Name: Daniel Fandino
Year in program: 7
ABD: Yes
Primary supervisor: Dean Rehberger
Major field: United States
Minor fields: East Asia, Digital History
Personal page: www.wiredhistory.com
Daniel’s research interests focus on the relationship between the United States and Japan, popular culture, technology, and consumerism. His dissertation delves into the labyrinthian worlds of tabletop role playing games, comics, and computer games in the 1970s to trace the influence of Japan on developing American fandoms and subcultures during an era of increasingly difficult economic and political tensions between the U.S. and Japan. His digital work explores travel and movement in Japan and the United States through a public history approach.
As a graduate student at MSU, Daniel completed the Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities and the American Studies Certificate and was a senior Cultural Heritage Informatics fellow. He has taught courses as an instructor on the History of the Digital Age and Global Digital Cultures, and was a research assistant for the Lab for Education and Advancement of Digital Research (LEADR).