CURRICULUM VITAE

Evan Curley
Email: evan.curley@dal.ca or ecurley@stfx.ca
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada

Education
Current - Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, Dalhousie University.
2021 - M.A. Sociology, Carleton University, Thesis Title: “Normalism and Legal Representation in Canadian Art.”
2018 - B.A. Honours Sociology, Saint Francis Xavier University (St.FX). Thesis Title: “In Field and Impasse: Artistic Practice and the State in Rural Nova Scotia”

Awards and Distinctions
2024 - Mushkat Memorial Essay Prize (See home page for .PDF file of essay), Dalhousie University
2024 - Presidents Award, Dalhousie University
2023 - Canadian Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral, Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
2022 - Provost Alumni Special Scholarship, Dalhousie University
2020 - Canadian Graduate Scholarship - Masters, Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
2019 - Domestic Entrance Masters Scholarship for $2000, Carleton University
2019 - Total combined Departmental Scholarships for $7000, Carleton University
2018 - St.FX University Sociology Research Grant, for continued work in the sociology of art. Supervised by Dr. Riley Chisholm, worth $800
2018 - Canadian Sociological Association Award, given to the top written sociology thesis at St.FX University
2014 - Merit Scholarship, St.FX University


Research and Teaching Employment
Current - Instructure for AQUA 202/SOCI 205 - Ocean’s Commons and Society, Saint Francis Xavier University, Aquatic Resources Program.
Current - Instructor for SOSA 3005 - Knowledge, Work, and Culture in the Contemporary World, Dalhousie University, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.
Current - Instructor for SOCI 231 - Education in Canadian Society, Saint Francis Xavier University, Department of Sociology.
2022 - Teaching Assistant to Dr. Mathew Gagne, Anthropology 2012: Thinking Through Anthropology, Dalhousie University.
2021 - Instructor for SOCI 244 - Cultures and Societies, Saint Francis Xavier University, Department of Sociology.
2021 - Research Assistant to Dr. Patricia Cormack and Dr. Lynda Harling Stalker, Research on the Nova Scotian Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, St.FX University.
2021 - Teaching Assistant to Dr. Eloy Rivas-Sanchez, Sociology 1002B: Introduction to Sociology, Carleton University
2020 - Teaching Assistant to Dr. Bernhard Leistle, Anthropology 2500: Culture and Symbols, Carleton University
2019 - Teaching Assistant to Dr. Joel Z. Garrod, Sociology 1002: Introduction to Sociology, Carleton University
2019 - Teaching Assistant to Dr. Hassan Diab, Sociology 2702: Power and Social Change, Carleton University
2019 - Research Assistant to Dr. Patricia Cormack, Research on the Legalization of Cannabis and State Formation, St.FX University
2019 - Research Assistant to Dr. Lynda Harling Stalker, St.FX University
2018 - Research Assistant to Dr. Lynda Harling Stalker and Dr. Patricia Cormack, Research on the “Chase the Ace” phenomenon in Cape Breton, NS, St.FX University
2018 - Research Assistant to Dr. Ryan Lukeman (Mathematics), for work on kleptoparasitism in coastal birds, St.FX University

Conferences and Presentations
2023 - “Living Well in Rural Canada: Revisiting the research of the New Rural Economy (NRE) Project” Panel Presentation at Canadian Rural Revitalization Federation Annual Conference, Lethbridge, Alberta 2022 - “What Makes an Artist? Labour-centered understandings of art in Canada” Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences – Regular Session
2022 - Conference Session Chair for session titled “Everyday Life and the State” Canadian Sociological Association Conference at Congress
2021 - “What Makes an Artist? Labour-centered understandings of art in Canada” Public Lecture, St.FX University.
2021 - “Bond and Rupture: Performative Reification and its Undoing in Arts Law” at On the Brink, Acadia University
2020 - “The Responsive Becoming of Art” Presentation at SAGSC Conference, Carleton University (Accepted, Event Cancelled)
2019 - “Artistic Practice and the State in Rural Nova Scotia” Presentation at Arts Matters Conference, University of New Brunswick (Fredericton Campus)  
2018 - “Artistic Practice and the State” Presentation at Student Research Day, St.FX University       

Committees and Academic Groups
Present - Member, Canadian Sociological Association
2023-2024 - Graduate Student Advisor to the Editor, Canadian Review of Sociology Journal,
2020-2021 - Sociology Faculty Caucus Representative, Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Student Caucus, Carleton University
2020-2021 - Departmental Representative, Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Student Caucus, Carleton University
2019 - Atlantic Canadian Studies Group, Carleton University
2016-2018 - Organizing Committee, Sociology Society, St.FX University