Montiel, Cristina J.
Professor, Department of Psychology
PhD in Social Psychology, Ateneo de Manila University
MA in Social Psychology, Ateneo de Manila University
AB Psychology, Maryknoll College (Miriam College) - Cum Laude
Discursive Psychology
Peace Psychology
Mixed Methods
Qualitative Methods
Social Cognition
Positioning Theory
Research and Development in Philippine Psychology
Supervised Study
Qualitative Methods
Angelica Vidallo Ang & Cristina Montiel, "Understanding spirit possession in the Philippines: a social representations approach", Mental Health, Religion & Culture, DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2019.1646232 (2019), International
Montiel, C., Boller, A., Uyheng, J., & Espina, E., "Narrative congruence between populist President Duterte and the Filipino public: Shifting global alliances from the US to China", Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 10.1002/casp.2411 (2019), International
Velasquez, P. & Montiel, C., "Reapproaching Rogers: A discursive examination of client-centered therapy", Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, DOI: 10.1080/14779757.2018.1527243 (2018), International
Macapagal, M., Montiel, C., & Canuday, J., "The Unifying and Divisive Effects of Social Identities: Religious and Ethnopolitical Identities Among Mindanao Muslims in the Philippines", Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 12 (2018), International
Montiel, C., "Peace Psychologists and Social Transformation: A Global South Perspective", Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology, 18 (2018), 64-70, International
Louis, W. R., & Montiel, C. J., "Social movements and social transformation: Steps towards understanding the challenges and breakthroughs of social change.", Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology., 18 (2018), 3-9, International
Louis, W. & Montiel, C., "Social Movements and Political and Social Transformation (Eds)", Special Issue: Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 12 (2018), International
Montiel, C. & Christie, D., "Collective Action", In F. Moghaddam (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of political behavior, 2017, 116-119, International
Montiel, C., "Public goods", The SAGE encyclopedia of political behavior, 2017, 675-67, International
Montiel, Cristina J.; Dela Paz, Erwine; Custodio, Lissa, "Representational contamination: How does an unexpected armed encounter psychologically stunt a peace process?", Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, Vol 23(2), May 2017, 117-126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pac0000249, 23 (2017), 117-126, International
Montiel, C. & Boller, A., "Political emotions during democratic transitions in the Global South.", In M. Seedat, S.Suffla, & D.J.Christie (Eds), Enlarging the Scope of Peace Psychology, 2017, 255-267., International
Montiel, C., Macapagal, E. & Canuday, J., "Collective and Social Identities in Philippine Peacebuilding: Does a Superordinare Bangsamoro Identity Mediate the Effects of Collective Ethnic Identity?", S. McKeown, R. Haji, N. Ferguson (Eds). Understanding Peace and Conflict Through Social Identity Theory, 2016, International
Cristina Montiel, "A Multidisciplinary Frame for Studying Democratic Shifts in Southeast Asia:Mixing Politics, Sociology and Psychology across Historical Time", Suvannabhumi: Multidisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2 (2015), National (Korea)
Mendiola Teng-Calleja, Marshaley J. Baquiano and Cristina J. Montiel, "From Good day to Sign here: Norms Shaping Negotiations Within a Face Culture", Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 8 (2015), 228-242, International
Montiel, C. J., Umel, A. and de Leon, M., "Discursive Construction of Political Categories and Moral Fields: God versus Rights and Access in a Reproductive Health Legislative Debate", Political Psychology, Early View (2015), International
Montiel, C., Boller, A., & Galvez, F., "Using the Internet and Social Media in Peace Psychology Research", In Bretherton, D. & Law, S.F. (Eds), Methodologies in Peace Psychology: Peace Research by Peaceful Means., 2015, 345-357, International
Montiel, C., "Obituary: Rev. Fr. Jaime C. Bulatao, SJ 1922-2015.", Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints, 63 (2015), 295-300, International
Christie, D. & Montiel, C., "Peace Psychology and Prosocial Behavior.", In D. A. Schroeder and W. Graziano (Eds), The Oxford Handbook of Prosocial Behavior., 2015, 620-692, International
Montiel, C., "Multifocal view of political trauma and transformation during democratic transition: A woman's first person narrative.", Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 12 (2015), 197-211, International
Calleja, M., Montiel, C. & Baquiano, M., "Humor in power-differentiated intergroup negotiation", Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, First View Article (2015), International
Montiel, C.J., Salvador, A.M., See, D., & De Leon, M., "Nationalism in Local Media During International Conflict Text Mining Domestic News Reports of the China-Philippines Maritime Dispute", Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 33 (2014), 445-464, International
Roe, M., Barrett, M., Bar-Tal, D., Bretherton, D., Dawes, A., Gallagher, E., Giles, M., Hakvoort, I., Hamber, B., Moeschberger, S., Montiel, C., Muldoon, O., Salomon, G., Trew, K., & Wessells, M., "Professor Ed Cairns: A personal and professional biography.", Peace and Conflict. Journal of Peace Psychology, 20 (2014), 3-12, International
Montiel, C., de Guzman, J., Baquiano, M., & Umel, A., "Political psychology of land conflict and peacebuilding in Central Mindanao: A social representations approach.", Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University Press., 2013, National (Philippines)
Macapagal, E., Ofreneo, M., Montiel, C., Nolasco, J., "Social Psychology in the Philippine Context", Macapagal, M. E., Ofreneo, M. A., Montiel, C. J., & Nolasco. J. Social psychology in a Philippine context. Quezon City, Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University Press., 2013, National (Philippines)
Christie, D. & Montiel, C. J., "Contributions of psychology to war and peace", American Psychologist, 68 (2013), 502-513, International
Baquiano, M. & Montiel, C., "Understanding Mining Conflict in the Philippines: Using a Social Representations Approach", Philippine Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 18 (2013), 20-35, National (Philippines)
Montiel, C. Baquiano, M. and Inzon, C.., "Conflicting group meanings of territorial rights in Central Mindanao: Muslim-Christian social representations of land entitlement.", Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 7 (2013), 1-11, International
Montiel, C. & Baquiano, M. J., "Colonial Social Representations in the Philippines.", In R. Permanadeli, D. Jodelet, and T. Sugiman (Eds), Alternative production of knowledge and social representations, 2012, pp. 157-164, National (Indonesia)
Montiel, C. & de Guzman, J., & Macapagal, E., "Fragmented ethnopolitical social representations of a territorial peace agreement: The Mindanao peace talks.", Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology., 1stView Online (2012), 1-11, International
De Guzman, J. & Montiel, C., "Social representations of foreign aid: Exploring meaning-making in aid practice in Sulu, Southern Philippines.", Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology., 6 (2012), 1-17, International
Montiel, C., Rodil, R., & de Guzman, J., "The Moro struggle and the challenge to peace-building in Mindanao, Southern Philippines", In D. Landis & R. Albert (Eds). Handbook of ethnic conflict: International perspectives, 2012, 71-92, International
Montiel, C., "Nonviolent democratic transitions", In D. J. Christie (Ed.) Encyclopedia of peace psychology, 2012, International
Montiel, C., "Peace Psychology ? Contributions from Asia", In D. J. Christie (Ed.) Encyclopedia of peace psychology, 2012, International
Montiel, C., & Berba, C. M., "People power", In D. J. Christie (Ed.) Encyclopedia of peace psychology, 2012, International
Montiel, C. & Macapagal, E., "Commentary: Nuancing the Meaning of Cultural Diversity.", Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 5 (2011), 81-84, International
MONTIEL, CRISTINA J., "Commentary: Nuancing the Meaning of Cultural Diversity", C. Montiel, Commentary: Nuancing the Meaning of Cultural Diversity, Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 5 (2011), 81-84., 5 (2011), 81-84, International
Baquiano, M. & Montiel, C., "Social representations of mining conflict in Davao Oriental", Philippine Journal of Psychology, 44 (2011), 1-22, National (Philippines)
Montiel, C. & de Guzman, J.., "Social Representations of a Controversial Peace Agreement: Subjective Public Meanings of the MOA.", Philippine Political Science Journal, 32 (2011), 37 - 72, National (Philippines)
Montiel, C., "Peace Psychology in Asia", In M. Pilisuk and M. N. Nagler (Eds), Peace Movements Worldwide, Volume 2: Players and Practices in Resistance to War, 2010, 315-327, International
MONTIEL, CRISTINA J., "Social Representations of Democratic Transition: Was the Philippine People Power One a non-violent power shift or a Military Coup?", Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 13 (2010), 173-184, International
Montiel, C. & de Guzman, J., "Intergroup Positioning in the Political Sphere: Contesting the Social Meaning of a Peace Agreement.", Journal of the Theory for Social Behavior., Online ISSN: 1468-5914 (2010), 1-25, International
Montiel, C., "Social Representations of DemocraticTransition: Was the Philippine People Power One a Nonviolent Power-shift or a Military Coup?", Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 13 (2010), 173-184, International
Ofreneo, M. A. and Montiel, C. J., "Positioning theory as a discursive approach to understanding same-sex intimate violence", Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Online (2010), International
Montiel, C., De Guzman, J., Inzon, C., & Batistiana, B., "Political positioning in asymmetric intergroup conflicts:Three cases from war-torn Mindanao.", Words of conflict, words of war: How the language we use in political processes sparks fighting, 2010, 173-187, International
Montiel, C., "Edsa I in the public minds of Filipino civilians and military groups: A social representations approach to history", Edsa I in the public minds of Filipino civilians and military groups: A social representations approach to history, 2010, National (Philippines)
Montiel, C., "Peacebuilding", Oxford international encyclopedia of peace, 2010, International
Montiel, C., "Democratization and peace within states", Oxford international encyclopedia of peace, 2010, National (Philippines)
Montiel, C. & Rodriguez, A., "Governing in hope: An agenda for democratic state building", Agenda for hope, ideas on building a nation: Democratizing governance, 2009, xi - xx, National (Philippines)
Montiel, C, "Overview of peace psychology in Asia: Research, practice and teaching. ", In C. Montiel & N. Noor (Eds.), Peace psychology in Asia. NY: Springer., 0 (2009), 3-19, International
Montiel, C., & Noor, N. (Eds.), "Peace psychology in Asia (book)", Peace psychology in Asia, 0 (2009), 1-342, International
Estuar, R., & Montiel, C. , "Human?technology interface in Philippine People Power. ", In C. Montiel & N. Noor (Eds.), Peace psychology in Asia. NY: Springer., 0 (2009), 195-218, International
Montiel, C., & Rodriguez, A. , "What happens to liberation movements after the dismantling of an authoritarian regime: The Philippine case. ", In M. Montero, Psychology of liberation: Theory and applications. NY: Springer., 0 (2009), 155-172, International
Professional Associations
Encyclopedia Managing Editor, 2012 Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology. UK/USA: Wiley Blackwell
Book Editor, 2009
Peace Psychology in Asia. NY: Springer
Editorial Board Member, 2006-present
Peace Psychology Book Series (NY: Springer)
Member, Editorial Board, 2002-present Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, managed by the Department of Psychology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan
Awards and Recognition
Ralph K. White Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010 American Psychological Association, Division of Peace Psychology
Outstanding Service Award from the Division of Peace Psychology, 1998 American Psychological Association (APA)