WGSS Alumni Spotlight: Adam Kocurek

About Adam Kocurek (he/him)

Education

  • Graduation Year: 2016
  • Major: Dual degree in History and WGSS
  • Minor: English

Community Involvement

  • VAWPP (Violence Against Women Prevention Program) Peer Facilitator at the Women's Center
  • Resident Assistant for the Residential Life
  • Employed with the Writing Center
  • Internship as a TA for WGSS Professor
  • Internship with Appellate Printing Press

Post Graduation

  • Ph.D. candidate in History at The CUNY Graduate Center
  • Adjunct lecturer at Hunter College

    Adam Kocurek

    Testimonial

    "I work as a Ph.D. candidate in New York City and teach as an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College. WGSS gave me the supportive academic community and critical thinking and research skills necessary for me to enter my Ph.D. program. The faculty, staff, and other students in WGSS, as well as the other resources on campus like the Writing Center, were instrumental in developing my skills as a budding scholar and educator. The critical feminist pedagogical philosophy and analytical skills I honed through WGSS are highly valued in my work as an educator and researcher, and I credit the mentors I had in WGSS for getting me to where I am today. My advice to current WGSS students is to take full advantage of all the resources available to you at the university, take on as many classes and internship opportunities as possible to broaden your mind and professional spheres, and take the initiative to forge community with your peers. Be kind and generous with yourself, as with others."