versus Diversity in Attitude Change, with Robert C. Luskin and Gabor Toka. Europolis Meeting. Meeting organized by the University of Siena and The Region of Tuscany and held at the European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy. The Human Rights State, with Benjamin Gregg. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Pauline Universalism for and against Modern Cosmopolitanism. The Absent Center Conference at the University of Texas at Austin. Discussant: Transactions between Religion and Secularism panel. The Absent Center Conference at the University of Texas at Austin. 2009 Security, Universalism and Community as Conflicting Priorities in Early Modern Political Theory, with Benjamin Gregg. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada. Anti-discrimination Policy and Rights: Majority vs. Minority, with Terri Givens. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada. The Twenty-First Century Response to Carl Schmitt, with Jacqueline Hunsicker. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago. The Twenty-First Century Response to Carl Schmitt, with Jacqueline Hunsicker. Southwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Denver. The Multitude and the Polis: Inclusion and Exclusion Considered in Global Context. Southwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Denver. The Multitude and the Polis: Inclusion and Exclusion Considered in Global Context. International Studies Association-West Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Discussant: Comparative Religion and Politics Panel. International Studies Association-West Annual Meeting in San Francisco. 3
Discussant: Dr. Tracie Matysik s working paper An Ethics of Natural Necessity: Spinozism, Science, and Secularism in the Nineteenth Century. The Institute for Historical Studies Workshop Series, 2008-09 at the University of Texas at Austin. Conflicting Priorities in Political Theory about International Relations. Graduate Workshop Series at the University of Texas at Austin, Department of Government. 2008 Why Does Canvassing Work? Graduate Research Assistance to Terri Givens, UT Austin Department of Government, Spring 2009 Summer 2010 to Robert Luskin and the Center for Deliberative Democracy, Stanford University, Summer 2012 Fellowships and Scholarships Macdonald Summer Research Fellowship, Government Department, University of Texas at Austin, 2014 University Continuing Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 2012-13 Fellow, Foreign Language Area Studies, Department of Education via the Center for European Studies at UT Austin, 2011-2012 Patterson Fellowship, UT Austin Department of Government, 2011-12 Language Training Stipend, UT Austin, Joe R. Long Chair for Democratic Studies, 2008 Swarthmore Scholar, Swarthmore College, four year scholarship Brookhaven Science Associates, four year scholarship towards Swarthmore College Travel Grants Travel Grant, Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University, 2012 Professional Development Award, UT Austin, Graduate Studies, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 Future of EU Citizenship Conference, York University, 2012 APSA Annual Meeting, 2009 Service Alumni Interviewer for Swarthmore College, 2010 present Editor, Rapoport Center for Human Rights, Working Paper Series, Fall 2010 through Spring 2011 Assistant Organizer for Political Theory Conference ( The Absent Center ) at UT Austin, 2010 Teaching Assistance and Supplemental Instruction Introduction to American Government, Dana Stauffer, Fall 2007 Might and Right Among Nations, Thomas Pangle, Spring 2008 Introduction to American Government, Jason Cassellas, Fall 2008 Human Rights: Theories & Practices, Benjamin Gregg, Fall 2010 Competing Visions of the Good Life, Jeffrey Abramson, Spring 2011 Software: R including MCMC (WinBUGS, JAGS, STAN), Maple, STATA, SAS, C++, Java, HTML Professional Memberships: American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, American Statistical Association, Council for European Studies Select Additional Professional Experience Canvass Director for Grassroots Campaigns, May 2006 August 2007, New York City and Philadelphia Canvass Director for Working Families Party, Kate Browning for Suffolk County Legislature 2005 4
Letter Writers Terri Givens, UT Austin, Government Department, tgivens@austin.utexas.edu, 512-232-7245 Robert Luskin, UT Austin, Government Department, rcluskin@austin.utexas.edu, 512-232-7230 Benjamin Gregg, UT Austin, Government Department, bgregg@austin.utexas.edu, 512-232-7274 Stephen Jessee, UT Austin, Government Department, sjessee@utexas.edu, 512-232-7282 Letters may be requested from Stuart Tendler, Administrative Assistant for Graduate Placement for the Government Department at UT Austin, smtendler@austin.utexas.edu, 512-232-7225 Additional References Christopher Wlezien, Hogg Professor of Government, UT Austin, Wlezien@austin.utexas.edu Jeffrey Murer, University of St. Andrews, School of International Relations & Psychology, Scotland, Jeffrey.Murer@st-andrews.ac.uk, 01334/46.19.24 5