Dylan Michael Beatty
Political geographer
About
Dylan is a political geographer (PhD 2022, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) with a background in history (BA 2012, Rutgers University). His interests include maritime border areas, geopolitics of fishing, everyday geopolitics, Palawan studies, critical cartographic studies, Philippines studies, Chinese studies, and Colonial Samoa. More recently, he is involved with climate change national adaptation plans for developing countries.Affiliations:
Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Geography, University of the Philippines-Diliman, 2019Research Affiliate, Palawan State University, 2017-2019Graduate Degree Fellow, East-West Center 2016-2018Phi Alpha Theta 2010-CurrentLanguages:
English (native)
Tagalog (conversational/read and write)Email: [email protected].
articles and awards
PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATIONSDylan Michael Beatty. 2023. Constructing sovereignty: Artificial islands and mobile violence. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. Under review.Dylan Michael Beatty. 2023. Semi-Savages and Saints: Latter-day Saint representations of the Philippine-U.S. War. Journal of Mormon History. Under review.Dylan Michael Beatty. 2022. ‘We’re still at sea’: Migrant fishers and international encounters on a maritime border zone. Banwaan: The Philippine Journal of Folklore: Geonarratives 2, 1: 25-48.Dylan Michael Beatty. 2020. Re-inscribing propositions: Historic cartography and Philippine claims to the Spratly Islands. Territory, Politics, Governance 9, 3: 434-454, DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2019.1687325.Dylan Michael Beatty. 2019. Missionaries on imperial frontlines: Religious geopolitics and Latter-day Saints during the Samoan Civil Wars. Journal of Mormon History 45, 3: 83-11.Dylan Michael Beatty. 2019. Sacred geopolitics: Latter-day Saints in German Samoa during New Zealand’s invasion. Pacific Studies 42, 1, 1/2: 45-74.Dylan Beatty. 2018. Fishing the ‘Last Frontier’: Connections and dis-connects between fisheries in Southern Palawan and the Coral Triangle. Explorations: A Graduate Student Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 14: 51-72.Dylan Beatty. 2014. Mamona and the Mau: Latter-day Saints amidst resistance in Colonial Samoa. Pacific Studies 37, 1: 48-74.AWARDSOutstanding Graduate Publication Award, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2020Eu Tong Sen Scholarship, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, for studying at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2018-2019East-West Center Field Research Travel Grant, 2018LUCE Graduate Student Research Fellowship, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2017-2018East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship, 2017-2018Student Affiliate of the East-West Center, 2016-2018Best International Article Award, Mormon History Association, 2015FLAS Fellowship Academic Year, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 2015-2016Best Philippines Paper, School of Pacific and Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference, 2015Best Philippines Paper, School of Pacific and Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference, 2014Alfonso Yuchengco Endowment, Center for Philippine Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2014FLAS Fellowship Academic Year University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2014-2015FLAS Summer Fellowship, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2014FLAS Fellowship Academic Year, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2013-2014Summa Cum Laude, Rutgers University New Brunswick Campus, 2012Henry Rutgers Scholars Award, Rutgers University New Brunswick Campus, 2012Harold L. Poor Memorial Fund Undergraduate History Prize, Rutgers University New Brunswick Campus, 2012Aresty Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Rutgers University New Brunswick Campus, 2011-2012Dr. Frieda and Israel Goldstein Endowed Scholarship, Rutgers University New Brunswick Campus, 2011Helen B. Hurd Endowment, Rutgers University New Brunswick Campus, 2011Dean’s List, Rutgers University New Brunswick Campus, 2010-2012
Teaching and other projects
TEACHING EXPERIENCECourse Instructor
Department of Environment and Geography, University of Hawaii at Manoa,
Spring 2019-Summer 2021
Taught World Regional Geography, an undergraduate course averaging 100 students per semester. This course surveyed major regions of the world to learn interconnections between physical environment, political geography, population distribution, economic development, and ways of life. This involved developing “live from the field” videos, lectures, quizzes, exams, and homework.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCESurveillance Officer
Resorts Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, 2023-Present
Utilizes Victor technology to surveil table games, financial transactions, and the broader casino floor. More importantly, provide eye-in-the-sky coverage of ticket redemption machine escorts, chip fill escorts, and other regulatory escorts. All instances of coverage are meticulously documented for review for the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.RTTOIC Coordinator
Holtec Security International, Camden, NJ, 2022-2023
Utilized the surveillance technology at the Real Time Tactical Operational Intelligence Center, collaborating and sharing deficiencies to combat crime and other issues in Camden, New Jersey. Conducts surveillance on different drug-sets, carefully time-stamping crucial observations and providing meticulous reports detailing how the sets operate for police and detective intelligence. Produces crime reports to disseminate to all branches of the department in real-time to provide intel to officers on the street.Research Assistant
Research team, 2022
Collaborated on a project to develop a National Adaptation Plan for the national government of Nigeria to best cope with social, economic, and political ramifications of climate change.Course Instructor
Department of Environment and Geography, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2019-2021 Taught World Regional GeographyResearch Assistant
Research team, 2021
Collaborated on a project to locate gaps and develop recommendations for Timor-Leste’s plan for implementing the principles from the United Nations United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (commonly known as the Rio Conventions). This involved developing a policy and legal framework to enable conditions for implementing Rio Convention principles through traditional ecological knowledge and indigenous cultural practices (Tara Bandu) in Timor-Leste.Conference Editor
16th International Graduate Student Conference of the East-West Center, 2016-2017
Worked on a team to organize and execute the conference. This included developing a plan in conjunction with team members, abstract reviewers, and selections committee. Served as copyeditor for the abstracts and conference brochure.GSO Representative
Graduate Student Organization, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2015-2017
Served as the Geography Department GSO representative. Consulted with Geography students applying for GSO grants. Attended Monthly GSO meetings, relaying valuable information regarding GSO and the university administration to constituents. Served on an abstract selections committee and represented the interests of geography graduate students.Newsletter Editor
Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2015-2018
Coordinated with department chair on department newsletter designs. Recruited newsletter contributors and kept production on schedule. Edited the contributions and copy edited the entire newsletter.
CONFERENCES“‘Somewhere to the West’: Constructed Sovereignty and Everyday Geopolitics in Maritime Border Areas in the South China Sea.” The International Geographical Union Thematic Conference on Islands in Relations: Conflicts, Sustainability, and Peace. Osaka Metropolitan University, 2023.“The Devil in our Pews: Latter-day Saints on Imperial Frontlines in Colonial Samoa." Western History Association 60th Annual Conference: Migration, Meeting Grounds, and Memory, 2020“Peace, Stability and Maritime Militias: Visions of China’s Role in Maritime Southeast Asia.” Lecture at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, 2019“Fluid Territorialities: Violence and Fishing in the Spratly Islands.”
Lecture at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, 2018“Sailing Stormy Seas: The Consequences of China’s Island Construction for the Philippines." National Conference on Geographical Studies, University of the Philippines-Diliman, 2018“’Pusher Ako’: First-hand Account of Manila following Duterte’s Election.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, 2017.“Conjuring Kalayaan: Mapping ‘Edit Wars’ and Philippine Territoriality.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2016.“Fishing the ‘Last Frontier’: Overlapping Maritime Geographies in Southeast Asia." Annual School of Pacific and Asian Studies Graduate Conference, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2016.“Conjuring Kalayaan: Mapping ‘Edit Wars’ and Philippine Territoriality." 2nd International Conference on the West Philippines Sea, West Philippine University, 2016.“Conjuring Kalayaan: Mapping “Edit Wars’ and Philippine Territoriality." 15th East-West Center International Graduate Conference, University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2016.“Where are We, the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea?”
Center for Philippine Studies 40th Anniversary, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2015.“A Sea of Rhetoric: Geopolitical Representations in the South China Sea.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2015.“Where are We, the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea?”
25th Annual School of Pacific and Asian Studies Graduate Conference,
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2015.“A Sea of Rhetoric: Geopolitical Representations of the West Philippine Sea." Faculty Colloquium, Department of Geography, University of the Philippines-Diliman, 2015.“Discourse from Zion: Latter-day Saints and the Philippine-US War." 14th East-West Center International Graduate Conference, University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2015.“Discourse from Zion: Latter-day Saints and the Philippine-US War.”
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) Student Conference, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2014“Latter-day Saints in the Philippines: Homogenization vis-à-vis Localization.” 24th School of Pacific and Asian Studies Graduate Conference University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2014.“The Devil in our Pews: Locating Latter-day Saints in Colonial Samoa." 13th East-West Center International Graduate Conference,
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2014.“The Devil in our Pews: Locating Latter-day Saints in Colonial Samoa." 20th Annual Rutgers University History Conference, 2012.“The Devil in our Pews: Locating Latter-day Saints in Colonial Samoa." Aresty Research Center Conference, Rutgers University New Brunswick Campus, 2012.
