Jeb Sprague

Sociology Department

Social Sciences and Media Studies Bldg.

University of California

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9430

(805) 893-3324 fax

email: jhsprague[at] umail.ucsb.edu

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

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Education

PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, US.

2011 M.A. Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara.

2008 M.A. International Political Economy (IPE), 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.

Positions

2008- Teaching Assistant

SOC 1 Introduction to Sociology, GLOBL 124/SOC 138 Global Conflict, SOC 130LA Development and Social Change in Latin America, SOC 130ME Development and Social Change in the Middle East, SOC 130ST Special Topics in Third World Studies, SOC 131 Political Sociology, SOC 134R Sociology of Revolutions, SOC 146-1 Globalization and Culture, SOC 172 Crime and Delinquency, SOC 185D Theories of Race and Ethnic Relations.

Office hours

Spring Quarter 2012:

Tuesdays & Thursdays 230-330PM in room 3021 of the SSMS buildng.

Publications

Books/Projects

Dissertation Project: The Caribbean and Global Capitalism. forthcoming.

2012 Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti (New York: Monthly Review Press).

Articles in Academic Publications

2013 “Transnational Class Relations and Formations,” forthcoming.

2012    “Global Capitalism and North South Unevenness: In Light of Ranking, Statistical Correlations, and Profits of Forbes’ World List of Top 2000 Firms,” Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. forthcoming.

2011 “Empire, Global Capitalism, and Theory: Reconsidering Hardt and Negri,” Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Vol. 29. P. 187-207.

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.

Edited Volumes

2013 Political Violence and Irregular Armies: The Faces of Paramilitarism in the Americas. forthcoming. (w/ Chapters by Kevin Edmonds, Robert Gay, Eva Golinger, Simon Granovsky-Larsen, Jasmin Hristov, Julie Mazzei, Jenny Pearce, Adrienne Pine, Emmanuel Santos, Jeb Sprague, and Lahoma Thomas)

Book Reviews

2011 Review of Peter Dicken, Global Shift, Fifth Edition: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy (2007). 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 (2010). 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 (2008). Globalizations. Vol. 6, No. 2. P. 319.

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. Vol. 41, No. 6. P. 46-47.

Encyclopedia Entries

2012 “Transnational State,” in George Ritzer, eds, The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, First Edition (Malden, MA and Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd).

Chapters In Books

2013 “The Social Relations of Paramilitarism in Haiti,” in Jasmin Hristov and Jeb Sprague, eds., Political Violence and Irregular Armies: The Faces of Paramilitarism in the Americas. forthcoming.

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. (w/ Wadner Pierre)

Other Analytical/Editorial Works (a partial listing)

2011 “Haiti’s Movement from Below Endures,” Al Jazeera; Published in español “Sobrevive el movimiento de los pobres en Haití,” TeleSUR.

2011 “Impunity for Venezuela’s Big Landowners,” América Latina en Movimiento (w/ Joe Emersberger); Published in español “La impunidad de los grandes terratenientes,” América Latina en Movimiento.

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.

2010 “Dual Crises of Globalization: Arizona and the Gulf of Mexico,” Transnational Institute (w/ Cesar Rodriguez). 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, Utopia/ wu you zhi xiang.

2010 “Haiti’s Classquake,” Znet; Published in español: “Haití, un desastre clasista,” Rebelión.

2006 “Invisible Violence: Ignoring Murder in Post-Coup Haiti,” FAIR. July-August 2006.

Other

Honors and Awards

2011 Distinguished Graduate Student Award, California Sociological Association.

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

Research Funding and Financial Support

2012-2013 Dean's Fellowship, Graduate Division, University of California, Santa Barbara.

2012 Conference Travel Grant, UCSB 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 (DGAPA)-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

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

2012 “Transnational Class Relations and Formations,” Pacific Sociology Association (PSA).

2012 “Elite Networking and Paramilitary Political Violence in Haiti,” UCSB Global Studies Conference.

2011 “Paramilitarism and the Role of National and Transnational Social Forces,” 1^st Conference on Global Capitalism and Transnational Class Formation, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

2010 “Empire, Global Capitalism, and Theory” presentation by invitation, California Sociological Association (CSA) 2010 Annual Meeting.

2009 “Emergent Transnational State and a Method for Study.” Global Studies Association (GSA). Florida Atlantic University, 9 May.

2007 “Post-coup violence in Haiti,” Peace Conference, University of Vancouver, Canada

2006 “Organized Labor and Political Conflict in the Caribbean,” South-West Labor Studies Association. University of California, Los Angeles.

Invited Public Presentations, Talks, Interviews, etc (a partial listing)

2012 Book Speaking Tour in September.

2012 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.

2011 Interviewed on the radio show Sojurner Truth. 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 4^th 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 Emergent Transnational State Apparatuses.” 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 Wallis Andrew, PhD. 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.

Services and Positions

2010-2011 Steering Committee, University of California Haiti Initiative.

2008-2009 Member of editorial board, Global Studies Associations (GSA) North America. 

2008- Rank and File Member of UAW 2865

Journalist Reports and Monographs (a partial listing)

2010 “United States/Mexico: Migrants Risk Everything in Arizona Desert Crossing,” IPS (Español version here).

2009 “United States: Activists, Big Business Converge on G20 Meet,” IPS (Español version here).

2009 “Pittsburgh G20 - Part One, Part Two, Part Three,” IPS (alternative link).

2009 “Haiti: Fanmi Lavalas Banned, Voter Apprehension Widespread,” IPS (Español version here).

2009 “Haiti: Calls Mount to Free Lavalas Activist,” IPS. (w/ Wadner Pierre).

2008 “Anti-Hunger Protests Rock Haiti,” NACLA (w/ Nazaire St. Fort).

2008 “Haiti: Once-Vibrant Farming Sector in Dire Straits,” IPS (w/ Nazaire St. Fort).

2007 “Haiti: Poor Residents of Capital Describe a State of Siege,” IPS (w/ Wadner Pierre) (Español version here. *Received 2008 Project Censored Award).

2007 “Haiti: Pain at the Pump Spurs Strike Actions,” IPS (w/ Wadner Pierre).

2007 “Haiti: Workers Protest Privatization Layoffs,” IPS (w/ Wadner Pierre) (Español version here).

2007 “Europe/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 (w/ Eunida Alexandra).

2007 “Haiti: Lame Ti Manchèt Accused of Role in Killing of Photojournalist,” Narco News (Español version here)(Français version here).

2006 “A Lavalas Mayor in Hiding: An Interview with Moïse Jean-Charles,” Left Turn.

2006 “Persecuted Haitian Photojournalist Speaks Out: Jean Ristil & Cité Soleil,” Upside Down World (w/ Eric Feise).

Transcriptions

2010 “Anderson, Kevin B. Interviewed by Ayob Rahmani of Saamaan-no,” Global Discourse, 2: II.

Last Updated: May, 2012. 

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