CV

Carly A. Kocurek
Doctoral Candidate, American Studies
the University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station - B 7100
Austin, Texas 78712-7100

Education

Ph.D., American Studies, anticipated May 2011: The University of Texas (Austin, TX)
Doctoral Portfolio in Cultural Studies
Qualifying Exam Fields (Passed May 2008): American Civilizations, Media Studies, Popular Culture, and Transnational Theory and History
Dissertation: untitled project on masculinity and classic arcade gaming.

M.A., American Studies, 2006: The University of Texas (Austin, TX)

B.A., English and History (cum laude), 2004: Rice University (Houston, TX)

Grants, Honors, and Awards

  • 2009 I/O Award for Best Student Paper in Computer Culture at the SW/TX PCA/ACA for “Arcade Economics: Class Values and Coin Operated Video Gaming”
  • University of Texas Professional Development Grant ($500 to attend Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association) 2009
  • University Co-operative Society Subvention Grant ($4000 awarded to Engelhardt et. al. for publication of The Republic of Barbecue) 2008
  • University of Texas Professional Development Grant ($325 to attend SW/TX PCA/ACA) 2008
  • University of Texas Professional Development Grant ($400 to attend the Documentary Tradition) 2006

Academic Publications

  • Co-authored with Elizabeth Engelhardt, et. al. The Republic of Barbecue: Stories Beyond the Brisket. Austin: University of Texas Press, Forthcoming 2009.
  • “Gaming for the Gal on the Go: Advertising the Nintendo DS,” Flow. 8, No. 3. http://flowtv.org/?p=1501
  • The Business of Food: Encyclopedia of the Food Industry, editors Ken Albala and Gary Allen, Westport, Greenwood Press, 2008. Entry for Candy and Confectionery
  • “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 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.

Selected Conference Presentations and Participation

  • “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.
  • 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 30th Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA. Albuquerque, NM. Feb. 25-28, 2009.
  • Roundtable Moderator. “Video Game Studies in the Academy.” Flow Conference 2008. Austin, TX. Oct. 9-11, 2008.
  • “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.
  • “Beauty and the Geek: Life Magazine on Video Gaming.” The 29th Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA. Albuquerque, NM. Feb. 13-16, 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.
  • Roundtable Moderator. “New Technologies.” Flow Conference. Austin, TX. Oct. 26-28, 2006.

Conferences and Symposia Organized

  • Coordinating Committee Chair, Division Street, U.S.A. Austin, TX. Oct. 1-2, 2009.
  • Coordinating Committee Member, Ain’t it Sweet?: An AMS Graduate Student and Alumni Symposium, April 9, 2009.
  • Coordinating Committee Member, Flow Conference 2008. Austin, TX. Oct. 9-11, 2008.
  • Coordinating Committee Member, “mongrel” america. Austin, TX. Oct 2-3, 2008.
  • Coordinating Committee Member, the Idea of America: Dreams, Desires, Disasters. Austin, TX. Sept. 28-29, 2007.
  • Coordinating Committee Member, Flow Conference. Austin, TX. Oct. 26-28, 2006.

Conference Panels Organized

  • Bad Citizenship and Good Games: Video Gaming, Criminality and Citizenship, American Studies Association. Washington D.C. November 5-8, 2009. Served as panel chair and organizer. Forthcoming.

Invited Presentation

  • “I Want a Refund, I Want a Life: Postindustrial Labor and Living for Twentysomethings,” guest lecture, Issues in Youth Studies: Obama and Beyond course, Rice University March 26, 2009.

Oral History Projects

The Southern BBQ Trail: A Southern Foodways Alliance Documentary Project. The Southern Foodways Alliance.

  • Collaborated on interviews of May Archie; Ernest Bracewell, Billy Bracewell, and Bryan Bracewell; Nikki Dugas; Billy Inman and Francis Inman; Chris LeClair; Bobby Mueller.

Teaching Experiences

08/08-05/09 Teaching Assistant (University of Texas, American Studies)

08/05 – 05/07 Teaching Assistant (University of Texas, Electrical and Computer Engineering)

08/04 – 12/04 Teaching Assistant (University of Texas, Philosophy)

Professional and Research Experience

04/07 – Present, Research Assistant, (UT-Portugal Digital Media Collaboration,)

01/07 – 08/08, Graduate Writing Consultant (University of Texas Learning Center)

Editorial Service

Senior Editor, Flow. May 2007 – May 2009.
Student Editor, Flow, May 2005 – May 2007.

University Service

  • Mentor, Intellectual Entrepreneurship Pre-Graduate School Internship Program, Fall 2007.
  • Coordinator, Technology Studies Roundtable. University of Texas, Austin. December 2006 – present.

Professional Affiliations

American Culture Association
American Studies Association
Association of Internet Researchers
Cultural Studies Association (U.S.)
Popular Culture Association

Research Interests

Queer, Gender, and Transnational Theory
Masculinity
Video Gaming
Visual Culture/Digital Culture
Oral History