Marcelo Aranda
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities; Faculty Senate Chair
Morganton
Joined NCSSM in July 2022
Marcelo Aranda joined NCSSM-Morganton as a founding faculty member in July 2022. Born in Nicaragua, he grew up in South Florida in close proximity to space shuttles, Cold War politics, and a diverse community of people from all over Latin America. As a child, he became curious about the historical accidents, circumstances, and decisions that led him to the United States, which in turn sparked his study of history. Marcelo studied history at UC Berkeley and Stanford and has written scholarly articles about early modern scientific networks and practices in the Spanish Empire and has merged new digital methods with traditional historical instruction. He taught in the SIMILE (Science in the Making: Integrated Learning Environment) program at Stanford, and at Quarry Lane School in Dublin, CA. Since joining NCSSM, Marcelo has taught American Studies I and II, REXHUM and RHUM, History of Science, and J-Term courses on Indian Partition, WWII historical films, Japanese Anime, and a travel course to Japan. His interests include local food, graphic novels, animation, Gun-Pla, and science fiction novels. Marcelo, his wife, and their three cats have enjoyed being part of the NCSSM and Morganton community.
BA, History, University of California, Berkeley
PhD, History, Stanford University
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Carrie Alter
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Kate Axelrod
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Erudiel Bernal
Instructor of World Languages
Jay Bonner
Instructor of American Studies
Sarah Booker
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Michelle Brenner
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David Cantrell
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Jane Cantwell
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Kristin Connor
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Chad Cygan
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Katy Doll
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David Dry
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Mark Dubois
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Hong Li
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Tess Nielsen
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Martha Regalis
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Cecile Tougas
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