Mark D. White

Writer, editor, teacher

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I’m a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where I teach courses in philosophy, economics, and law, and the author/editor/co-editor of several books.

Welcome to profmdwhite.com, still under construction…

Well, it's been a while since I established this site–feels like I'm still moving in!

Setting up this site to replace my college site has taken longer than I thought, but some of the book pages are up, the bio is up (but will be revised), the articles/chapters page still needs to include op-eds and popular chapters (which may merit their own page), and I've started the pages indexing my Psychology Today blog and other blogs.

I'm not sure what I'll blog about here–I thought perhaps to summarize my other online activities here, or keep blatant self-promotion here (as opposed to the other more topical blogs). I also thought of maintaining some sort of online journal here, for anyone who may be interested (though I can't imagine who). Honestly, I don't know yet… this site is really meant to collect all my activities as an academic, writer, editor and blogger, and the blog was originally meant to provide a forum that's all my own (as opposed to the Economics and Ethics blog, which I share with three other people), and not necessarily academic in nature (reviews of movies and music, for instance, or the occasional incoherent rant).

So we'll see… hope you stop by and let me know what you think!

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2 responses to “Welcome to profmdwhite.com, still under construction…”

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    Lucy

    Hi Mark,
    I stumbled across your site, the blog you wrote about loving yourself was very interesting, I am struggling with this one” how much do we need 2 love ourselfs before we can love another? I do think I have been there before when my self worth has gone down in a relationship, now I’m out of that relationship with (sorry to sound lame but a pretty bruised heart! And I’m scared to love again I don’t feel I have great self worth… to let urself fully go and not knowing if u will get hurt.. I do find some of the easy stuff hard like I might need a self help book once in a while where others might find it easy other than that i think I’m a nice girl, how do I put that out there in a positive way?! This brake up was a while ago how come I cant step out and not be scared any more x

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    Mark D. White

    Thanks for commenting, Lucy–I do have an older blog post of being afraid of love: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/maybe-its-just-me/201004/what-does-it-mean-be-afraid-love
    I just went through a horrible break-up myself, but I’m eager to get back out there–for me, the pain of the ending is bad, but the joy of finding someone new is much greater (and also helps you forget the pain of the past).
    As far as the self-worth issue goes, just remember what has attracted people to you in the past, and don’t let your last rejection makes you forget that. As I wrote several days ago, you may not have to love yourself before you can love others, but it makes it a lot easier for someone to love you back.

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