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E-mail: jebsprague[at]g.ucla.edu or jebsprague[at]protonmail.com
Academic Positions
2020-Present Research Associate, Institute for Research on World-Systems, University of California-Riverside.
2021 Lecturer, Univeristy of California Los Angeles.
2019 Lecturer, Sociology, University of Virginia.
2016-2018 Lecturer, Sociology, University of California-Santa Barbara.
2018 Summer Lecturer, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan.
2017 Summer Lecturer, Qingdao University, China.
2016 Research Associate, Ensitit Travay Sosyal & Syans Sosyal, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Education
2015 Ph.D. Sociology, University of California-Santa Barbara, USA.
2011 M.A. Sociology, University of California-Santa Barbara, USA.
2008 M.A. International Political Economy (IPE), University of Manchester, UK.
2007 M.A. History, California State University, Long Beach, USA.
2004 B.A. History, California State University, Long Beach, USA.
Teaching and Research Areas
Globalization and transnationalism, global political economy, social change, global inequalities/stratification, global south, human rights, labor studies, economic and political sociology, development, social theory, race and class, comparative historical sociology, comparative politics, US interventionism, social psychology, and world history.
Courses Taught:
Classical Sociological Theory; Foundations on Modern Social Theory; Global Organization & Global Processes; Global Race and Ethnic Relations; International History 1945 to Recent; Introduction to Sociology; Political Sociology; Social Problems; Social Psychology; Social Stratification; Social Theory; Sociology of Globalization; Sociology of the Caribbean; U.S. History 1900 to Recent.
Sole-authored Books & Manuscripts
2019 Globalizing the Caribbean: Political economy, social change, and the transnational capitalist class (Philadelphia, USA: Temple University Press), 346 pages. Reviewed in: Anti-Imperialist Network, Contemporary Sociology, Caribbean Quarterly, Journal of World-Systems Research, Race & Class, Radical Review of Political Economics, Small Axe, The Americas.
2012 Paramilitarism and the assault on democracy in Haiti (New York City, USA: Monthly Review Press), 400 pages. Reviewed in: Al Jazeera, Choice, Haiti Then and Now, Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, Journal of World-Systems Research, Inter Press Service, New Political Science, New West Indian Guide, Race & Class, Social Movement Studies, The Bullet, WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society, Znet.
Edited Volumes
2022 Jasmin Hristov, Jeb Sprague, and Aaron Tauss. Paramilitary groups and the State under Globalization: Political Violence, Elites, and Security. (Abingdon, UK: Routledge).
2016 Globalization and transnational capitalism in Asia and Oceania. (Abingdon, UK: Routledge), 322 pages. Reviewed in: Critical Sociology, Journal of Asia Pacific Economy, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Journal of Australian Political Economy, & Journal of World-Systems Research.
Refereed Journal Articles
2025 Jeb Sprague and Sreerekha Sathi, "A Worldwide Web of Algorithmic Governance: Surveillance, AI, and the Politics of Narrative Control," Under Review.
2018 "Global Capitalism in the Caribbean," NACLA Report on the Americas, Vol. 50, No. 2, P. 139-147. French and Spanish Translations.
2018 "Global Capitalism, Haiti, and the Flexibilization of Paramilitarism," Third World Quarterly, Vol. 39, No. 4, P. 747-768. [A greatly altered earlier version of this article appears in French in América Latina en movimiento]
2017 "The Caribbean Cruise Ship Business and the Emergence of a Transnational Capitalist Class," Journal of World-Systems Research, Vol. 23, No. 1. P. 93-125.
2017 "The Transnational Capitalist Class and Relations of Production in Asia and Oceania," Research in Political Economy, Vol. 32, P. 133-158.
2015 "From International to Transnational Mining: The Industry's Shifting Political Economy and the Caribbean," Caribbean Studies, Vol. 43, No. 1. P. 71-110.
2012 “Paramilitaries in Haiti,” Monthly Review, Vol. 64, No. 4. P. 24-36. Expanded version published here in the newspaper Haiti Liberte, Vol. 6, No. 8. [Turkish version: "Haiti'deki Paramiliter Güçler," Monthly Review (Turkish edition)", Şubat 2012, P. 55-67.]
2011 “Empire, Global Capitalism, and Theory: Reconsidering Hardt and Negri,” Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Vol. 29. P. 187-207.
Book Chapters
2022 "Shifting Forms of Coercion under Globalization: Lessons from Haiti's Restructuring in the Global Era" in Jasmin Hristov, Jeb Sprague, and Aaron Tauss. Paramilitary groups and the State under Globalization: Political Violence, Elites, and Security. (Abingdon, UK: Routledge).
2020 "The Caribbean and Global Capitalism: Five Strategic Traits" in Ino Rossi, Eds., New Frontiers of Globalization Research - Theories, Processes and Perspectives from the Global North and Global South (New York City, USA: Springer Publishing).
2020 Jeb Sprague and Sreerekha Sathi, "Transnational Amazon: Labor Exploitation and the Rise of E-Commerce in South Asia" in Ellen Reese and Jake Wilson, The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy (London, UK: Pluto Press).
2018 William I. Robinson and Jeb Sprague, "The Transnational Capitalist Class," in Mark Juergensmeyer, Manfred Steger, Saskia Sassen, and Victor Faesse, Eds., The Oxford Handbook of Global Studies (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press), P. 309-327.
2016 "Global Capitalism and Transnational Class Formation in Asia and Oceania," , P. 3-18, in Jeb Sprague, Eds., Globalization and Transnational Capitalism in Asia and Oceania (London, UK: Routledge). [A Mandarin Chinese translation of an altered version of this paper is available here: 亞洲及大洋洲的跨國資本主義階級和生產關係。
2012 “Transnational State,” in George Ritzer, Eds., The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, First Edition (Malden, USA and Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd), P. 2031-2037.
Scholarly Interviews Conducted
2020 "Interview with Hilbourne Watson on theory, imperialism, global capitalism, and Caribbean thinkers", The East is a Podcast.
2014 "Transnational Corporations in Twenty-first Century Capitalism: An Interview with Grazia Ietto-Gillies,” Critical Perspectives on International Business, Vol. 10, No. 1, P. 35-50. Special 10th Anniversary Issue.
2010 “Statecraft in the Global Financial Crisis: An Interview with Kanishka Jayasuriya,” Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies. No. 3, P. 127-138.
2009 “Transnational Capitalist Class in the Global Financial Crisis: A Discussion with Leslie Sklair,” Globalizations. Vol. 6, No. 4. P. 499-507.
2007 “Haiti and the Jean Dominique Investigation: An Interview with Mario Joseph and Brian Concannon,” Journal of Haitian Studies. Fall 2007, Vol. 13, No. 2. P. 136-150. Republished, “The Jean Dominique Murder Investigation: An Interview with Mario Joseph and Brian Concannon,” in 3-part serial format with Haïti Liberté newsweekly. Vol.3, No.19. November 25-December 2, 2009; Vol.3, No.20. December 2-8, 2009; Vol.3, No.21. December 9-15, 2009.
Short Essays & Book Reviews
2021 Jeb Sprague, Preethi Krishnan, and Leslie MacColman, "Symposium Introduction: Covid-19 Vaccine Testing, Production and Distribution," Sectors: Newsletter of the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Development Section. Vol 8, No. 1. P. 1-3.
2019 Jeb Sprague and Hilbourne Watson, "Development and global capitalism," Sectors: Newsletter of the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Development Section. Vol 6, No. 2. P. 17-18.
2019 Review of Marion Werner, Global Displacements: The Making of Uneven Development in the Caribbean. Journal of World-Systems Research. Vol. 25, No. 1. P. 521-525.
2017 Toward an Understanding of Transnational Capitalism in the Caribbean: A Review of Hilbourne Watson, Eds., Globalization, Sovereignty and Citizenship in the Caribbean, Latin American Perspectives. Vol. 44, No. 4. P. 209-216.
2014 Review of Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin, The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire, Critical Sociology. Vol. 40, No. 5. P. 803-807.
2014 "Cruise Ships and Global Capitalism," Global-E: A Global Studies Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2.
2011 Review of Peter Dicken, Global Shift, Fifth Edition: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy, Journal of Sociology. Vol. 47, No. 2. P. 219-221.
2011 Review of Robyn Magalit Rodriguez, Migrants for Export: How the Philippine State Brokers Labor to the World, Science & Society. Vol. 75, No. 3. P. 442-444.
2009 Review of Jerry Harris, The Dialectics of Globalization: Economic and Political Conflict in a Transnational World, Globalizations. Vol. 6, No. 2. P. 319.
2008 Review of Peter Hallward, Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment; Randall Robinson, An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President; and Alex Dupuy, The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti, and the International Community. NACLA Report on the Americas. November-December 2008. Vol. 41, No. 6. P. 46-47.
2007 Jeb Sprague and Wadner Pierre, “Haiti: Poor Residents of Capital Describe a State of Siege (Update),” in Peter Phillips and Andrew Roth (eds.), Censored 2008: The Top 25 Censored Stories (New York City, NY, USA: Seven Stories Press), P. 82-84. This piece was republished in Español on Aporrea.org.
Non-refereed research & working papers
2018 "State transformation in globalizing Asia: New geopolitics or the restructuring of social power relations?," Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) Working Paper, Research Division Asia. Berlin, Germany: BCAS 2018, Session Nr. 1
2018 Marcelo del Castillo-Mussot, Jeb Sprague-Silgado, Jorge A. Montemayor-Aldrete, and Alfredo de la Lama Garcia, "Global Capitalism and the Neoliberal Privatization of Energy Reserves: A Mexico Case Study," Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 17. P. 103-115.
2013 Marcelo del Castillo-Mussot, Jeb Sprague, and Alfredo de la Lama García, "Global Capitalism and 'North-South' Uneveness: In Light of Ranking, Statistical Correlations, and Profits from the Forbes' Worldwide List of 2000 Top Firms," Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, Vol 12. P. 219-245.
Unpublishsed papers
2023 "Translateral politics, imperialism and metamorphosis under global capitalism" Forthcoming.
2022 "Washington’s hybrid warfare on Venezuela: Multipronged intervention in an age of globalization" Forthcoming.
Short Analytical Pieces, Investigations, and Editorials (a partial listing)
2025 Jeb Sprague and Kit Klarenberg, "Secret cable: CIA orchestrated Haiti’s 2004 coup," The Grayzone. French version.
2020 Alex Rubinstein and Jeb Sprague, "Covid-19 catch-22: Regime-change policies come packed with US pandemic relief," The Grayzone. See here for Spanish version.
2020 "The US government's 'divide and conquer' tactics in the Caribbean," The Canary. See here for Dutch, French, and Spanish versions.
2019 "Top Bolivian coup plotters trained by US military’s School of the Americas, served as attachés in FBI police programs," The Grayzone. See here for a French and Spanish version of this article.
2019 "Washington's hybrid war on Venezuela," The Canary. See here for a French and Spanish version of this article.
2019 Jeb Sprague and Alex Rubinstein, "Who’s Behind the Pro-Guaidó Crowd Besieging Venezuela’s D.C. Embassy?," The Grayzone. See here for a Spanish version.
2019 "February 20, 2019 VIDEO: A Visit to Mysterious US Air Firm Accused of Arming Right-Wing Insurgency in Venezuela," The Grayzone.
2018, Max Blumenthal and Jeb Sprague, "Facebook censorship of alternative media ‘just the beginning,’ says top neocon insider" The Grayzone.
2018 "US-backed Haitian government agents accused of conducting massacre," The Canary. See here for a French version of this article.
2017 Salvador Rangel and Jeb Sprague-Silgado, "The U.S. Political Scene: Whiteness and the Legitimacy Crisis of Global Capitalism". Counterpunch. Français version here: "La scène politique des États-Unis," L’Aut’Journal. Español version here: "El Escenario Político de E. U.-- Blancura y la Crisis de Legitimidad del Capitalismo Global," América Latina en movimiento.
2017 "A look back at 'Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti," blogspot.
2016 "Polyarchy in the Dominican Republic: The elite versus the elite," NACLA. An expanded español version "La Poliarquía en República Dominicana," published in El Grillo and Rebelión.
2014 "Jamaica and the Politics of Debt Trap," teleSUR. Español version here: "Jamaica y la trampa de la deuda externa," América Latina en movimiento.
2013 "Island of Hispaniola: Coalitions and cross-border solidarity," (Notes on the political conditions in the Dominican Republic and Haiti) Pambazuka News, Pan-African Voices for Freedom and Justice; Corrected/expanded version here: "Can coalitions and cross-border solidarity save Hispaniola?," CounterPunch Magazine, August 2013, Vol. 20, No. 8; Español version here: "La Española, sus coaliciones y la solidaridad entre sus fronteras," Rebelion; Français version here: "L’île d’Hispaniola, entre coalitions et solidarités transfrontalières," Pambazuka News Voix pan-africaine pour la liberté et la justice; Alternative version in Français here: "L’île d’Hispaniola : Quelles sont les perspectives pour la gauche," L’Aut’Journal.
2013 "Paramilitarism in Haiti: A Photo Montage," author's blogspot web page (images to be viewed alongside reading my 2012 book Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti).
2012 “Reviving Haiti’s army would harm democracy,” Miami Herald; Expanded version published in español “Reconstituir al ejército hará que Haití revierta a un pasado de 30 años atrás,” La República (República Dominicana) y Rebelión (Spain). Expanded version published in français “La reconstitution de l’armée ferait repartir Haïti 30 ans en arrière,” L’Aut’Journal (Canada and France).
2012 “Haiti’s excluded majority opposes army’s re-creation’,” Jamaica Observer; Alternate version published in ¡Presente!; The full updated/corrected version of the article is in Upside Down World.
2011 “Haiti’s Movement from Below Endures,” Al Jazeera; Published in español “Sobrevive el movimiento de los pobres en Haití,” teleSUR and Rebelión.
2011 "Report on ex-FAd'H Camp near Port-au-Prince (March, 2011)," author's blogspot web page.
2011 “WikiLeaks Reveal: U.S. and UN Officials Oversaw Integration of Ex-Army Paramilitaries into Haiti’s Police Force,” Haïti Liberté Newspaper; Published in español: “WikiLeaks revela: Funcionarios de EE.UU. y la ONU supervisaron la incorporación de paramilitares a la policía de Haití,” Contra Injerencia; Published in français: “Participation active des responsables américains et onusiens quant à l'intégration de puchistes à la PNH, selon WikiLeaks (Haïti).” CHAN.
2011 "On Martissant, Gran Ravine, and Missing the Proportionality and Chief Sources of Political Violence," Author's blogspot.
2010 Jeb Sprague and Cesar Rodriguez, “Dual Crises of Globalization: Arizona and the Gulf of Mexico,” Transnational Institute. Republished in Correo del Orinoco, June 2010, No. 17, P.8. and in Z Magazine, July 2010, Vol. 23, No. 27; Published in español: “La doble crisis de la globalización: el Golfo de México y Arizona,” Transnational Institute; Published in chinese: 全球化的双重危机：从墨西哥湾到亚利桑那。
2010 “United States/Mexico: Migrants Risk Everything in Arizona Desert Crossing,” IPS (Español version here).
2010 "Michel Martelly, Stealth Duvalierist." Haiti Liberte, Vol. 4, No. 22 • Du 15 au 22 Décembre 2010. Published in français: "Qui est le candidat Michel Martelly?" Haiti Liberte.
2009 "G20 Interview: Planning New Global Financial Regulatory Frameworks: An interview with Rupert Thorne, Deputy to the Secretary General of the Financial Stability Board," Alternet.
2009 “United States: Activists, Big Business Converge on G20 Meet,” IPS (Español version here).
2009 “Pittsburgh G20 Video Reports - Part One, Part Two, Part Three,” IPS.
2009 “Haiti: Fanmi Lavalas Banned, Voter Apprehension Widespread,” IPS (Español version here).
2009 Wadner Pierre and Jeb Sprague, “Haiti: Calls Mount to Free Lavalas Activist,” IPS.
2008 Nazire St. Fort and Jeb Sprague, “Anti-Hunger Protests Rock Haiti,” NACLA.
2008 Nazaire St. Fort and Jeb Sprague, “Haiti: Once-Vibrant Farming Sector in Dire Straits,” IPS.
2008 "Labor, Neoliberalism, and the 2004 Coup in Haiti," HaitiAnalysis.
2007 Wadner Pierre and Jeb Sprague, “Haiti: Poor Residents of Capital Describe a State of Siege,” IPS. Received 2008 Project Censored Award (Español version here). Spanish version republished on Apporea.org
2007 Jeb Sprague and Wadner Pierre, “Haiti: Pain at the Pump Spurs Strike Actions,” IPS.
2007 Jeb Sprague and Wadner Pierre “Haiti: Workers Protest Privatization Layoffs,” IPS (Español version here).
2007 “Digging Through a History of Economic Violence,” Jubilee USA.
2007 Jeb Sprague and Eunida Alexandra, “Haiti: Mysterious Prison Ailment Traced to U.S. Rice,” IPS.
2007 “Haiti: Lame Ti Manchèt Accused of Role in Killing of Photojournalist,” Narco News (Español version here)(Français version here).
2006 "IRI Election Manipulation in Haiti: Dennis Bernsein interviews Jeb Sprague", Third World Traveler.
2006 “A Lavalas Mayor in Hiding: An Interview with Moïse Jean-Charles,” Left Turn.
2006 Jeb Sprague and Eric Feise, “Persecuted Haitian Photojournalist Speaks Out: Jean Ristil & Cité Soleil,” Upside Down World.
2006 “Invisible Violence: Ignoring Murder in Post-Coup Haiti," FAIR Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting.
Honors and Awards
2015 Highly Commended Paper, Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.
2011 Distinguished Graduate Student Award, California Sociological Association.
2010 Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Assistance Award Nominee, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2008 Project Censored Award, Department of Sociology, Sonoma State University.
Research Funding, Financial Support, Consultant and Evaluator Work
2020-2021 Evaluation Reviewer, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science (KNAW).
2018 Travel funding, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin, Germany.
2017 Joint Research Grant, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Grant No. IN105814.
2017 Speaker and Travel Funding, Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR), Cornell University.
2014-2015 Doctoral Student Travel Grant, Graduate Council of Academic Senate, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
2014-2015 Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara(UCSB).
2014-2015 Chicano Studies Institute Graduate Student Research Award, University of California, Santa Barbara(UCSB).
2013-2014 Research Grant, Center for New Racial Studies (CNRS), University of California.
2013-2014 Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grant, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
2013 Travel Funding, Griffith University. Brisbane, Australia.
2013 Outreach Funding, Admissions and Outreach, Graduate Division, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
2012-2013 Dean's Fellowship, Graduate Division, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
2012 Consultant, Varieties of Democracy Project, University of Gothenburg and University of Notre Dam.
2012 Travel and Speaker Funding, Peace Studies Program, Florida Atlantic University (FAU).
2012 Travel and Speaker Funding, Latin America, Caribbean and Iberian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM).
2012 Travel and Speaker Funding, Caribbean Studies, University of Toronto.
2012 Conference Travel Grant, University of California Graduate Student Association.
2011 Departmental Research Grant Award, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2011 Joint Research Grant, Dirección General Asuntos del Personal Académico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
2009 Peace Studies Program Funding, Florida Atlantic University.
2008 Department of Sociology Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2004 Student Union Life and Development Travel Grant, California State University of Long Beach.
Academic Conference Presentations
2021 "Transnational Caribbean and shifting form of imperialism" in the “The Caribbean in the Second Machine Age” panel, Caribbean Studies Association. Online.
2019 "The Caribbean and social formation under global capitalism," XXXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Session organizer and chair of "The formation of social class" panel. Boston, USA.
2018 "The Caribbean and transnational capitalism," Global Studies Association-North America (GSA). Howard University. Washington D.C, USA.
2018 "State transformation and capitalist globalization in Asia: New geopolitics or the restructuring of social power relations?," 12th Berlin Conference on Asian Security (BCAS) "Competing spaces, shifting orders: Asia’s new geopolitics". Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, Germany.
2017 "The historical contingencies of racial formation: From inter-national to transnational capitalism," Global Studies Association-North America (GSA), University of California, Berkeley, USA.
2017 "The Caribbean and the Transnational Capitalist Class," Global Capitalism in the Americas. Fourth biennial conference of the Network for Critical Studies of Global Capitalism (NCSGC), Colegio Universitario San Geronimo de La Habana, Habana, Cuba.
2016 Jeb Sprague-Silgado and Salvador Rangel, "Racialized social relations and the contingencies of history," Pacific Sociology Association (PSA), San Francisco, USA.
2016 "University of the West Indies Authors Meet and Greet. An overview of Hilbourne Watson's , Eds., Globalization, Sovereignty and Citizenship in the Caribbean. Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press (2015)," Caribbean Studies Association (CSA), Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
2016 "The Flexibilization of Paramilitarism in Haiti: From Cold War to Globalist Era", Caribbean Studies Association (CSA), Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
2015 "Precarious and surplus labor in the Globalizing Caribbean," American Sociological Association (ASA), Chicago, IL, USA. This is a special panel on "Global Class Relations and the New Precariat" hosted by the Political Economy of the World System (PEWS) section of the ASA.
2015 Talk and Updates on my 2012 book at Ford-LASA Funded Symposium on Paramilitarism, University of Arizona, USA.
2015 "Sociohistorical Transformation and Global Capitalism in the Caribbean," Latin American Studies Association (LASA). San Juan, Puerto Rico..
2014 "Transnational Remittances, Labor Exportation, and the Caribbean," UC Center for New Racial Studies 4th Annual Conference - The Racial State: Democratic and Despotic Dimensions. UC Hastings, USA.
2014 “Migration, Transnational Remittances, and the Exportation of Caribbean Labor,” Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), San Francisco, USA.
2014 "The Cruise Ship Industry and the Caribbean in the Era of Global Capitalism: A Critical Analysis," UCSB Global Studies Conference-Third Annual Conference, Santa Barbara, USA.
2014 “Political conditions in the globalizing Caribbean/Las condiciones políticas en el caribe se globaliza” En el XVII Taller Internacional Ciencia Politica de Enfoque Sur y en el VIII Cologuio Internacional "La Influencia de la filosofia y las ciencias sociales en el patrimonio inmaterial de los paises del mediterraneo americano," La Universidad de la Habana y la Sociedad Cubana de Investigaciones Filosoficas, Habana, Cuba.
2013 “Transnational Class Relations and the Caribbean Context,” American Sociological Association (ASA), New York City, USA.
2013 “Transnational Mining in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica: An Emergent Cornerstone of Global Capital in the Caribbean,” Caribbean Studies Association (CSA), St. George's, Grenada.
2013 My book Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti (Monthly Review Press, 2012) was presented at the Author Celebration and Q&A by Dr. Mark Schuller at the Caribbean Studies Association (CSA), St. George's, Grenada.
2013 Keynote presentation “The Objective and Subjective Factors of Transnational Class Relations,” Global Capitalism in Asia and Oceania. Second biennial conference of the Network for Critical Studies of Global Capitalism (NCSGC), Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
2012 “Theorizing Transnational Class Relations,” Pacific Sociology Association (PSA), San Diego, USA.
2012 “Elite Networking and Paramilitary Political Violence in Haiti,” UCSB Global Studies Conference, Santa Barbara, USA.
2011 “Paramilitarism and the Role of Local and Transnational Social Forces,” Global Capitalism and Transnational Class Formation. First biennial conference of the Network for Critical Studies of Global Capitalism (NCSGC), Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
2010 “Empire, Global Capitalism, and Theory: Reviewing Hardt and Negri,” presentation by invitation, California Sociological Association (CSA) 2010 Annual Meeting, Riverside, USA.
2009 “Transnationally Oriented Elites and the State Apparatus,” Global Studies Association (GSA). Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA.
2007 “Post-coup Political Violence in Haiti,” World Peace Forum, University of Vancouver, Canada.
2006 “Organized Labor and Political Conflict in the Caribbean,” South-West Labor Studies Association. University of California-Los Angeles, USA.
Articles and Books Reviewed for Refereed Journals and Examiner
Bandung: Journal of the Global South, Disasters Journal, Globalizations, HLSS Honours Program dissertations at Griffith University (examiner), International Critical Thought, Journal of Integrated Social Sciences, Journal of World-Systems Research, Pluto Press (reader reporter), Social Forces, Third World Quarterly.
Teaching and Academic Job Experience
Lecturer, Sociology, University of California Los Angeles (ULCA)
Soc 101: Developemnt of Sociologial Theory (Fall, 2021)
Lecturer, Sociology, University of Virginia (UVA)
SOC 2220: Social Problems (Spring, 2019)
Lecturer, Sociology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
SOC 122: Social Stratification (Spring, 2017)
SOC 130SG: Sociology of Globalization (Summer, 2014)
SOC 131: Political Sociology (Fall, 2015; Winter, 2016; Spring, 2017)
SOC 185S: Social Theory (Summer, 2013)
Lecturer, Sociology Department, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)
SOC 311 Global Organization & Social Processes (Fall, 2019)
Lecturer, Sociology Department, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)
SOC 356: Classical Sociological Theory (Fall, 2019)
SOC 357: Modern Sociological Theory (Fall, 2019)
Summer Lecturer, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
SOC 201: Introduction to Sociology (July-August, 2018)
HIST 260: International History 1945 to Recent (July-August, 2018)
Summer Lecturer, Qingdao University, China
SOC 201: Introduction to Sociology (July-August, 2017)
HIST 260: International History 1945 to Recent (July-August, 2016)
HIST 212: US. History 1900 to Recent (July-August, 2016)
Summer Lecturer, Ensitit Travay Sosyal & Syans Sosyal, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
SOC 490: Sociology of the Caribbean (July-August, 2016)
Lecturer, California State University, Channel Islands (CSUCI)
SOC 330: Political Sociology (Fall, 2016)
SOC 420: Classical Sociological Theory (Fall, 2016)
Lecturer, Social Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)
SOC 315: Global Race and Ethnic Relations (Spring, 2016)
SOC 323: Social Stratification (Spring, 2016)
Lecturer, Santa Barbara City College (SBCC)
SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology (Spring, 2017; Spring, 2018)
SOC 104: Social Psychology (Spring & Fall, 2017; Spring, 2018)
Lecturer, Allan Hancock College/ Vandenburg Airforce Base
SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology (Fall, 2017)
SOC 102: Social Problems (Spring, 2018).
Lecturer, California Lutheran University
SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology (Spring, 2016)
2008-2015 Teaching Assistant, Sociology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
SOC 1 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 122GI Global Inequalities
SOC 130LA Development and Social Change in Latin America
SOC 130ME Development and Social Change in the Middle East
SOC 130SG Sociology of Globalization
SOC 130ST Special Topics in Third World Studies
SOC 131 Political Sociology
SOC 134G Green Movements and Green Parties
SOC 134R Sociology of Revolutions
SOC 134RC Radical Social Change
SOC 138 Global Conflict
SOC 146-1 Globalization and Culture
SOC 167 The Structure and Dynamics of Organizations
SOC 172 Crime and Delinquency
SOC 185D Theories of Race and Ethnic Relations
2011 Research Assistant for Professor William I. Robinson.
2009-2012 Test Proctor, Disabled Students Program at UCSB.
Membership
2012-present American Sociological Association (ASA)
2011-present Network for Critical Studies of Global Capitalism (NCSGC)
2014, 2020 Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
2014, 2019 Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
2013, 2016, 2020 Caribbean Studies Association (CSA)
Professional Service
2019-2021 Newsletter editor, Section on Sociology of Development, American Sociological Association (ASA).
2018 Expert witness for asylum seeker, Phoenix Federal Immigration Court.
2017 International election monitor, Gubernatorial Elections in the State of Mexico. Mexican civil society organization #NiUnFraudeMás.
2016 Round Tables Organizer for Political Economy of the World System (PEWS) section at the American Sociological Association (ASA) conference.
2016-2017 Rank and File Member of CFA (California Faculty Association).
2015-2017 Rank and File Member of UC-AFT Local 2141.
2013 Expert witness for Haitian asylum seeker, San Diego Federal Immigration Court.
2011-present International Executive Committee, Network for Critical Studies of Global Capitalism
2010-2011 Steering Committee, University of California Haiti Initiative.
2008-2009 Graduate Student Representative for the Department of Sociology to the Graduate Student Association (GSA) at UCSB.
2008-2015 Rank and File Member of UAW 2865.
2005 Co-organizer of the International Tribunal on Haiti, Washington, D.C.
2002-2003 Co-organized campaign for CSULB to join the Worker's Rights Consortium (WRC).
2002 Co-organizer of CSULB campus progressive "globalization conference" with speakers from campus, global exchange, & local community.
Invited Public Presentations, Talks, Interviews, etc (a partial listing)
2025 Presentation with Sreerekha Sathi, "A Worldwide Web of Algorithmic Governance: Surveillance, AI, and the Politics of Narrative Control," Universiy of California Riverside.
2025 Presentation, "Warlords and Paramilitaries as Blowback: Tracing the Aftermath of U.S. Foreign Policy " Caribbean Dialogue (CARD) & Haiti Action Committee.
2024 Interviewed on Mimi Rosenberg, WBAI, Discussion on Syria.
2022 Presentation, Comparative Politics Colloquium, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota.
2021 Interviewed on the Katie Halper Show.
2021 Interviewed on Moderate Rebels with Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton.
2020 Interviewed on Behind the News with Doug Henwood, KPFA, Berkeley, CA.
2020 "Colonialism and Coronavirus: Haiti on the precipice of Covid-19," Red Lines w/ Anya Parampil.
2020 "U.S. seeking to intensify divisions in the Caribbean," RT.
2020 "Dominican Republic protest rooted in colonialism, neoliberalism," 105.5FM, Washington, DC.
2020 "Guyanese elections halted as sweeping unrest follows fraud allegations," 105.5FM, Washington, DC.
2020 "The Caribbean and World Capitalism," Presentation for Institute for Research on World-Systems, University of California, Riverside.
2019 Guest Lecturer for Dr. Marilyn Grell-Brisk, Pomona College.
2019 Interviewed on Dominica, Bolivia, and the Role of the OAS, Around the Empire Podcast.
2019 Interviewed on Dominica, By Any Means Necessary, 105.5FM, Washington, DC.
2019 Interviewed on Bolivia by Progressive Commentary Hour. New York City, NY.
2019 Interviewed on Bolivia by "Bringing Light Into Darkness: News & Analysis" 91.7 FM, KOOP. Austin, Texas.
2019 Interview on Bolivia by the Scott Horton Show, Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles.
2019 Interviewed on Bolivia by Libération (Libé). French Paper.
2019 Interviewed on Bolivia by Anadolu Ajansi. Turkish Paper.
2019 Interviewed about Bolivia on RT.
2019 Interview on "Globalizing the Caribbean" with The Caribbean Exchange. Saturday, 2PM-3PM EST. WEAA 88.9FM (public radio, Morgan State University), Baltimore, MD.
2019 "Trump administration working to divide Caribbean against Venezuela," The Real News Network.
2019 "US 'Tightens Noose' on Cuba," The Real News Network.
2019 Interviewed by The New Republic magazine for an article looking at Trinidad and Tobago.
2019 Interview on global capitalism, the Caribbean, and U.S empire. Santa Barbara's KCSB Radio 91.9 FM on California's Central Coast.
2019 "The anti-war movement and the social problems of militarism," lecture for Dr. Sreerekha Mullassery Sathiamma's course: Social Movements and Development," Global Development Studies, University of Virginia.
2019 "Education and the new hybrid wars", World Beyond War. Charlottesville, Virginia.
2019 Interview on Venezuela on "Around the Empire Podcast".
2019 Interviewed twice on "Gorilla Radio" on Victoria, Canada at 101.9FM.
2019 Interviewed three times on "By Any Means Necessary," WKYS, Washington, D.C.
2019 Interview on "Flash Points Radio," KPFA, Berkeley, CA.
2018 "Facebook Purge of Alternative Media Is ‘Just the Beginning,’ Boasts DC Neocon Operative (1/2)," The Real News Network.
2018 "US Gov.-Funded Groups Push to Censor Social Media, Using Russia and China as Bogeymen (2/2)" The Real News Network.
2018 "Haitians strike against IMF friendly president" Interview on RT America.
2018 "The Caribbean and Global Capitalism" lecture for Dr. Chris Chase-Dunn's course: Global Studies 191: Haiti: Past, Present and Future, University of California, Riverside.
2018 "The historical genesis of racialization" lecture for Dr. Sreerekha Mullassery Sathiamma's course: Binaries: Global Epistemologies from a Feminist Perspective, University of Virginia.
2018 "U.S. militarism and the anti-war movement", a work-shop for the Santa Barbara Anti-War Collective.
2017 "Vimeo Interview with Cornell University's Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR): The Caribbean in the Vortex of Global Capitalism" (11 minute interview)
2017 Interview on The Real News Network, Baltimore, MD, USA.
2017 Interview on Lanbi Call, 99.5 FM WBAI, New York City, NY, USA.
2017 Interview on Flashpoints, 94.1 FM KPFA, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2017 "The Caribbean in the Vortex of Global Capitalism" CUSLAR, Cornell University, NY, USA.
2017 "The Caribbean in the Vortex of Global Capitalism" CUSLAR, Ithaca College, NY, USA.
2017 "The Caribbean and Global Capitalism" International Studies Program, College of Charleston, SC, USA.
2017 "The Caribbean in the Global System: Five Strategic Traits" Brown bag lunch series for Department of Sociology, California State University-Channel Islands.
2016 Interviewed on current events in Haiti, Flashpoints, Pacifica Radio station KPFA-FM (94.1), Oakland, CA, USA.
2016 "Development and Environmental Crisis in the Era of Global Capitalism," Minzu University, Beijing, China (Top University for ethnic minorities in China).
2016 Presentation to Social Work students at Ensitit Travay Sosyal & Syans Sosyal, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
2016 "Dominican Republic: A structural overview of political and socio-economic conditions" Interview on Latin Pulse for the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLAS), American University, Washington D.C.
2015 "Transnational Capital and the Political Economy of Restructuring in the Caribbean" Presentation for Department of Sociology, University of California-Santa Barbara.
2015 "Global Capitalism and the Caribbean Region" Guest lecturer, Department of International Studies, California State University of Long Beach, CA, USA.
2014 "Globalization of the Cruise Ship Industry and the Caribbean" at seminar series hosted by the Department of History and Anthropology at the University of West Indies in Mona, Kingston, Jamaica.
2014 Presentation for Global Studies course taught by Nadege Clitandre, PhD. Global Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, USA.
2014 Discussant in graduate school panel, Department of Sociology, UCSB, USA.
2013 Participant in Discussion on Dominican Republic socio-economic and political conditions, Occupy Wall Street Livestream.
6/17/2013 Book talk and discussion on the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Centro de Estudios y Proyectos Sociales y Economicos S.A., Santiago, Republica Dominicana.
7/2/2013 Haiti book talk in Brisbane, Australia. Social Research Institute.
2013 Interviewed on Haiti book on Flash Points Radio. KPFA (Berkeley, CA).
2013 Interviewed by Vice/HBO for possible future television episode.
2012 Presentation for Sociology graduate seminar, Soc 207C Sociological Theory, taught by Kevin B. Anderson, PhD. Department of Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara, USA.
2012 Interviewed on Haiti book by Jean Saint-Vil on Radio Kajou (Florida) and CKCU fm (Ottawa).
2012 Interviewed on Haiti book by David Zlutnick/Upheaval productions (San Francisco, CA). Video here.
2012 Interviewed on Haiti book by the Progressive Radio Network (PRN).
2012 Interviewed in radio studio on Haiti book by 95.9 CKUW (Winnipeg).
2012 Interviewed on Haiti book on 99.5 WBAI (New York City, NY).
2012 Interviewed on Haiti book on ‘Africa Today’ which airs on 94.1 FM KPFA (San Francisco, CA).
2012 Talk on Haiti book aired on 91.7 FM KOOP radio (Austin, Texas).
2012 Talk on Haiti book aired on 89.3 FM WPFW (Washington, D.C).
2012 Talk on Haiti book aired on Chicago Access Network Television (CAN-TV).
2012 Talk on Haiti book aired on 101.9 FM CFUV Radio (Victoria, Canada).
2012 Talk on Haiti book aired on NPR/ 94.9 FM KUOW (Seattle, WA).
11/17/12 Haiti Book Talk in Columbus, GA: 5:30-7pm, Room 104 in the Convention Center for the Annual Vigil of the School of the Americas (SOA) Watch.
10/19/12 Haiti Book Talk in Riverside, CA: 2:00 to 3:30pm at University of California Riverside in the Map Room of the College Building South. Colloquium Series of the UCR Program on Global Studies (Sponsored by the UCR Sociology Department and the Institute for Research on World-Systems/IROWS).
10/17/12 Haiti Book Talk in Goleta, CA: noon to 1:30pm at Colloquium Series of UCSB Department of Sociology.
9/28/12 Haiti Book Talk in Austin, TX: 7pm at 5604 Manor
9/27/12 Haiti Book Talk in Miami, FL: 8pm at Books and Books
9/27/12 Haiti Book Talk in Boca Raton, FL: 2 PM, Room PA101 at Florida Atlantic University. Hosted by Peace Studies.
9/26/12 Haiti Book Talk in Tampa, FL: 6pm at room 136-138 in the Patel Center for Global Solution at the University of South Florida. Sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean.
9/25/12 Haiti Book Talk in Washington, DC: 5pm at the Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center 450 at Georgetown University. Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies.
9/24/12 Haiti Book Talk in Philadelphia, PA: 8pm at Moonstone Arts Center/ Robin's Books.
9/22/12 Haiti Book Talk in New York, NY: 7pm at Bluestockings Bookstore
9/21/12 Haiti Book Talk in Boston, MA: 7pm at Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) Office
9/20/12 Haiti Book Talk in Montreal, QC: 4-6pm at Concordia University, Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve West H-1124. Sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University.
9/19/12 Haiti Book Talk in Toronto, ON: 7-9pm at Sidney Smith Hall, room 2098, 100 St. George St.
9/19/12 Haiti Book Talk in Toronto, ON: 2-4pm at University of Toronto in Grad Room, 66 Harbord St. (NE corner of Harbord and Spadina). Sponsored by CHAN.
9/18/12 Haiti Book Talk in Chicago, IL: 7pm at DePaul University in Lincoln Park Student Center (LPSC) Room 325 (2250 North Sheffield, Chicago) Transit: Red & Brown CTA train lines, Fullerton Avenue station.
9/17/12 Haiti Book Talk in Madison, WI: 4pm at 206 Ingraham Hall at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Sponsored by the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS).
9/16/12 Haiti Book Talk in Winnipeg, MB: 4pm at McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park.
9/15/12 Haiti Book Talk in Victoria, BC: 4:00 - 6:00 pm at UVic, David Strong Bldg Rm C118. Sponsored by Victoria Peace Coalition, Mining Justice Action Committee, UVic Social Justice Studies, Central American Support Committee, and the Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation.
9/14/12 Haiti Book Talk in Vancouver, BC: 7:00-8:30pm in the Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms at the Vancouver Public Library.
9/14/12 Haiti Book Talk in Vancouver, BC: 5:30-6:40pm in room HC 7000 at Simon Fraser University. Sponsored by Latin American Studies.
9/13/12 Haiti Book Talk in Bellingham, WA: 7pm at Village Books.
9/12/12 Haiti Book Talk in Seattle, WA: 7pm at Elliot Bay Books.
9/11/12 Haiti Book Talk in Portland, OR: 7-9pm at The Lucky Lab (1700 N Killingsworth St., Portland, Oregon 97217). For more see the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee.
9/9/12 Haiti Book Talk in Berkeley, CA: 4-6pm at La Peña Cultural Center. For more info see HaitiSolidarity.net
2011 Talk at Teach In “Sex, Race, and Class: What are the Terms of Unity?, with Selma James and Danny Glover.” Southern California Library, Los Angeles. I spoke on a two-person panel with actor and social justice activist Danny Glover.
2011 Interviewed on the radio show Sojurner Truth. 90.7FM KPFK, Los Angeles.
2011 Interviewed on the Human Rights Radio Show. KPFT, Houston.
2011 Interviewed on the radio show Morning Mix. KPFA, Berkeley.
2011 Interviewed on the radio show Haiti: The Struggle Continues. WBAI, New York.
2011 Interviewed on the Anti-War Radio Show. KAOS, Olympia.
2011 Guest Lecturer for Nadege Clitandre, PhD. Global Studies, University of California Santa Barbara.
2011 “Elite and Paramilitary Networking in Haiti,” Talk on Panel hosted by the The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies and the University of California Haiti Initiative (UCHI).
2011 Guest Lecturer for Avery Gordon, PhD. Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara.
2010 Guest Lecturer for Claudine Michel, PhD. Black Studies and Clyde Woods, PhD. Black Studies, University of California Santa Barbara.
2010 Guest Lecturer for Avery Gordon, PhD. Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara.
2010 “March 4th and the Nationwide Student-Worker Movement,” presentation by invitation, symposium on “Continuing the Struggle: Where does the student-worker movement go from here?” University of California Santa Barbara, 7 April.
2010 “The Quake in Haiti,” presentation by invitation, for Sociology Course “Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities,” University of California Santa Barbara, 4 February.
2010 “The Quake in Haiti,” discussant by invitation, panel on the earthquake in Haiti hosted by the Department of Black Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, 28 January.
2009 “Contemporary Struggles From Below at UC Santa Cruz, NYU/The New School, and Chicago’s Republic Window and Doors Factory.” Defending, not Defunding, the University, University of California Santa Barbara, 14 October.
2009 “Recent history in Haiti,” discussant by invitation on “Haiti Panel” hosted by the Department of Black Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, 21 May.
2009 “Researching Paramilitarism,” presentation by invitation, brownbag luncheon at Orfalea Center, University of California Santa Barbara, 18 April.
2009 “Haiti and the Resource Starved Popular Democracy,” presentation by invitation, symposium on “Radical Politics in the Caribbean Panel,” University of California Santa Barbara, 9 April.
2009 Interviewed on the radio show Beneath the Surface. KPFK, Los Angeles.
2008 “Globalization and Transnational Class Relations.” Presentation at Historical Materialism Research Group (HMRG), University of Manchester, UK, 27 August.
2007 “Widening the Circle of Solidarity: A Talk on Grassroots Media Organizing.” Presentation by invitation, Grenadier Books/Haïti Liberté, Brooklyn, NY, 5 June.
2007 Guest Lecturer for Andrew Wallis, Ph.D., Modern Language and Literature, Whittier Liberal Arts College.
2007 Interviewed on the radio show Uprising Radio, KPFK, Los Angeles, September 4. “Human Rights and Privatization in Haiti.”
2007 Interviewed on the radio show Konbit Lakay with Yves Dayiti. WPFP, Washington D.C.
2007 Interviewed twice on the radio show Haiti: The Struggle Continues. WBAI, New York.
2007 “The Unreported War Against the Poor in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.” Viento y Agua Coffee House, Long Beach, CA, 26 January.
2007 Interviewed twice on the radio show Flashpoints, KPFA, San Francisco.
2006 Guest Lecturer for Lise Sedresz, PhD. Latin American History, California State University of Long Beach.
2006 Presentation on U.S. foreign aid policy toward Haiti, World Social Forum, Caracas, Venezuela.
2005 Presentation on U.S. foreign aid policy toward Haiti, International Tribunal on Haiti, Washington, D.C.
Reviews of my work
2021 Anti-Imperialist Network, review of “Globalizing the Caribbean: Political Economy, Social Change, and the Transnational Capitalist Class”.
2021 Daniel Joseph, review of "Globalizing the Caribbean: Political Economy, Social Change, and the Transnational Capitalist Class," The Americas, Volume 78, Issue 2, pp. 358-359.
2021 Sarah Hernandez, review of "Globalizing the Caribbean: Political Economy, Social Change, and the Transnational Capitalist Class," Contemporary Sociology, vol. 50, 1: pp. 88-90.
2020 Edna Bonhomme, "the making of an unequal Caribbean" Small Axe, Salon 35.
2020 F.S.J. Ledgister, review of "Globalizing the Caribbean: Political Economy, Social Change, and the Transnational Capitalist Class," Caribbean Quarterly, 66:4, 597-599.
2020 Tamanisha J John, review of "Globalizing the Caribbean: Political Economy, Social Change, and the Transnational Capitalist Class," Radical Review of Political Economy.
2020 Zophia Edwards, review of "Globalizing the Caribbean: Political Economy, Social Change, and the Transnational Capitalist Class," Journal of World-Systems Research, Vol. 26, No.1, pp. 126-128.
2019 Jerry Harris, review of "Globalizing the Caribbean: Political Economy, Social Change, and the Transnational Capitalist Class," Race & Class, Vol. 61, No. 2. pp. 121-124.
2019 B. Sarv, review of "Globalizing the Caribbean: Political Economy, Social Change, and the Transnational Capitalist Class," on Good Reads. https://www.goodreads.com
2017 Alexius Pereira, review of "Globalization and Transnational Capitalism in Asia and Oceania," Critical Sociology, Vol. 45, No. 4-5, pp. 802-805.
2017 Sean Kenji Starrs , "The global capitalism school tested in Asia" (a critical review of "Globalization and Transnational Capitalism in Asia and Oceania), Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 47, No. 2.
2017 Review of "Globalization and Transnational Capitalism in Asia and Oceania," Journal of Australian Political Economy, No. 79, p. 152.
2016 Oliver Turner, review of "Globalization and Transnational Capitalism in Asia and Oceania," Journal of Asia Pacific Economy, Vol. 21, No. 4.
2016 David Feldman, review of "Globalization and Transnational Capitalism in Asia and Oceania," Journal of World-Systems Research, Vol. 22, Issue. 2. pp. 576-582.
2016 Matthew Davidson, review of "Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti," Haiti: Then and Now.
2015 Valerie Kaussen, review of "Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti," New West Indian Guide, Vol. 89, No. 1-2, pp. 116-118.
2015 Jean-Germain Gros, review of "Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti," Journal of World-Systems Research, Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter/Spring, pp. 232-235.2015 Jose Gutierrez, review of "Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti," Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest, Vol. 14, No. 4.
2014 Boaz Anglade, Review of Paramilitarim and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti, Race & Class, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 104-106.
2014 Justin Podur, Review of Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti, Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, Vol. 15, No. 3
2013 Matthew J. Smith, "Review of Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti," WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor & Society, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 411-413.
2013 Hyppolite Pierre, “Democratic Struggle in Haiti: Jeb Sprague’s Account,” Eurasia Review.
2013 Bruce Poinsette, “New Book Details History of Paramilitary Violence inHaiti,” The Skanner.
2013 Joe Emersberger, Review of Podur and Sprague books on Haiti, Znet.
2013 Review in Choice: Reviews Online, Vol. 50, No. 7.
2012 Michael Barker, “Paramilitarism in the Age of Democracy,” The Bullet, E-Bulletin No. 718.
2012 Belen Fernandez, Review of Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti. Al Jazeera-English.
2012 Christian Wisskirchen, “Paramilitarism in Haiti continues … and is the US (once more) lending a helping hand,” Haiti Support Group.
2012 Adam Tomes, Review of Paramilitarism and the Assault on Demolcracy in Haiti. Counterfire.
2012 Ben Terral, Review of Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti. Counterpunch.
2012 Judith Scherr, “Book Exposes Violent Role of Paramilitaries in Haiti,” Inter Press Service. Rest in Power, Judith!
Language Skills
Intermediate knowledge (spoken and written) of Spanish
Beginner knowledge of Haitian Kreyol
Miscellaneous
proficient in HTML coding
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Last Updated: September 2025