July 2006
Curriculum Vitae
CURTIS SARLES
17 Stuyvesant St. #1
New York, NY 10003
516-241-0068
cps222@nyu.edu
EDUCATION
2007 (expected), Ph.D., New York University, Sociology
Thesis: “Infrastructural Power: Forest Policy and the Transformation of Nature in
the Modern French State”
Committee: Craig Calhoun (Chair), Harvey Molotch, Steven Lukes
Comprehensive exams and exam committees:
(2004) Historical Sociology, Craig Calhoun and Jeff Goodwin
(2006, expected) Sociology of Culture, Richard Sennett and Harvey Molotch
2000 B.A., New College of Florida, Sociology (with honors)
Thesis: “Grand Louvre: a Study in Cultural Politics”
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Historical sociology
Environment and society
Social theory
Institutions
State formation
Territoriality
Hegemony
Culture
PUBLICATIONS
Curtis Sarles, forthcoming, “The Instatement of Order: State Initiatives and Hegemony in
the Modernization of French Forest Policy.” Theory and Society.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Curtis Sarles, “Infrastructural Power: Actualizing the Territorial Ambitions of the State.”
Curtis Sarles, “The Imperious Forest: Statist Modernization and the Transformation of
Nature in the Landes de Gascogne.”
PRESENTATIONS
Curtis Sarles. 2006. “The Instatement of Order: State Initiatives and Hegemony in the
Modernization of French Forest Policy.” American Sociological Association Meeting,
Montreal.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant to Harvey Molotch, New York University, 2001-2003
Project: Where Stuff Comes From: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many
Other Things Come to Be as They Are
Participation: Carried out research on the social lives of material objects using library and
internet resources, and was an internal reviewer of the text.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching interests
Sociology of culture
Historical sociology
Environment and society
Social theory
Political sociology
Sociology of time and space
Instructor, Sociological Theory, Summer 2005
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Sociology (Honors). Prof. Edward Lehman. Fall 2005.
Introduction to Sociology. Prof. Dalton Conley. Spring 2004, Fall 2001.
Sociological Theory. Prof. Steven Lukes. Fall 2003.
Criminology. Prof. David Greenberg. Spring 2003.
Wealth, Power, and Status. Prof. Guillermina Jasso. Fall 2002.
Social Foundations of Public Issues. Prof. Robert Max Jackson. Spring 2002.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, 2000-2005
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member
American Sociological Association
Eastern Sociological Society
Social Science History Association
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
French: fluent reading and speaking
German: proficient reading and speaking
REFERENCES
Craig Calhoun
Professor of Sociology and History, NYU
President, Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Tel: 212-377-2700
craig.calhoun@nyu.edu
Harvey Molotch
Professor of Sociology and Metropolitan Studies, NYU
295 Lafayette St Fl 4
New York, NY 10012
Tel: 212-998-3542
harvey.molotch@nyu.edu
Steven Lukes
Professor of Sociology, NYU
295 Lafayette St Fl 4
New York, NY 10012
Tel: 212-998-8363
steven.lukes@nyu.edu
Richard Sennett
Professor of Sociology and History, NYU
University Professor of Humanities, NYU
Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics
295 Lafayette St Fl 4
New York, NY 10012
Tel: 212-998-2142
richard.sennett@nyu.edu