Education
2010. Ph.D. (expected May), Sociology. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
2005. M.A., Sociology. Queens College, CUNY.
1997. B.A., Social Sciences/Gender Studies. New College of Florida.
1995. Program in European History and Culture, University of Amsterdam.
Research and Teaching Interests
Political sociology; science and technology; social theory; race/class/gender; medicine and health; urban studies; historical and interpretive methods.
Dissertation
From Social Problems to Governance Problems: Health and Housing After the Welfare State.
Committee: Patricia T. Clough (chair), Barbara Katz Rothman, Neil Smith, Stanley Aronowitz.
Teaching Experience
2006-Present. Instructional Technology & Pedagogy Fellow. Macaulay Honors College, CUNY.
Develop technology-intensive curricula, design and lead workshops, and assist students and faculty for the following courses: The Arts in New York City, The Peopling of New York, Science and Technology in New York City, Shaping the Future of New York City.2008. Instructor. Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY.
Courses taught: Introduction to Sociology (Spring 2008, Summer 2008).2003-2006. Instructor. Hunter College, CUNY.
Courses taught: Sociology of Sex and Gender (Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005); Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Spring 2006); Social Research Methods (Spring 2006).
Publications
Book
Patricia T. Clough and Craig Willse, co-editors. (Under contract). Beyond Biopolitics: Essays on the Governance of Life and Death. Durham: Duke University Press.
Refereed Articles
Craig Willse. Forthcoming 2010. “Neoliberal Biopolitics and the Invention of Chronic Homelessness. Economy and Society 39.
Craig Willse. 2008. “‘Universal Data Elements,’ or the Biopolitical Life of Homeless Populations.” Surveillance and Society 5(4): 227-251.
Patricia T. Clough, Greg Goldberg, Rachel Schiff, Aaron Weeks and Craig Willse. 2007. “Notes Towards a Theory of Affect-Itself.” Ephemera 7(2): 60-77.
Refereed Works in Progress
Patricia T. Clough and Craig Willse. “Human Security/National Security: Gender Branding and Population Racism.” (Under review, Social Text.)
Law Review Articles
Craig Willse and Dean Spade. 2005. “Freedom in a Regulatory State?: Lawrence, Marriage and Biopolitics.” Widener Law Review 307: 309-329.
Dean Spade and Craig Willse. 2000. “Confronting the Limits of Gay Hate Crimes Activism: A Radical Critique.” UCLA Chicano-Latino Law Review 21: 38-52.
Book Chapters
Greg Goldberg and Craig Willse. 2007. “Losses and Returns: The Soldier in Trauma.” In Patricia T. Clough (ed.), The Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social. Durham: Duke University Press, 265-286.
Reviews and Other Publications
Craig Willse. 2009. “Living Better.” Curatorial essay. Visual AIDS, Web Gallery.
Dean Spade and Craig Willse. 2009. “White Knight.” Review of Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant. Left Turn, April/May: 72-73.
Craig Willse. 2008. “Craig Willse Talks to Jonah Groeneboer.” NY Arts Magazine, January/February: 37.
Craig Willse. 2005. Review of Smoke and Mirrors: The Politics and Culture of Air Pollution edited by E. Melanie Du Puis. Contemporary Sociology 34(4): 372.
Craig Willse. 2005. “Anti-War Politics After the Public Sphere.” The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest 4: 175-186.
Craig Willse. 2004. “Political Economies of Exposure.” Exhibition catalog, Pilot TV: Experimental Media for Feminist Trespass. Chicago: 26-28.
Craig Willse. 2003. “Thoughts on Meaningless Political Action,” LTTR 2.
Craig Willse. 2003 . “The Public Space of the Prison.” Loud Paper 4(2): 20-23.
Craig Willse. 2002. “These places that feel like home.” In Patti Young Kim (ed.), Home Project. Halifax: 106 Press, 17-20.
Craig Willse. 2001. “You Can’t Go Home Again: AIDS and Homelessness.” POZ Magazine, January: 20.
Craig Willse. 2000. “Taking What’s Ours: Workplace Theft and the Prisonization of Work.” The Activist, Spring: 19.
Fellowships, Awards, and Honors
2009-10. Sponsored Dissertation Fellowship. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
2008. Doctoral Research Grant. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
2007. Participant, Workshop on Surveillance and Inequality, Arizona State University.
2006-Present. Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Fellowship. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
2006-2007. Graduate Student Fellowship. The Center for Place, Culture and Politics. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
2006, 2007. Sue Rosenberg Zalk Student Travel and Research Grant. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
2006. Seminar in Experimental Critical Theory (SECT) Student Tuition Scholarship (declined). University of California Humanities Research Institute.
2003-2006. Graduate Tuition Fellowship. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
2004. Time-Warner Cable Scholarship in Media Studies.
2003-2004. Graduate Student Fellowship. Center for the Study of Women and Society. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
2002-2004. University Fellowship. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Invited Lectures and Presentations
2008. “Science, Sociology and Meeting the Universe Halfway.” Guest lecture in Art and Ideas: The Politics of Space, Prof. Jonah Groeneboer, New York University.
2006. Alumni Panel. Gender Studies Program, New College of Florida.
2005. “War: Remembered and Dis-membered Bodies.” Guest lecture in The Body: Aesthetics, Politics and Culture in the Twentieth Century, Prof. Terri Gordon, The New School.
2004. “Political Economies of Exposure: Modulating Queer Bodies in Media and Marriage.” Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, The Graduate Center, CUNY.
2004. “The Cultural Politics of Gay Marriage Movements.” Columbia University School of Law.
2004. “Ban Marriage.” Sarah Lawrence College.
2004. “Feedback Politics.” Bard College.
2004. “Tenant Organizing and Population Displacement.” Guest lecture in Social History of Asian Diasporas, Prof. Ananya Mukherjea. New York University.
2003. “The Politics of Science/the Science of Politics.” University of Colorado, Boulder.
2001. “The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Future of Harlem.” At Gentrification in Harlem, organized by Harlem Tenants Council, New York, NY.
Conference Presentations
2009. “Race-ing Homelessness: Social Science and the Nonprofit Industrial Complex.” American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2009. “Near Death Experiences: Measuring and Managing Vulnerability in the Post-Welfare State.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
2009. “Sociology and Its Unruly Others: The Racialization of Homelessness.” 9th Annual Critical Race and Anti-Colonial Studies Conference, Montreal, QC.
2008. Care and Compliance in Post-Welfare State Governance: Supportive Housing Programs in the U.S.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
2008. “Compliance, Risk, and the Psychiatrization of Homelessness.” Eastern Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
2007. “Psychiatry and its Code(s) of Ethics, or Bioethics as Code.” Society for Literature, Science and Society Annual Meeting, Portland, ME.
2007. “Pharmaceuticals First: Compliance in Supportive Housing Programs.” Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC.
2007. Panelist, “Dossieronmethod.com: Rethinking Sociological Methodology.” Video Vision Conference. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
2007. “Investing in Catastrophe: Managing Mass Mental Illness.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
2006. “The Race to Quantification in Technoscientific Mental Health Management.” Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.
2006. Discussant, Beyond Biopolitics Symposium, The Graduate Center, CUNY.
2006. “The Madness of Databases: Technoscientific Management in Mass Biopsychiatry.” International Association for Science, Technology, and Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
2005. “Feedback Politics: Technological Mediations of Truth in War and Media.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2004. “The Soldier’s Body” (with Greg Goldberg). Cultural Studies Association Annual Meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Professional Activities and Service
2007. Panel chair, Health, Markets and Governance. Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC.
2006. Panel organizer and chair, Networks Fighting Networks. International Association for Science, Technology, and Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
2006. Graduate Student Mentor. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
2005. Panel organizer and chair. Foucault, Technology and Sociology. Eastern Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
2004. Student representative, Presidential Search Committee. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
2004. Student representative, Steering Committee. Center for the Study of Women and Society. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Manuscript reviewer: American Journal of Sociology; Surveillance and Society; Sexuality Research and Social Policy.
Professional memberships: American Sociological Association; Society for Social Studies of Science, American Studies Association.
Research and Professional Experience
2003-2006. Research Assistant, Professor Patricia T. Clough. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Assisted with selection and editing for a special issue of Social Text; conducted library research; proofread and edited manuscripts in progress; assisted with planning and hosting a two-day symposium, including speaker invitations and programming.2004-2006. Student Assistant, Office of Disability Services. The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Provided one-on-one assistance to graduate students with vision impairment. Supported all aspects of students’ work, including reading, database research, editing, and use of adaptive technologies.
Community Activities
Volunteer with community organizations addressing the criminal justice system, anti-war organizing, housing and homelessness, and LGBTQ rights, including the Certain Days Calendar Project and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project.
References available upon request.