Resume

• 2010

  International Communication Association

• 2008

  American Studies Association

  Awarded for my paper

  \"Arcade Economics: Class Values and Coin Operated Video Gaming.\"

  SW/TX PCA/ACA Computer and Gaming Culture Area

  Volunteer of the Year

  Recognized as volunteer of the year for service to OutYouth

  a nonprofit providing services to lesbian

  gay

  bisexual

  transgender

  queer

  questioning and ally youth in the greater Austina area.

  OutYouth

  A.D. Hutchinson Endowed Fellowship

  Year-long academic fellowship awarded to support the completion of my dissertation project.

  The University of Texas at Austin

  IIT Sigma Xi-Junior Faculty Award for Excellence in Research

  Illinois Institute of Technology

• 2006

  Popular Culture Association

  PhD

  American Studies

  The University of Texas at Austin

• 2004

  M.A.

  American Studies

• 2000

  BA

  English

  History

  The Rice Thresher

  Golden Key International Honour Society

  KTRU

  Rice Women's Rugby

  Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow

  Rice University

• Digital Humanities

  Curriculum Design

  Qualitative Research

  Student Development

  Editing

  Teaching

  American History

  Grant Writing

  Writing

  Critical Thinking

  Blogging

  Creative Writing

  University Teaching

  Higher Education

  Public Speaking

  Oral History

  video game studies

  Copy Editing

  Project Management

  Research

  Coin-Operated Americans: Rebooting Boyhood at the Video Game Arcade

  Publisher's Description: \"\nHow and why video gaming culture became the domain of young men and boys\n\nCarly A. Kocurek examines the factors and incidents that contributed to the widespread view of video gaming as an enclave for young men and boys. Coin-Operated Americans holds valuable lessons for contemporary culture as we struggle to address pervasive sexism in the domain of video games—and in the digital working world beyond.\"

  Coin-Operated Americans: Rebooting Boyhood at the Video Game Arcade

  The Agony and the Exidy: A History of Video Game Violence and the Legacy of Death Race

  Gaming for the Gal on the Go: Advertising the Nintendo DS

  Putting Atari to Work

  Coin-Drop Capitalism: Economic Lessons from the Video Game Arcade

  Snapshot of American Game Ratings and Censorship

  The Right to Play: Youth

  Video Gaming

  and the Law

  When I was 4

  my dad took me to fly a kite. I begged to hold the string

  promised to hold on tight

  and then immediately let go to see what would happen. I just had to know. While it's a cliche that children always want to know why

  I believe these kinds of questions are at the heart of critical inquiry: What if? Why? How? \n\nAs a researcher and writer

  I focus on the history of video games

  filling in gaps in our understanding and helping to reconstruct the events that have shaped the contemporary industry and culture. In doing so

  I seek to understand the how and why of video gaming in the present. The ultimate goal

  always

  is to ask what if the future might be more innovative

  more inclusive

  and more expansive.\n\nAs a game designer and consultant

  I focus on experimental

  experience-driven game design and user-centered

  ethical gamification. I have expertise in paper prototyping

  playtesting

  player research

  crowdfunding

  and experience design. I can help ensure that the rewards system for your game

  app

  or program motivates and delights

  connecting your audience through a playful

  satisfying experience that never feels condescending or manipulative.

  Carly

  Kocurek

  Illinois Institute of Technology

  Greater Chicago Area

  Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities and Media Studies

  Illinois Institute of Technology

  Greater Chicago Area

  Associate Professor of Digital Humanities and Media Studies

  Illinois Institute of Technology