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TonyMarks-Block, Ph.D. Faculty Profile

Tony Marks-Block, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Anthropology, Geography & Environmental Studies

tony.marksblock@csueastbay.edu
(510) 885-3164
tonymarksblock.net
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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

Spring Semester 2026

Course #	Sec	Course Title	Days	From	To	Location	Campus
ANTH 130	01	Intro to Cultural Anthropology	TH	11:00AM	12:15PM	MI-2106	Hayward Campus
ANTH 370	01	Anthropology in Action	ARR			WEB-ASYNCH	Online Campus

Martinez, D.J., Seraphin, B., Marks-Block, T., Nelson, P. and Vinyeta, K., 2023. Indigenous Fire Futures: Anticolonial Approaches to Shifting Fire Relations in California. Environment and Society, 14(1), pp.142-161.

Marks-Block, T., Tripp, W. 2021. Facilitating Prescribed Fire in Northern California through Indigenous Governance and Interagency Partnerships. Fire, 4(3):37

Marks-Block, T., Lake, F.K., Bird, R.B. and Curran, L.M., 2021. Revitalized Karuk and Yurok cultural burning to enhance California hazelnut for basketweaving in northwestern California, USA. Fire Ecology, 17(1), pp.1-20.

Marks-Block, T. (2020, October 23). Indigenous solutions to California’s capitalist conflagrations. Monthly Review Online

Marks-Block T, Lake FK, Curran LM. 2019. Effects of understory fire management treatments on California Hazelnut, an ecocultural resource of the Karuk and Yurok Indians in the Pacific Northwest. For. Ecol. Manage. 450:117517

Armstrong CG, Shoemaker AC, McKechnie I, Ekblom A, Szabó P, et al. 2017. Anthropological contributions to historical ecology: 50 questions, infinite prospects. PLoS One. 12(2):e0171883
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TonyMarks-Block, Ph.D. Faculty Profile