about Carly Kocurek
My name is Carly Kocurek, and I’m a graduate student and freelance writer living in Austin, TX, a city I’ve called home since 2004. Currently, I’m at work on a Ph.D. in American Studies at the University of Texas, having completed an M.A. in American Studies in Spring 2006 also at the University of Texas, and a B.A. in English and history at Rice University in 2004. I’m writing a dissertation on the history of video gaming during the “golden age” of the arcade, particularly as it relates to masculinity. I’ve also done quite a bit of work on digital culture more generally and on barbecue (book available here), because I’m a vegetarian who enjoys irony.
Places I’ve freelanced for include Nerve, Austinist, Rare Austin, Soundcheck Magazine, and Common Sense Media. You can take a gander at some of my oral history and photography work at the Southern Foodways Association’s Southern BBQ Trail. (Click around Central Texas long enough, and you’ll find me.)
I’ve also done event coordination and graphics work for a number of academic conferences, including the 2006 Flow Conference, the 2008 Flow Conference, “mongrel” america, and The Idea of America: Dreams, Desires, Disasters.
If that’s not enough for you, get in touch via e-mail at carly at sparklebliss dot com.