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Assistant Professor of Sociology & Philosophy
Email Address: pmocombe@mocombeian.com or pmocombe@wvstateu.edu
Paul C. Mocombe, Ph.D.
Degrees: Ph.D.; M.A.; B.A.
Phone: (786) 356-4920; Fax: (954) 749-3190
www.mocombeian.com
www.readingroomcurriculum.com
www.paulcmocombe.info
8061 NW 54th Court
Lauderhill, FL 33351
CURRICULUM VITAE
VITAL STATISTICS
Paul Camy Mocombe
Date of Birth: December 22nd
Place of Birth : Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Nationality: Haitian
Citizenship: United States of America
AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE
African and Diasporic Studies
Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy of Science
Sociological Theory
Sociology of Development
Sociology of Globalization
Sociology of Education
Social Problems
Introduction to Sociology
Advance Research Methods and Statistics
Social Psychology
Sociology of Work and Welfare
Contemporary Philosophy
Modern Philosophy
Ethics
Philosophy and Sociology of Religion
EDUCATION
Florida Atlantic University
PhD, Comparative Studies/Sociology and Philosophy, 2002-2008, 1974
Concentrations: Globalization, Sociological Theory, Race and Ethnic Relations, Comparative Philosophy
Dissertation: “The Soul-less Souls of Black Folk: A Sociological Reconsideration of
Black Consciousness as Du Boisian Double Consciousness”
Advisor: Dr. Stanford M. Lyman/Dr. Susan Love Brown
M.A., Sociology, Comparative Studies, Florida Atlantic University, 1999-2001
Concentrations: Social Theory, Race and Ethnic Relations, Globalization, Sociology of Education, Comparative Philosophy
Thesis: “A Labor Approach to the Development of the Self or Modern Personality: The
Case of Public Education”
Advisor: Dr. Arthur Evans, Dr. Stanford Lyman, Dr. Mark Rose
B.A., History and Ethnic Studies, Florida Atlantic University, 1995-1997
A.A., History and African American Studies, Broward Community College, 1993-1995
North Miami Senior High School, North Miami, Florida, 1992-1993
St. Benedict Preparatory School, Newark, New Jersey, 1990-1992
Roselle Catholic High School, Roselle, New Jersey, 1987-1990
St. Joseph the Carpenter Elementary School, Roselle, New Jersey, 6th-8th grade
St. Leo Elementary School, Irvinton, New Jersey, 2nd-5th grade
EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Sociology, 2009-present
West Virginia State University
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Sociology
Sociological Theory
Demography
Ethics
Existentialism
Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Contemporary Philosophy
Sociological Theory
Modern Philosophy
History of Sociology
Visiting Professor of Sociology and Philosophy, 2007-2009
Bethune-Cookman University
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Sociology
Social Welfare
Sociology of Aging
Social Psychology
Research Methods
Social Problems
Sociological Theory
Modern Philosophy
Introduction to Philosophy
President/CEO, 2008-present
The Mocombeian Foundation, Inc.
Teaching Assistant, 2002-2004
Florida Atlantic University
Courses:
Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to Sociology
Globalization and the Caribbean
Demography
Statistics
Teacher, 1998-2002
Lauderhill Middle School
Courses:
American History
World History
Geography
Economics
Political Science
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Sociological Association
Global Studies Association
International Sociological Association
PEWS (Political Economy of the World System)
American Philosophical Association
PRESENTATIONS
“Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy in Postindustrial Economies: The Case of
Black Academic Underachievement,” March 17th, 2013, Jamaican High Commission,
London, United Kingdom.
“Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy in Postindustrial Economies: The Case of
Black Academic Underachievement,” January 15, 2013, British Institute of Education,
London, United Kingdom.
“Oppositional Culture Theory,” Keynote Speaker, August 1, 2010, Wolverhampton
University, Birmingham United Kingdom.
“Oppositional Culture Theory,” Faculty Lecture Series, March 17, 2010, West Virginia
State University Institute, WV.
“The Liberal Black Protestant Bourgeois Male: From W.E.B. Du Bois to Barack
Obama,” Faculty Lecture Series, September 17, 2009, West Virginia State University
Institute, WV.
“The Gentrification of Africa in the Contemporary Capitalist World-System,”
6th Annual Global Studies Association (GSA) Conference, May 12-14, 2006 DePaul
University Chicago, IL.
“Beyond Master and Slave, Subject/Object, Self/Other in the Contemporary
World-System: A Critical Understanding of Identity Construction and the Islamist
Movements,” 30th Conference of the Political Economy of the World-System (PEWS)
Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA), April 27 – 29, 2006 Macalester
College, St. Paul, Minnesota
“Who Makes Race Matter in Postindustrial Capitalist America,” International
Sociological Association Conference 2006 (ISA 2006), July 23-29, 2006 International
Conference Centre (ICC), Durban, South Africa
“Theorizing About Black Underachievement in Post-Industrial America,” 6th
Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, January 11-14, 2007
University of Hawaii.
“Pedagogy in Globalization,” 1st Chalmers Lindholmen Goteberg, Sweden.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Mocombe, Paul C., Carol Tomlin, Cecile Wright (2014). Race and Class Distinctions
Within Black Communities: A Racial Caste in Class. Routledge Research in Race and
Ethnicity (Vol. 9). New York/London: Routledge.
Annual Education Conference, July 12-14, 2003
Mocombe, Paul C. and Carol Tomlin (2013). Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy in
Postindustrial Societies: The Case of Black Academic Underachievement. Routledge
Research in Education (Vol. 97). New York/London: Routledge.
Mocombe, Paul C. (2012). Liberal Bourgeois Protestanism: The Metaphysics of
Globalization. Studies in Critical Social Sciences (Vol. 41). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill
Publications.
Mocombe, Paul C. and Carol Tomlin (2010). Oppositional Culture Theory. Maryland:
University Press of America.
Mocombe, Paul C. (2009). The Liberal Black Protestant Heterosexual Bourgeois Male:
From W.E.B. Du Bois to Barack Obama. Maryland: University Press of America.
Mocombe, Paul C. (2008). The Soulless Souls of Black Folk: A Sociological
Reconsideration of Black Consciousness as Du Boisian Double Consciousness.
Maryland: University Press of America.
Mocombe, Paul (2008). Mocombe’s Reading Room Series K. Philadelphia: Random
House.
Mocombe, Paul (2008). Mocombe’s Reading Room Series K-1. Philadelphia: Random
House.
Mocombe, Paul (2008). Mocombe’s Reading Room Series 1-2. Philadelphia: Random
House.
Mocombe, Paul (2008). Mocombe’s Reading Room Series Advance 1. Philadelphia:
Random House.
Mocombe, Paul (2008). Mocombe’s Reading Room Series Advance 2. Philadelphia:
Random House.
Mocombe, Paul C. (2007). Education in Globalization. Maryland: University Press of
America.
Mocombe, Paul (2005). The Mocombeian Strategy: The Reason for, and Answer to
Black Failure in Capitalist Education. Philadelphia: Xlibris.
Mocombe, Paul (2001). A Labor Approach to the Development of the Self or Modern
Personality: The Case of Public Education. Florida: upublishing.
Mocombe, Paul et al (2000). African American Curriculum 6-12th grade of School Board Broward County.
Articles in Academic Peer-Reviewed Journals
Mocombe, Paul C., Carol Tomlin, and Cecile Wright (2013). “Karl Marx, Ludwig
Wittgenstein, and Black Underachievement in the United States and United Kingdom.”
Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 7, 4: 214-228.
Mocombe, Paul C., Carol Tomlin, and Cecile Wright (2013). “Postindustrial Capitalism,
Social Class Language Games, and Black Underachievement in the United States and
United Kingdom.” Mind, Culture, and Activity, 20, 4: 358-371.
Mocombe, Paul (2011). “Role Conflict and Black Underachievement.” The Journal for
Critical Education Policy Studies, 9, 2: 165-185.
Mocombe, Paul (2011). “A Social Structural Reinterpretation of ‘the Burden of Acting
White’: A Hermeneutical Analysis.” Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of
Education, 32, 1: 85-97.
Mocombe, Paul (2010). “Why Haiti is Maligned in the Western World: The
Contemporary Significance of Bois Caiman and the Haitian Revolution.” Encuentros, 8,
16: 31-43.
Mocombe, Paul (2006). “The Sociolinguistic Nature of Black Academic Failure in
Capitalist Education: A Reevaluation of ‘Language in the Inner City’ and its Social
Function, Acting White’.” Race, Ethnicity and Education, 9, 4: 395-407.
Mocombe, Paul (2006). “The Gentrification of Africa in the Contemporary Capitalist
World System: Reply to Kelsall and Gberie.” Globalizations, 3, 3: 413-417.
Mocombe, Paul (2005). “Where Did Freire Go Wrong? Pedagogy in Globalization: The
Grenadian Example.” Race, Gender & Class, 12, 2: 178-199.
Mocombe, Paul (2004). “Who Makes Race Matter in Post-Industrial Capitalist
America?” Race, Gender & Class, 11, 4: 30-47.
Mocombe, Paul (2003). “Rhetorical “Being”: Understanding Agency in
Structur(ealism).” FACS, 6: 155-164.
Articles in Edited Texts
Mocombe, Paul (2008). “Beyond Master and Slave, Subject/Object, Self/Other in the
Contemporary World-System: A Critical Understanding of Identity Construction and
the Islamist Movements.” Pp. in Islam and the Orientalist World-System, edited by
Khaldoun Samman and Mazhar Al-Zo’ by.
Mocombe, Paul (2004). “The Institutionalization of Poverty in the Third World: The
Case of Grenada.” Pp. 395-416 in Sustainable Development Policy and Administration,
edited by Gedeon M. Mudacumura et al. New York: Taylor & Francis.
Reviews
Mocombe, Paul C. (2014). [Review of the book Decentring the West: The Idea of
Democracy and the Struggle for Hegemony]. Democratization, 21, 1:1-3.
Mocombe, Paul (2008). [Review of the book Minority within a Minority: Black
Francophone Immigrants and the Dynamics of Power and Resistance]. Canadian Ethnic
Studies, 40, 2: 221-223.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
• 2000-Mcknight Achievers Award
• 2003-present, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), City
of Hollywood, Florida, to operate research based after-school literacy
program/curriculum
• 2006-present, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), City of
North Miami, Florida, to operate research based after-school literacy program
• 2005-present, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), City of
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to operate research based after-school literacy program
AWARDS AND HONORS
• 2012 African Methodist Episcopal Church Sons of Allen Man of Distinction Award
• 2000-Mcknight Achievers Award
• 2003-Florida Atlantic University, Certificate of Excellent in Research Award
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
• Microsoft Office, Internet
• Fluent in Creole and French
• Grant writing
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Academic Advisor, Caribbean Student Association, Bethune-Cookman University, 2008-present
Academic Advisor, Creole Club, Bethune-Cookman University, 2008-present
Academic Advisor, African Student Association, Bethune Cookman University, 2008- present
REFERENCES
Dr. Carol Tomlin
University of Wolverhampton
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Dr. Cecile Wright
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Dr. Beverly Bryan
University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
Mona Campus
Kingston 7
Jamaica
Dr. Victoria Showunmi
The London Institute of Education
London, United Kingdom
Dr. Charles Byers
Dean of Academic Affairs
West Virginia State University
Ferrell Hall
Institute, West Virginia 25112
304-766-3000
Dr. Russell Mootry
Dean, School of Social Science
Bethune Cookman University
640 Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune Blvd.
Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
386-481-2450
Fax: 386-481-2442
Dr. Hiram Powell
Provost of Academic Affairs
Bethune Cookman University
640 Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune Blvd.
Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
386-481-2000
Fax: 386-481-2442
Dr. Raphael Jackson
Assistant Professor of History
School of Social Science
Bethune Cookman University
640 Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune Blvd.
Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
386-481-2439
Fax: 386-481-2442
Daphne Brown, M.S. CPRP
Administrative Manager City of Lauderhill
4141 NW 16th
Lauderhill, Florida 33313
954-730-3080
Fax: 954-730-4223
Warence Mae Smith
President, St. George Civic Association, Inc.
PO Box 121821
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312
954-584-3642
Genetha Harris
Broward County
Housing Finance & Community Development Division
Phone: (954) 765-5382
Fax: (954) 765-4686
Jerry Harris, DeVry University
GSA/North American Secretary
1250 North Wood Street
Chicago, Illinois 60622
USA
Susan Love Brown
Interim Director Ph.D. in Comparative Studies,
Director of the Public Intellectuals Program,
Street and Associate Professor of Anthropology
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road, SO 100
Boca Raton, Florida 33431-0991
Dr. Amal Madibbo
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Sociology Department
Social Sciences 956
Calgary University
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2N 1N4