Peter J. DeBartolo | Faculty Profiles

Diplomas/Degrees

M.A., Central European University (2008)

Ph.D. Candidate (expected 2027), University of Oxford

Recent Courses

Levermore First Year Seminar: Sustainability & Society

Global Affairs

Global Problem Solving

Courses Previously Taught

Global Affairs

Levermore First Year Seminar: Sustainability & Society

Global Problem Solving

Analysis of Global Issues

Introduction to Global Issues

The Quest for Sustainability: Costa Rica Expedition

Foreign Affairs Colloquium

First Year Seminar: Challenging Boundaries - Politics of Global Citizenship

Selected Independent Studies:

Urban Social Geography

Urban Sustainability

Human Rights and Society

Justice and Society

United Nations Practicum

Supply Chain and International Security

Cybersecurity and International Relations

Specialization/Interests

Global Affairs, Sustainable Development, International Relations, United Nations Studies, Human Geography, Public Policy, Urban Geopolitics and Militarization, Critical Surveillance and Security Studies

Conference Presentations

DeBartolo, Peter (2026, March). Academic Paper Presentation (Virtual): Imaginative Geographies of New York City’s War on Terror (2002-2013): The NYPD, Urban Space, and Militarization. 2026 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting (Session: Qualitative Research Methods for Critical and Creative Geographies). San Francisco, CA, USA.

DeBartolo, Peter (2024, May). Academic Paper Presentation: Denaturalizing New York City's War on Terror: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of NYPD Post-9/11 Surveillance & Knowledge Production (2002-2013). The 10th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network / Surveillance & Society Conference: Surveillance in an Age of Crisis (Track: National Security, Intelligence, War), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

DeBartolo, Peter (2024, April). Academic Paper Presentation (Virtual): Analyzing the Imaginative Geographies of the New York City Police Department’s War on Terror. 2024 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting (Session: Geographies of Crime and Violence). Honolulu, Hawaii.

DeBartolo, Peter (2022, June). Academic Paper Presentation: “Ancestries of Interest” & “Countries of Concern”: The Reimagining and Remapping of New York City’s Ethnic Communities through Post-9/11 NYPD Surveillance. Biennial Surveillance Studies Network Conference (Track: Counter-terrorism), Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Invited Presentations

DeBartolo, Peter (2025, February). Reflections on Archival Research: A discussion on theory, methods, and challenges (Virtual Session: Archival Research - Different Perspectives; Hilary Term 2025). The Graduate School, Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

DeBartolo, Peter (2022, April). The Future of Sustainability: 21st Century Trends and Challenges. Amity University 3 Continent Lecture Series Program, Oakdale, NY, USA.

DeBartolo, Peter (2019, June). Remapping Urban Geographies through Post-9/11 Surveillance (Doctoral Research Seminar Series; Trinity Term 2019). The Graduate School, Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

DeBartolo, Peter (2019, March). Leadership in a Complex World. Adelphi Leadership Certificate Program, School of Business, 糖心传媒, Garden City, NY, USA.