Jeb Sprague

Department of Sociology

2834 Ellison Hall

University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9430 

(805) 886-0429 ph

(805) 893-3324 fax

email: jhsprague [at] umail.ucsb.edu

university web page: http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~jhsprague/

photo web page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhsprague

office hours: Thursdays 5-7 PM. Room # 2083 in Ellison Hall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

Current PhD/Graduate Student in Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, US.

2008    M.A. Politics, University of Manchester, UK.

2007    M.A. History, California State University of Long Beach, US.

2004    B.A. History, California State University of Long Beach, US.

 

Current Positions

 

2008-   TA (Introduction to Sociology), University of California, Santa Barbara. Sociology Department.

 

 

Publications

 

 

 

Articles in Academic Publications

 

2010    ÔTowards a Critical Transnational SociologyÕ. (forthcoming)

 

2010    ÔProblematizing Critiques of the Global Capitalism SchoolÕ. (forthcoming)

 

2009    'Emergent Transnational State and a Method For Study'. (forthcoming)

 

Books Edited

 

2010     Revisiting the Transnational Capitalist Class.  (forthcoming)

 

Chapters In Books

 

2007    '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: Seven Stories Press. P.76-84.

 

Book Reviews

 

2009    Review of Jerry Harris, The Dialectics of Globalization: Economic and Political Conflict in a Transnational World (2008). Globalizations. Vol, No. (forthcoming)

 

2008    Review of Peter Hallward, Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment (2008), Randall Robinson, An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President (2007), and Alex Dupuy, The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti, and the International Community (2006). NACLA Report on the Americas. November-December 2008. Issue Vol. 41, No. 6.

 

Other Analytical and Scholarly Works

 

2009    ÔTransnational Capitalist Class in the Global Financial Crisis: A Discussion with Leslie SklairÕ. (forthcoming)

 

2009    ÔAn Overview of the Constituent Assemblies in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela'. (forthcoming)

 

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

2006    'Invisible Violence: Ignoring Murder in Post-Coup Haiti'. FAIR. Issue Vol. July-August 2006.

Media

2010    Think Transnational. A Documentary Project with Andrew Micheal Lee, Noah Zweig, and Rahul Mukherjee at the University of California, Santa Barbara. (forthcoming)

Misc

2008    ÔGlobalization RPG SimulationÕ. Teaching tool developed for Soc 1 Introduction to Sociology.

 

Honors and Awards

2008    Project Censored Award, Department of Sociology, Sonoma State University.

Other

 

Research Funding and Financial Support

 

2008-   Sociology Department Financial Award, University of California, Santa Barbara.

2004    Student Union Life & Development Travel Grant, California State University of Long Beach.

Professional Journalism

 

2007-   Inter Press Service. [see below]

 

2006-   Freelance Journalism

 

Invited Public Presentations, Interviews, and Conference Presentations

 

2009    Presentation of ÔEmergent Transnational State and a Method for StudyÕ, Global Studies Association (GSA) 2009 North American Conference, Florida Atlantic University at Boca Raton. (forthcoming)

2008    Presentation of 'Emergent Transnational State and a Method For Study', Historical Materialism Reading Group (HMRG), University of Manchester, UK.

2008    'Widening the Circle of Solidarity: A Talk on Grassroots Media Organizing'. Grenadier Books, Brooklyn, NY.

2008    'On Critical Support for Venezuela'. Manchester Film Co-operative.

2007    Interview. Popular Dialogue. Radio Pa Nou, 94.7 SCA, New York, NY.

2007    'Interview on Human Rights and Privatization in Haiti'. Uprising Radio, KPFK 90.7 FM, Los Angeles, CA.

2007    Interview, Haiti the Struggle Continues. WBAI 99.5. New York, NY.

2007    'Labor Delegation to Port-au-Prince, Haiti'. Viento y Agua Gallery & Coffee House. Long Beach, CA.

2006    Guest Lecturer, Wallis Andrew, PhD, Modern Language and Literature, Whittier Liberal Arts College

2006    Guest Lecturer, Lise Sedresz, PhD, Latin American History, California State University of Long Beach.

2006    'Failed Solidarity'. World Peace Forum, Vancouver University, Canada.

2006    'Failed Solidarity'. 32nd Annual Southwest Labor Studies Association Conference. Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles.

2006    Interview, Wake Up With Co-op. Anthony Fenton & Yolanda Tsangarakis. CFRO 102.7 FM. Vancouver, Canada.

2006    Interview, Flashpoints Radio. KPFA 94.1 FM, Berkeley, CA.

2006    'Transnational Intervention in Haiti'. Forum Social Mundial. Caracas, Venezuela.

2005    'Elite Civil Society Funding Apparatus'. International Tribunal on Haiti. George Washington University, Washington D.C.

2005    Interview, Yves Dayiti Show. EchodHaiti, WPFW, 89.3 FM, Washington DC.

2004    'William Randolph Hearst, Metrotone and the Spanish Civil War'. Conference of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies. Dallas, Texas.

Journalist Reports and Monographs (a partial listing)

2008    'Anti-Hunger Protests Rock Haiti'. NACLA.

2008    'Haiti: Once-Vibrant Farming Sector in Dire Straits'. IPS. (contributed to this piece)

2007    'Haiti: Poor Residents of Capital Describe a State of Siege. IPS.

2007    'Haiti: Pain at the Pump Spurs Strike Actions'. IPS.

2007    'Haiti: Workers Protest Privatization Layoffs'. IPS.

2007    'Haiti: Singing for the Poor'. IPS.

2007    'Digging Through a History of Economic Violence'. Jubilee USA.

2007    'Haiti: Mysterious Prison Ailment Traced to U.S. Rice'. IPS.

Services and Positions

 

2009    Area Chair, The Global Capitalism School/ Transnational Sociology Panel, Global Studies Association (GSA) 2009 North American Conference, Florida Atlantic University at Boca Raton. (forthcoming)

 

2008    Graduate Student Association, Sociology Department Representative, University of California, Santa Barbara.

 

2008    Member of editorial board, Global Studies Associations (GSA) North America.

 

2008     Co-founder, UCSB Progressives, University of California, Santa Barbara.

 

2007-2008 Student Representative, Standard Route Full-Time Politics MA, University of Manchester.

2007    Co-founder, HaitiAnalysis media collective.

2006    Co-founder, Worker to Worker Solidarity Committee.

2005    Student Grader, Albert Guns, PhD, History, California State University of Long Beach.

2004    Area Chair, Spanish Civil War in Film and Newsreels Panel, Conference of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies. Dallas, Texas.

2003    Officer, History Student Association, California State University of Long Beach.

2003    Student Aide, History Department Office, California State University of Long Beach.

2002    Student Aide, Norma Chinchilla, PhD, International Studies, California State University of Long Beach.

2002    Co-organizer, Critical Globalization Conference, California State University of Long Beach.

2001    Co-founder, Campus Progressive Collective, California State University of Long Beach.

 

 

 

Last Updated: 6 October 2008.

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