Steven Tuttle, Ph.D.
Indiana Communities Institute, Ball State University
2000 W. University Ave. Muncie, IN 47306
Email: steven.tuttle@bsu.edu
Education
Ph.D. LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, Chicago, IL Dissertation Passed with Distinction
Comprehensive Exams: Urban Sociology (Passed with Distinction), Race and Ethnicity
MA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
BA UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA – ASHEVILLE, Asheville, NC
Awards: Magna cum laude honors (2008); Distinguished Graduate Award in Sociology (2008); Dean’s List (2005-2008); Chancellor’s List (Fall 2008)
Academic Appointments
2021 – Present. Postdoctoral Scholar. Indiana Communities Institute, Ball State University.
2015 – 2021. Instructor. Loyola University Chicago.
2019 – Present. Instructor. Columbia College Chicago.
2018 Instructor. Elmhurst College.
2016 Instructor. Illinois Institute of Technology.
Research & Teaching Interests
Urban/Rural/Community Sociology
Race & Ethnicity
Social Theory
Ethnography
Publications
Peer-reviewed Publications
Forthcoming 2021. Tuttle, Steven. “Towards a Theory of the Racialization of Space.” American Behavioral Scientist, special issue on White Space.
2021. Tuttle, Steven. “Attachment, Alienation, and Resistance: Cultural Displacement in Gentrifying Ethnic Enclaves.” Critical Sociology, Published Online July 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/08969205211029363
2020. Tuttle, Steven. “Producing Diverse and Segregated Spaces: Local Businesses and Commercial Gentrification in Two Chicago Neighborhoods.” City & Community, 19(4): 845-869.
Book Manuscript
Tuttle, Steven. Storefront: Communities, Commercial Gentrification, and the Racialization of Space (prospectus under review at a university press).
Encyclopedia Entries
2019. “Spatial Mismatch” in Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies. Edited by Anthony M. Orum, Marisol Garcia, Dennis Judd, Bryan Roberts and Pow Choon Piew. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Book Reviews
2018. Review of Race and the Politics of Deception: The Making of an American City (Christopher Mele, New York University Press, 2017). Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 4 (2):298-299 (Invited).
2016. Review of Upscaling Downtown: From Bowery Saloons to Cocktail Bars in New York City (Richard E. Ocejo, Princeton University Press, 2014). Urban Geography Research Group: Royal Geography Society with the Institute of British Geographers. URL: http://urban-geography.org.uk/book-reviews
Working Papers
Tuttle, Steven and Talmadge Wright. “The Virtual Geography of Racial Segregation: Exploring Racialization, Stereotypes, and Tropes in World of Warcraft.”
Tuttle, Steven and Talmadge Wright. “Neoliberal Narratives of Charity, Redemption, and Autonomy: the Inclusion of Homeless Voices in a Regional Newspaper.”
Rosenblatt, Peter and Steven Tuttle. “Representing the Changing City: Shifting Imaginaries of Place in Four Gentrifying Chicago Neighborhoods.”
Tuttle, Steven. “Extra-locality, Commercial Gentrification, and the Social Production of Despatialized Space: A Comparative Case Study.”
Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
Richard Block Award for Best Paper in Urban Sociology or Public Policy, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 ($150).
Summer Research Mentoring Program, Loyola University Chicago, Summer 2018 ($1,700, plus $1,200 for undergraduate research assistant/mentee).
Pre-Doctoral Teaching Fellowship, Loyola University Chicago, 2017-2018 (tuition, health insurance, stipend).
Alpha Sigma Nu, Jesuit Universities Honor Society, 2016.
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago, 2016 ($150).
Summer Research Grant, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago, 2016, 2017, 2018 ($250, $500, $500).
Graduate Student Tuition Award, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago, 2012-2016 (tuition, health insurance, stipend).
Selected Presentations
Tuttle, Steven. “Commercial Gentrification and Bonded Solidarity in the Covid Era: Three Case Studies.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 2021.
Tuttle, Steven. “Attachment, Alienation, and Resistance: Cultural Displacement in Two Gentrifying Ethnic Enclaves.” Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, August 2021.
Tuttle, Steven and Talmadge Wright. “Framing Homelessness Through Neoliberal Narratives: The Inclusion of Homeless Voices in a Regional Newspaper.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 2020 (conference cancelled).
Tuttle, Steven. “Alienation Before and After Gentrification: Perceiving Disorder and Displacement in Two Chicago Neighborhoods.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, August 2019.
Tuttle, Steven. ““Place Attachment, Displacement, and Alienation in Gentrifying
Neighborhoods.” Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Conference, New York, NY, August 2019.
Tuttle, Steven. “Alienation from Place: Commercial Gentrification and Social and Cultural Displacement in Two Chicago Neighborhoods.” Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Los Angeles, CA, April 2019.
Wright, Talmadge, and Steven Tuttle. “Framing the Poor: Rhetorical Frames, Neoliberal Assumptions and Homelessness.” Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Oakland, CA, March 2019.
Tuttle, Steven. “Towards a Theory of the Racialization of Space.” Junior Theorists Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, August 2018.
Tuttle, Steven. “Commercial Gentrification and Racially Diverse and Segregated Spaces in Two Chicago Neighborhoods.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2018.
Tuttle, Steven. “Segregation and Diversity by Circumstance and Design: Commercial Gentrification in Two Chicago Neighborhoods.” Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 2018.
Tuttle, Steven. “Towards a Lefebvrian Theory of the Racialization of Space.” International Social Theory Consortium Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, May 2018.
Tuttle, Steven. “Amenities, Third Spaces, and Within-Neighborhood Segregation in Two Gentrifying Chicago Neighborhoods.” Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Toronto, Ontario, April 2018.
Tuttle, Steven. “’Diverse by Direction’ or ‘Segmented Integration?’: Commercial Gentrification and Diverse and Segregated Spaces in Two Chicago Neighborhoods.” Chicago Ethnography Conference, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, March 2018.
Tuttle, Steven. “The Social Production of Racialized Space.” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, August 2017.
Tuttle, Steven. “Towards a Theory of Despatialization: A Comparative Case Study of Commercial Gentrification in Two Chicago Neighborhoods.” Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Minneapolis, MN, April 2017.
Tuttle, Steven. “Locating the Extra-Local: A Comparative Case Study of Commercial Gentrification in Two Chicago Neighborhoods.” Chicago Ethnography Conference, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, March 2017.
Rosenblatt, Peter, and Steven Tuttle. “Gentrifying the Urban Imaginary: Shifting Media Representations of Race and Place in Four Chicago Neighborhoods.” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Seattle, WA, August 2016.
Rosenblatt, Peter, and Steven Tuttle. “Imagining the Changing City: Gentrification, Race, and Media Representations of Chicago Neighborhoods.” Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, San Diego, CA, March 2016.
Brown, Jordan, and Steven Tuttle. “Measuring Movement Outcomes in Media: Covering Occupy Wall Street in the New York Times.” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August 2015.
Tuttle, Steven. “Reframing Sexism: Frame Variation, Value Orientations,and the Rise and Decline of a Men’s Rights Campaign.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Omaha, NE, April 2014.
Tuttle, Steven. “From ‘Power’ to ‘Progress’: The Role of Rhetoric in the Survival of a Men’s Rights Group.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, March 2013.
Tuttle, Steven. “From ‘Power’ to ‘Progress’: The Role of Rhetoric in the Survival of a Men’s Rights Group.” UCLA Thinking Gender Conference, Los Angeles, CA, February 2013.
Tuttle, Steven. “The Rhetoric of Entitlement.” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, August 2010.
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