I’m Rwany Sibaja, Director of the History Education Program at Appalachian State University and Associate Professor in the Department of History My current research centers on popular culture in mid-twentieth century Argentina, with a focus on soccer and identity. I examine how middle-class perceptions of civility and disorder in fútbol shaped, and reshaped, notions of Argentine national identity and masculinity between the 1920s and early 1970s. My secondary research areas of interest focus on digital tools in the history and social studies classrooms and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). In particular, I explore the ways new media tools are reshaping the teaching, learning, research, and production of history. Currently, I help facilitate Active Learning Classroom (ALC) and Introduction to SoTL faculty groups at Appalachian State.
Thanks to the NC Teaching Fellows scholarship, I received my bachelor’s degree from Elon University I later earned a master’s degree from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a doctoral degree from George Mason University (GMU). Prior to joing App State, I enjoyed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and worked as a graduate research assistant for educational projects at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. In public education, I worked as a curriculum program manager for K-12 Social Studies and as a History and Spanish instructor in the Piedmont Triad region.
A resident of Deep Gap, NC, I enjoy spending time with my wife, two children, and our high-energy dog … usually with a good cup of coffee.
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