Jeb_MiddlebrookMy name is Jeb Middlebrook and I am managing editor of American Quarterly, a PhD candidate in American studies & ethnicity at the University of Southern California, and director of the Solidarity Institute. The title of my current book project is, Challenging White Supremacy: Multiracial Alliance and Antiracist Organizing in the U.S.

I lecture nationally through the Institute for Democratic Education and Culture on topics of race, social movements, and popular culture, and will be on the job market for a tenure-track position as a university professor in 2010.

Notes from “Challenging White Supremacy” talk by Jeb Middlebrook at USC

This is the Power Point presentation from which Jeb Middlebrook spoke on “Challenging White Supremacy: Multiracial Alliance and Antiracist Organizing in the U.S.” to American Studies & Ethnicity 101 (AMST 101) at the University of Southern California on December 1st, 2009. Click here for full screen.

Audio of Jeb Middlebrook Live at St. John's University 9/28/09

stjohnsMon, Sept 28, 2009 @ 7PM
22nd Annual Peace Studies Conference
Jeb Middlebrook, Keynote:
“Solidarity Spirit: Living Racial Justice in the Age of Obama”
St. John’s University
Collegeville, Minnesota
More info: http://www.csbsju.edu/peacestudies/conferences/.htm

Audio of the talk

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Q&A, Part 1

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Q&A, Part 2

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American Quarterly recognizes Jeb Middlebrook in Special Issue, 61.3, In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina

aq.61.3_frontJeb Middlebrook was recognized by American Quarterly editor, Curtis Marez, in the Special Issue, Volume 61 Number 3, In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina: New Paradigms and Social Visions, as an “excellent managing editor” who was “indispensable to the issue.”

More info and table of contents: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_quarterly/toc/aq.61.3.html

American Quarterly recognizes Jeb Middlebrook in June issue 61.2

aq.61.2_frontJeb Middlebrook received recognition as managing editor of the June issue of American Quarterly, Volume 61 Number 3.

More info and table of contents: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_quarterly/toc/aq.61.2.html

Austin Daily Herald features Jeb Middlebrook at Ellis Middle School 10/23/09

Photo by Eric Johnson

Photo by Eric Johnson

Character counts for Austin’s Middlebrook

“Ellis Middle School tied up its Character Counts kick-off week with an all-school assembly Friday. The presentation was led by Austin’s own Jeb Middlebrook, national lecturer, poet, veteran reality-show-rapper and current Ph.D. candidate…”

Read more: http://www.austindailyherald.com/news/2009/oct/24/character-counts-austins-middlebrook/

Jeb Middlebrook speaking Mon, Sept 28, 2009 @ 7PM at Peace Studies Conference

stjohnsMon, Sept 28, 2009 @ 7PM
22nd Annual Peace Studies Conference
Jeb Middlebrook, Keynote:
“Solidarity Spirit: Living Racial Justice in the Age of Obama”
St. John’s University
P.O. Box 2000
Collegeville, Minnesota 56321
Ph: 320-363-2011
Free and open to the public
More info: http://www.csbsju.edu/peacestudies/conferences/.htm

Jeb Middlebrook speaking Weds, Sept 30 & Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at Loyola Marymount University

loyolaWeds, Sept 30 & Fri, Oct 2, 2009
Jeb Middlebrook, Lecturer:
“Introduction to Whiteness Studies”
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
Private lectures

Jeb Middlebrook speaking Sat, Nov 7, 2009 @ 4PM at ASA Conference

asa2009Sat, Nov 7, 2009 @ 4PM
American Studies Association Annual Conference
Jeb Middlebrook, Panelist:
“The Color of Whiteness Studies: Studying Whiteness from an Ethnic Studies Perspective” with David Roediger, France Winddance Twine, Sarah Gualtieri, and George Yancy
Renaissance DC Hotel
Meeting Room 19
999 Ninth Street NW
Washington, DC US, 20001
Conference registration required to attend
More info: http://asa.press.jhu.edu/program09/index.html

Jeb Middlebrook speaking Tues, Dec 1, 2009 at University of Southern California

uscTues, Dec 1, 2009
Jeb Middlebrook, Lecturer:
“Antiracist Activism”
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Private lecture

Solidarity Institute starts national organizing network with Facebook.com, Jeb Middlebrook, and AntiRacist 15

fists_2The Solidarity Institute has partnered with Facebook.com, Jeb Middlebrook, and AntiRacist 15 to begin the Organizing Network for Widespread Anti-Racist Development (ONWARD).

ONWARD is a national project designed to lend free long-term support and consulting to people and groups interested in starting or growing anti-racist alliances between people of color organizations and white organizations to challenge individual and institutional racism on the local level, and to connect them to a national movement.

More information here: http://www.solidarityinstitute.org/onward

Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Solidarity-Institute/125078843094