Education
Publications
Grants & Fellowships
Conference Activity
Multimodal Research
Teaching Experience
Social Media Skills
Academic Service
Languages
References
Mark A. Porter Webb
1114 S 47th St, Apt 2F
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Email: Mwebb@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Cell: (267) 439-8838
EDUCATION
CUNY Graduate Center
Doctoral Candidate in Cultural Anthropology
New York, New York
Dissertation Title: “The Future of Dispossession—Student Debt, Financial Responsibilization, and Fictitious Whiteness”
Dissertation Committee: Leith Mullings, Don Robotham, and Jeff Maskovsky
Expected Completion Date: August 2018
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University of Toronto
Master of Education
Toronto, Ontario
Adult Education Community Development
March, 2007
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Earlham College
Bachelor of Arts
Richmond, Indiana
Peace and Global Studies,
May, 2004
PUBLICATIONS
Referred Journal Articles
Webb, Mark Porter. “A Letter To Naomi Klein.” In Factis Pax Volume 2, Number 1, 137-159. 2008.
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2017 Dissertation Writing Grant, Graduate Center
2016 Dissertation Field Work Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation
2013 Pre-dissertation Research Travel Award, Graduate Center
2012-’18 Anthropology Social Media Fellowship, Graduate Center
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
Panels Organized
“Aftermaths” track at the annual Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) Conference. 2015.
Papers Presented
“Debt Fictions: Identity, Economy, and Crisis.” American Ethnography Society Annual Conference. 2018.
“Dreams in Debt: Race, Class, and Crisis.” SANA Conference. 2015.
“Occupy Wall Street: The Limits and Possibilities of Surplus Resistance.” Anthropological Association of America Annual Meeting. 2013.
“Wittgenstein Reads Marquez: Honor as a Form of Life.” Graduate Center Conference on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature. 2013.
“Strategies for Social Change: Confronting Violence and Humiliation, Transforming Cultural Rules.” Workshop on Transforming Humiliation and Violent Conflict at Columbia University. 2010.
MULTIMODAL RESEARCH
Dissertation research with student debtors at New York University. Combined participant action research, oral histories, and semi-structured interviews to collect multimodal data at student debt protests, theater productions, and meetings. 2014-2016.
Predissertation research within the student movement in Santiago, Chile. 2013.
Experienced in using Atlas TI software for data organization and analysis.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate
Introduction to Anthropology, Baruch College at the City University of NewYork. 2012.
Highschool and Middle School
English as a Second Language and Social Studies, Colegio Babeque and St. George International Baccalaureate High School, Dominican Republic. 2007-2010.
Peace and Social Justice Education
International Trainer of Trainers, CISV International Peace Education Organization. 2009-2013 (Coordinator of the International Training Team, 2011-2013).
Political Education Coordinator, Justicia Global Organizing School, Dominican Republic. 2009-2011.
SOCIAL MEDIA SKILLS
Anthropology social media fellow at the Graduate Center. Responsibilities included: digital promotion of the program on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, and WordPress; support of faculty and staff with web-based tools and resources; and delivery of workshops on topics such as creating professional academic websites and best practices for live-Tweeting academic conferences.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Exam and Curriculum Committee, Graduate Center Anthropology Department. 2013-2014.
LANGUAGES
Spanish–fluent in reading, writing, and speaking
REFERENCES
Leith Mullings, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology
Graduate Center CUNY
365 5th Avenue, NY, NY 10016
(212) 817-8005
Lmullings@gc.cuny.edu
Don Robotham, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Advanced Research Collaborative
Graduate Center CUNY
365 5th Avenue, NY, NY 10016
(212) 817-7544
Drobotham@gc.cuny.edu
Jeff Maskovsky, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Graduate Center CUNY
365 5th Avenue, NY, NY 10016
(212) 817-8005
Jmaskovsky@gc.cuny.edu
