MJ Peterson

My research interests include world politics, international institutions, international political economy, technology, technological change, and ethics in science and engineering.

I am also one of two UMass advisers for the Five College International relations Certificate.  To make an appointment to talk about it,  go to SSC Navigate, then select International Relations Certificate as the "service".

I am willing to guide graduate students in Directed Readings or Independent Study courses in areas where I have relevant expertise, and to talk with any of you about research, teaching, and general aspects of pursuing a career.

Co-PI, International Dimensions of Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (NSF, 2007-2010)

The General Assembly, in The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 2017.

International Regimes for the Final Frontier, State University of New York Press, 2005.

The United Nations General Assembly, Routledge, 2005.

These and other publications are listed on my c.v.

The teaching modules and case studies I have written for the project on International Dimensions of Ethics Education in Science and Engineering can be found on the IDEESE website at www.umass.edu/sts/ethics

Some newer papers are available on my Umass Amherst Scholar Works page: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/polsci_working_papers/

Current Courses 

Undergraduate SPRING 2024

• Political Science 121 World Politics (General Education Course with SB and DG designations)
  • Syllabus attached below
• Political Science 357 Interational Organiation 
  • Syllabus attached below

All Courses

Undergraduate

• Political Science 121  Introduction to World Politics  (General Education Course with SB and DG designations
• Political Science 277 Making a Global World (General Education Course with HS designation)
• Political Science 356 International Law (Integrative Experience Course)
• Political Science 357 International Organization

Graduate

• Political Science 656  International Law
• Political Science 724  International Institutions
• Political Science 796  Foreign Policy Decision Making

Presentations

  "Why we need theories" at 2012 New Students Orientation.