ABOUT ME
I'm a researcher with training in diverse disciplines and theoretical paradigms. I've been a professor of psychology, literature, writing, and statistical inference.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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AI Training - Philosophy & Literature Domain Specialist | March 2026—Present
Training AI models on philosophy and literature at Handshake AI, writing prompts and evaluating model responses to help shape how AI engages with humanistic content.
Corporate Accountant | April 2025—Present
Managing AR reconciliation for local brands at Creative Multicare, LLC.
Business Strategy Consultant | Jan 2024—April 2025
Derived KPIs and automated the data analytics.
Moral Psychology Researcher | 2018—2025
Developed an original model of moral cognition via publications in academic journals like Perspectives on Psychological Science, Philosophical Psychology, and Current Anthropology.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology | Aug 2022—Aug 2023
Oxford College of Emory University
Taught statistical inference, psychobiology, and child development.
English Lecturer | Aug 2018—Aug 2020
Clemson University
Taught writing, literature, and interdisciplinary topics.
SELECT ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
2021
Philosophical Psychology
Beal, Bree. "The Nonmoral Conditions of Moral Cognition." Philosophical Psychology, 2021.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2021.1942811
2021
Consciousness and Cognition
Beal, Bree and Guga Gogia. "Cognition in Moral Space: A Minimal Model." Consciousness and Cognition, 2021, 92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2021.103134.
2020
Perspectives on Psychological Science
Beal, Bree. “What are the Irreducible Basic Elements of Morality? A Critique of the Debate over Monism and Pluralism in Moral Psychology.” Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2020, 15(2), pp. 273-290. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691619867106
EDUCATION
2012-2018
PhD
Emory University
Institute for the Liberal Arts
I earned my PhD from Emory University's Institute for the Liberal Arts (ILA) in 2018. My dissertation was a "Dostoevskyan" model of moral psychology. While at Emory, I also conducted cognitive neuroscience research in the Dilks Lab.
2010-2011
Master of Arts
Arizona State University
New College
I earned my Masters of Arts, with a focus on Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Literature, from Arizona State University's New College in December, 2011.
ONGOING MORAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH
Experimenting with New Processes for Frontier Theory Development Using AI
More soon....