ANDREW PILECKI

Curriculum Vitae
January 2015
Current Address
150 Birch Street
Redwood City, CA 94062

Personal Website
www.andrewpilecki.com

Contact Information
(831) 818-2946 (Mobile)
apilecki@ucsc.edu

EDUCATION
Ph.D.

University of California, Santa Cruz, Expected completion: June 2015

Social Psychology, Department of Psychology
Dissertation title: Doing Unjust Things in a Just Society: The Moral Justification of Structural Violence

M.S.

Saint Josephs University, 2007

Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, With Distinction
Thesis title: The Effects of Non-Justified Video Game Violence on the Evaluation of Self and Others

B.S.

Saint Josephs University, 2006

Psychology (Minor: Philosophy), Summa Cum Laude

RESEARCH INTERESTS

The psychological mechanisms underlying peoples justification of violence

How people deal with threats to the positive moral image they have of their group

How political leaders and lay-people alike justify violence through discourse

PUBLICATIONS
IN PRESS
Pilecki, A.& Hammack, P.L. "Invoking The family to legitimize gender and sexuality-based Public
policies in the United States: A critical discourse analysis of the 2012 Democratic and Republican
National Party Conventions. Journal of Social and Political Psychology.
Hammack, P.L. & Pilecki, A. Power in history: Contrasting theoretical approaches to intergroup dialogue.
Journal of Social Issues.
2014
Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. Negotiating the past, imagining the future: Israeli and Palestinian narratives
in intergroup dialogue. International Journal of Intercultural Issues (Special Issue: History and Identity: The
Influence of the Past on Possible Futures for Nation-Building and Cultural Diversity Management), 43, 100-113.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2014.08.019
Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. Victims versus Righteous Victims: Historical dialogue and the
rhetorical construction of social categories among Israeli and Palestinian youth. Political Psychology,
35(6), 813-830. DOI: 10.1111/pops.12063
Pilecki, A., Muro, J.M., Hammack, P.L. & Clemons, C.M. Moral exclusion and the justification of US
counterterrorism strategy: Bush, Obama and the terrorist enemy figure. Peace and Conflict: Journal of
Peace Psychology, 20(3), 285-299.

Hammack, P.L., & Pilecki, A. Methodological approaches in political psychology: Discourse and
narrative. In P. Nesbitt-Larking, C. Kinnvall & T. Capelos (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Global
Political Psychology (pp. 72-89), New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hammack, P.L., Pilecki, A., & Merrilees, C. Identity and the psychological experience of intergroup
contact: Contrasting theoretical approaches. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 24(4),
296-324.
2013
Ben-Hagai, E., Hammack, P.L., Pilecki, A. & Aresta, C. Shifting away from a monolithic narrative on
conflict: Israelis, Palestinians and Americans in conversation. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace
Psychology, 19(3), 295-310.
2012
Hammack, P.L. & Pilecki, A. Narrative as a root metaphor for political psychology. Political Psychology
(Special Issue: Political Psychology: Where do we go from here?) 33(1), 75-103.
2011
Hammack, P.L., Pilecki, A., Caspi, N. & Strauss, A.A. Prevalence and correlates of delegitimization
among Jewish Israeli adolescents. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 17(2), 151-178.
2009
Hammack, P.L., Thompson, E.M. & Pilecki, A. Configurations of identity among sexual minority youth:
Context, desire and narrative. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38(7), 867-883.

PRESENTATIONS
CONFERENCES
Pilecki, A. (2015, May). Articulating moral exclusion: How the boundaries of the scope of justice are establishedand
resistedthrough discourse. Symposium to be held at the 2015 annual meeting of the Society for
Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology in New York, New York.
Pilecki, A. (2015, January). Somebody should really do something about them: The relationship between moral
stereotypes and emotions in shaping attitudes towards public policy. Paper to be presented at the Political
Psychology Preconference at the 16th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology in Long Beach, California.
Hammack, P.L., Muro, J.M. & Pilecki, A. (2013, July). Discourses of gender and sexuality in the 2012 US
presidential election. Paper presented at the 36th annual meeting of the International Society of
Political Psychology in Herzliya, Israel.
Pilecki, A., Hammack, P.L., Bar-Tal, D., Halperin, E., Muro, J.M., Clemons, C. & Gibson, R.A. (2013,
May). Mapping the moral permit to harm: The Moral Distinction Scale. Poster presented at the 25th annual
meeting of the Association for Psychological Science in Washington, D.C.

Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. (2012, July). Delegitimization and the moral justification of counterterrorism policy: An
analysis of post-9/11 political discourse in the United States. Paper presented at the the 35th annual
meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology in Chicago, Illinois.
Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. (2012, June). Coexistence versus confrontation: The effect of facilitation model on
contact. Paper presented at the 9th Biennial Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. (2012, June). Justifying the unjustifiable: Delegitimization and the meta-ethics of
intergroup relations. Paper presented at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice10th Biennial
Conference: Global Perspectives on Justice, Security and Human Rights in New York, New
York.
Strauss, A.A., Pilecki, A. & Smith, P. (2012, January). Rethinking familiar concept and theories: Clinical psychology,
postmodern humanism and critical inquiry. Poster presented at the 2012 Cultural Impact Conference in
Chicago, Illinois.
Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. (2011, July). Delegitimization and the meta-ethics of intergroup relations. Paper
presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology in
Istanbul, Turkey.
Ben-Hagai, E., Hammack, P.L. & Pilecki, A. (2011, July). Shifting away from a monolithic narrative on the conflict:
Israelis, Palestinians and Americans in Conversation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
International Association for Conflict Management in Istanbul, Turkey.
Hammack, P.L., Pilecki, A. & Ben Hagai, E. (2010, August). Sequences of redemption and contamination in the life
stories of young Israelis and Palestinians. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association, San Diego, California.
Pilecki, A., Hammack, P.L., Ricks, E., Windell, E.P., Dewey, A., Farzan-Kashani, J. & Skog, J.R. (2010,
July). Competing histories, competing identities: Israelis and Palestinians in dialogue. Paper presented at the
33rd annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology in San Francisco,
California.
Hammack, P.L. & Pilecki, A. (2010, March). Political conflict and social identity: A process study of contact among
Israeli, Palestinian, and American youth. Oral presentation at the 2010 biannual meeting of the Society
for Research on Adolescence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Hammack, P.L. & Pilecki, A. (2009, July). Making peace, feeling war: Emotion, Identity and Israeli-Palestinian
contact. Oral presentation at the International Society of Political Psychology 32nd Annual Scientific
Meeting in Dublin, Ireland.
Hammack, P.L., Pilecki, A. (2009, April). The reproduction of conflict through narrative engagement: Israeli and
Palestinian youth in dialogue. Oral presentation at the American Education Research Association 90th
annual meeting in San Diego, California.
Hammack, P.L., Pilecki, A. (2008, July). Conflict, identity, and narrative: The process of intergroup contact between
Israeli and Palestinian youth. Oral presentation at 29th International Congress of Psychology in Berlin,
Germany.
Hammack, P.L. Pilecki, A., Caspi, N. Strauss, A.A. & Ruber, N. (2008, July). Conflict, narrative, and identity:
The societal beliefs of Israeli youth. Oral presentation at International Society of Political Psychology
31st Annual Scientific Meeting in Paris, France.
Anastasio, P.A. & Pilecki, A. (2008, May). Priming self-power associations with violent video games. Poster
presented at Association for Psychological Science 20th Annual Convention in Chicago, IL.

WORKSHOPS & COLLOQUIA

Pilecki, A. (2015, January). Establishing your web presence as an academic: A brief introduction. Presentation given
at a joint Social-Developmental Psychology Colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Pilecki, A. (2015, January). Doing unjust things in a just society: How we make violence morally acceptable.
Presentation given at the Social Psychology Colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Pilecki, A. (2014, June). Why theyre not like us: Moral stereotyping and the moral justification of violence.
Presentation given to the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation. Stanford
University, Stanford, CA.
Pilecki, A. (2013, October). Moral foundations theory and moral exclusion: Implications for peace psychology. Invited
lecture given to PSYC159: Peace Psychology undergraduate seminar. University of California,
Santa Cruz, CA.
Callanan, M., Hammack, P.L. & Pilecki, A. (2013, April). Grants for psychological research. Panel discussion
given at the Social Psychology Colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of California,
Santa Cruz, CA.
Pilecki, A. (2012, November). Managing references and bibliographies using EndNote. Workshop presentation at
the Graduate Student Commons, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
Pilecki, A. (2012, October). Improve your Keynote skills workshop. Workshop presentation at the Graduate
Student Commons, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
Pilecki, A. (2010, April). History, Identity, Power: Israeli and Palestinian adolescents in dialogue. Workshop
presentation at the Narrative Identity Research Group, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
Pilecki, A. (2009, May). Mutually exclusive, mutually constitutive: Israeli and Palestinian histories in dialogue. Second
year project presented at the Social Psychology Colloquium, Department of Psychology,
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. (2009, January). Culture and identity laboratory: Societal beliefs codebook. Workshop
presentation at the Narrative Identity Research Group in Santa Cruz, California.
Pilecki, A. (2008, June). Historys pall on the present: Historical narratives in the context of Israel-Palestinian adolescent
contact. First year project presented at the Social Psychology Colloquium, Department of
Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
Chhun, L., Gurrola, E., Kohfeldt, D., Pilecki, A., Reppond, H. & Rodriguez-Scheel, A. (2008, April).
Reflections on the historical continuity of racism. Review presented at the Social Psychology Colloquium,
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCES
Muro, J.M., Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. (2013, May). The gun debate from a moral foundations perspective.
Poster presented at the 13th annual meeting of the Stanford Undergraduate Psychology
Conference in Palo Alto, CA.
Romano, A., Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. (2012, May). The role of facilitation styles in contact between Israelis
and Palestinians. Poster presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Stanford Undergraduate
Psychology Conference in Palo Alto, CA.

Romano, A., Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. (2012, April). The effects of dialogue paradigms on the emergence of
competitive victimhood and perspective taking between groups of Israelis and Palestinians. Paper presented at the
third annual meeting of the Berkeley Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference in
Berkeley, California.
Romano, A., Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. (2012, April). The role of facilitation styles in contact between Israelis
and Palestinians. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association 92nd Annual Convention
in San Francisco, California.
Windell, E., Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. (2011, May). The effects of facilitation paradigm on power dynamics
among Jewish Israeli, Palestinian and US adolescents. Paper presented at the 11th annual meeting of the
Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference in Palo Alto, CA.
Windell, E., Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. (2011, April). Power dynamics within intergroup dialogue among Jewish
Israeli, Palestinian and US adolescents in a US-based coexistence program. Paper presented at the second
annual meeting of the Berkeley Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference in Berkeley,
California.
Windell, E., Ricks, E., Hammack, P.L. & Pilecki, A. (2010, May). The process of dialogue-based intergroup
contact among Israeli, Palestinian and American youth: Nationality and sex-based differences in participation.
Poster presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Stanford Undergraduate Psychology
Conference in Palo Alto, CA.
Windell, E., Ricks, E., Pilecki, A. & Hammack, P.L. (2010, May). The process of dialogue-based intergroup
contact among Israeli, Palestinians and American Youth. Oral presentation at the inaugural meeting of the
Berkeley Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference in Berkeley, California.
Lawrence, C., Pilecki, A., Hyder, E. & Ramoni, C. (2005, April). Does playing violent video games affect out view
of self and others? Poster presented at Sigma Xi Symposium in Saint Josephs University.
HONORS, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
POST-DOCTORAL
2015

Post-Doctoral Award, J. William Foreign Fulbright Scholarship Board, IDC Herzliya, Israel.
GRADUATE

2014

Graduate Fellow, Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation, Stanford

University

2014

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Psychology Department, University of California,

Santa Cruz

2014

Summer Dissertation Fellowship, Division of Social Sciences, University of California, Santa

Cruz

2014

Nominee, Chancellors Dissertation Year Fellowship, Psychology Department, University of

California, Santa Cruz

2014

Graduate Student Leadership Certificate Program, University of California, Santa Cruz

2013

Honorable Mention, APS Student Caucus Student Research Award

2013

Travel Grant, Psychology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

2011

Travel Grant, Psychology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

2009

Critical Language Scholarship in Arabic, United States Department of State

2008

Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz

2008

Regents Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz

2006

Graduate Fellowship, Saint Josephs University

UNDERGRADUATE

2006

Departmental Honors in Psychology, Saint Josephs University

2006

General Honors, Saint Josephs University

2006

Arnesen Psychology Award, Saint Josephs University

2005

Phi Beta Kappa Liberal Arts Honorary, Saint Josephs University

2005

Psi Chi Psychology Honorary, Saint Josephs University

2005

Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy Honorary, Saint Josephs University

2002-2006

Deans List, Saint Josephs University

RESEARCH GRANTS
2014

Research Grant, Grants-in-Aid Program, The Society for the Psychological Study of Social
Issues

2010

Clara Mayo Grant, The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

2005

Research Grant, Sigma Xi Research Society, Saint Josephs University

PROFESSIONAL & DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

2013-2014

Intern, Division of Graduate Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

2011-2013

Web Resources Editor, Junior Scholars Committee, International Society of Political

Psychology

2011

Member, Stats Software Committee, University of California, Santa Cruz

2010

Section chair, Annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, San
Francisco, CA

2010-2012

Graduate Research Assistant, Office of Academic Planning and Research, University of

California, Santa Cruz

EDITORIAL REVIEW
INVITED

Oxford Handbook of Social Psychology and Social Justice

AD HOC
Journals
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Journal of Personality
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Peace & Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology
Political Psychology
Qualitative Psychology
Conferences
American Psychological Association
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
International Association for Conflict Management
RESEARCH POSITIONS
2012-present Project Administrator, Moral Communities Project, University of California, Santa Cruz
2008-2011

Lab/Project Coordinator, Culture and Identity Research Group, University of

California, Santa Cruz, (Principal Investigator: Phillip L. Hammack)

2008

Lab Coordinator, Sexual Identity Research Group, University of California, Santa Cruz,
(Principal Investigator: Phillip L. Hammack)

2007

Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz

(Principal Investigator: Phillip L. Hammack)

FIELD AND COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE

2008

Facilitation Coordinator, Hands of Peace, Glenview, Illinois (Coexistence and conflict

resolution program for Israeli, Palestinian and American adolescents)

2006-2007

Intern, Philadelphia Center on the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of California, Santa Cruz
Intergroup Relations (Graduate Student Instructor, 2013)
Sexual Identity & Society (Teaching Assistant with Phillip L. Hammack, 2013)
Research Methods (Teaching Assistant with Lauren Shapiro, 2013)
Psych and Religion (Teaching Assistant with Ralph Quinn, 2012)
Research Methods (Teaching Assistant with Nicole Wilson, 2012)
Research Methods (Teaching Assistant with Campbell Leaper, 2011)
Research Methods (Teaching Assistant with Nicole Wilson, 2011)
Psychology of Language (Teaching Assistant with Nicole Wilson, 2010)
Research Methods (Teaching Assistant with Faye Crosby, 2010)
Intro to Social Psychology (Teaching Assistant with Mrinal Sinha, 2010)
Intergroup Relations (Teaching Assistant with Phillip L. Hammack, 2009)
Research Methods (Administrative Teaching Assistant with Nicole Wilson, 2009)
Childrens Thinking (Teaching Assistant with Nicole Wilson, 2009)
Community Mental Health (Teaching Assistant with Veronica Tonay, 2008)

Psych and Religion (Teaching Assistant with Ralph Quinn, 2007)

Saint Josephs University
Sensation & Perception (Co-Instructor with John J. Jewell, 2007)
Stats for Social Sciences (Teaching Assistant with John J. Jewell, 2006)
Learning and Memory (Co-Instructor with Matthew Anderson, 2006)
INSTITUTIONAL REPORTS
Pilecki, A. (2011). UCSC Psychology Department Software Survey: Report to Stats Committee. Submitted to the Stats
Software Committee, Psychology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, California,
March 30.
Hammack, P.L., & Pilecki, A. (2007). Hands of Peace 2007 dialogue program report. Submitted to the Executive
Director of Hands of Peace, Glenview, Illinois, October 19.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Association (2007-Present)
Association for Psychological Science (2013-Present)
International Society for Political Psychology (2007-Present)
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (2007-Present)