Carly A. Kocurek

• “Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games,” edited by Zach Whalen and Laurie N. Taylor. (book review). the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies. <http://rccs.usfca.edu/bookinfo.asp?ReviewID=606&BookID=426>
• “Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians,” by Lillian Faderman and Stuart Timmons. (book review). Intersections: Women’s and Gender Studies in Review Across Disciplines. Fall 2007. p. 68.
• “Reading ‘Desperate Housewives’: Beyond the White Picket Fence,” edited by Janet McCabe and Kim Akass. (book review). Film & History. Vol 37 (1) 2007. p. 93.

• Encyclopedia of Video Games, editor Mark J.P. Wolfe, Westport, Greenwood Press, Forthcoming.
  Entries for City of Mesquite vs. Aladdin’s Castle, Inc.; PlayMeter Magazine; RePlay Magazine; Video Games and Civic Engagement.
• The Business of Food: Encyclopedia of the Food Industry, editors Ken Albala and Gary Allen, Westport, Greenwood Press, 2008.
  Entry for Candy and Confectionery
• Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, editors Gary L. Anderson and Kathryn G. Herr, Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, 2007.
  Entries for Joan Baez, John Lennon, Stonewall Rebellion, Zines

• Roundtable Participant.Tuning in to the Fine Print: Law and Social Change in Media. Flow Conference 2010. Austin, TX. Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2010.
• “Time as Technology: Living and Laboring in the Modern City,” invited lecture, University of Pittsburgh. September Sept. 28, 2010.
• Roundtable Participant. Power-Ups and the Press: How the Game Media Impacts the Gaming Industry. SXSW Interactive 2010. Austin, TX. March 11-15.Economies of Stimulation: Arcade Gaming and the Postindustrial Marketplace. Seventh Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association (U.S.). Kansas City, MO. April 16-18, 2009.
• “I Want a Refund, I Want a Life: Postindustrial Labor and Living for Twentysomethings,” invited lecture, Rice University. March 26, 2009.
• Roundtable Participant. Are Women Taken More Seriously on the Web? SXSW Interactive 2009. Austin, TX. March 13-17, 2009.
• Arcade Economics: Class Values and Coin Operated Video Gaming. The 30^th Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA. Albuquerque, NM. Feb. 25-28, 2009. 
• My Year of Meats: Collaboration and Community-Based Research on the Southern BBQ Trail, Sixth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association (U.S.). New York University, New York, NY. May 22 - 24, 2008.
• Unpacking Citizen Vayne: Aleksey Vayner’s ‘Impossible is Nothing,’ the Performance of Masculinity, and the Implications of Viral Distribution, The 28th Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA. Albuquerque, NM. Feb. 14-17, 2007.
• Geek is the New Black: Ironic Consumption, the A/V Geeks Archive, and the Recycling of Educational Film, Film and History Fall Conference: the Documentary Tradition. Dallas, TX. Nov. 8-12, 2006.

• Remapping Youth: Adolescence as Neoliberal Experience, American Studies Association. San Antonio, TX. November 18-21, 2010. Served as organizer. Individual paper, “Stripmall Citizenship: Consumption as Youth Civil Right.”
• Bad Citizenship and Good Games: Video Gaming, Criminality and Citizenship, American Studies Association. Washington, D.C. November 5-8, 2009. Served as panel chair, commentator, and organizer.

• AMS 311s/WGS 301: “Making it in America: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in the United States” 
  Fall 2009/Spring 2010 (University of Texas at Austin)

• AMS 310: “Introduction to American Studies" 
• Fall 2008/Spring 2009 (University of Texas at Austin)
• E333T: “Technical Communication for Electrical and Computer Engineers”
• Fall 2005/Spring 2006/Summer 2006/Fall 2006/Spring 20005 (University of Texas at Austin)
•  PHIL 304: Contemporary Moral Problems
• Fall 2004 (University of Texas at Austin)

• Provided support to Dr. Sharon Strover on a collaborative project emphasizing digital media research and education in Portugal.
• Helped coordinate international internships for Portuguese students and young professionals; assist with events including a digital media research symposium and faculty visits.
• Developed, implemented, and managed the Digital Media Leadership Program, an internship program placing exceptional undergraduate students with Austin-based digital media companies.

• Met with graduate students on an appointment basis to provide one-on-one help with writing projects.
• Provided individualized instruction for undergraduates enrolled in Developmental Reading and Developmental Writing.
• Tailored Developmental Reading and Developmental Writing curricula to individual student needs.