TonyMarks-Block, Ph.D. Faculty Profile

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Tony  Marks-Block, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

What makes me unique

Tony Marks-Block is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies (AGES) at CSU East Bay. He is an ecological anthropologist who conducts research at the nexus of anthropogenic (prescribed) fire, small-scale subsistence practices, Indigenous sovereignty movements and the political ecology of land management in California. Through funding from the National Science Foundation, the Joint Fire Science Program and Stanford University, he collaborated with and learned from Karuk and Yurok peoples in northwestern California to complete his PhD on cultural burning. Dr. Marks-Block enjoys teaching critical pyrogeography, human ecology, and political ecology, as well as applied and community-engaged anthropological methods.

  • Ph.D. Stanford University

  • Fall Semester 2026

    Course #SecCourse TitleDaysFromToLocationCampus
    HIST 43001Ethnography and Oral HistoryTU6:00PM9:45PMMI-2106Hayward Campus
    ANTH 33001Culture, Power, and EcologyTH11:00AM12:15PMMI-2064Hayward Campus
    ANTH 43001Ethnography and Oral HistoryTU6:00PM9:45PMMI-2106Hayward Campus
    ANTH 49001Independent StudyARRARRHayward Campus

  • 2023 – 2027                  San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (US Environmental Protection Agency). “Climate Resilience Initiative.” Co-PI with Dr. Kate Shade (CSU East Bay). $915,786 awarded.

     

    2023 – 2025                  Community Engagement Supplemental Award to the Climate Action Seed Grant (University of California Office of the President and Strategic Growth Council). Lead PI. $20,000 awarded.

     

    2023 - 2025                  California Climate Action Seed Grants (University of California Office of the President). “Forging Essential Partnerships in Fire Stewardship to Meet State and Tribal Climate Action Goals.” Co-PI with Dr. Peter Nelson, Dr. Don Hankins, Dr. Kent Lightfoot, and Dr. Scott Stephens (UC Berkeley). $987,502 Awarded.

     

    2023 – 2025                  California Climate Action Seed Grants (University of California Office of the President). “Advancing Climate Resilience through Youth-led Action Research in Oakland, CA.” Lead PI. $1,939,540 Awarded.