About Corinna J. Moebius, Ph.D.
I’m Corinna J. Moebius, Ph.D.—a writer, cultural anthropologist, and guide exploring belonging, ritual, power, and place. I co-authored A History of Little Havana (The History Press, 2015), and my forthcoming book, Magic Cities: Havana, Miami, and the Capitol — Race, Ritual, and Resistance, braids history, ethnography, and public memory to show how landscapes become altars of racial power—and sites of repair.
Through talks, workshops, and immersive walking tours (including Little Havana/Calle Ocho), I help communities and organizations tell truer stories of place. My work cultivates inclusive, regenerative practices grounded in decolonial thinking and relational ways of being and knowing.
What I Do
Writing, research, and place-based learning that deepen belonging and critical awareness.
I help people read places—how ritual, memory, and power shape what we see and what we miss. I design talks, workshops, and walking experiences that translate scholarship for public audiences and support communities and organizations in telling truer, more inclusive stories of place.
Current Work
Magic Cities—a public-facing history of race, ritual, and urban power.
My forthcoming book, Magic Cities: Havana, Miami, and the Capitol — Race, Ritual, and Resistance, traces how landscapes become “altars” that reproduce racial orders—and how people enact counter-rituals and acts of repair. Centered on Little Havana/Calle Ocho, with hemispheric links to Havana and Washington, D.C., it blends archival research, ethnography, and cultural analysis for a broad audience.
Selected Credits
Books, recognition, teaching, and public scholarship.
- Co-author, A History of Little Havana (The History Press, 2015).
- Recognized for immersive, critically engaged walking tours by national and local organizations and covered by news outlets internationally.
- Traveling Visiting Faculty, School for International Training (SIT) “Cities in the 21st Century: People, Planning & Politics” (Spring 2024).
- Director of Research & Education, Justice & Sustainability Associaties (2020-2022).
- Adjunct Lecturer (Anthropology & Sociology), Florida International University (2019-2022).
Education & Training
- Ph.D., Global & Sociocultural Studies (Florida International University); Alex Stepick Award for Outstanding Dissertation.
- Certificate in Permaculture (regenerative design), Koreen Brennan
- Certificate in Visionary Leadership, Center for Visionary Leadership
- uLab: Leading From the Emergent Future 1.0 and 2.0 (global systems change)
- Wayfinder Life Coaching course with Martha Beck
Approach & Values
Critical and caring; experiential and accessible.
I pair critical race analysis with embodied, place-based methods—walking, storytelling, dialogue, and arts practice. My aim is to deepen understanding while opening paths for relationship, accountability, and repair.
Offerings
Talks, workshops, consulting, and immersive walking tours.
- Talks & Keynotes: Race, ritual, memory politics, Cuban diaspora.
- Workshops/Facilitation: Place-based learning integrating story, movement, and reflection (Core-Respondence).
- Consulting: Narrative audits, inclusive heritage/tourism, interpretive planning, Main Street/heritage district planning.
- Walking Tours: Immersive, critically engaged tours of Little Havana and other geographies.
Contact & Booking
Invite me to speak, teach, consult, or design an experience.
For speaking, workshops, consulting, or press inquiries, contact me.