About Daniel
Daniel Fandino is a historian of the United States and Japan with a specialization in Digital History, and a PhD candidate at Michigan State University. He received the Graduate Certificate in Spring 2024. Daniel’s research focuses on the relationship between the United States and Japan, popular culture, and technology. His dissertation traces the rising influence of Japan on the American comic book, computer game, and tabletop roleplaying game subcultures starting in the 1970s. The digital deeply influenced Daniel’s time at MSU. He was a research assistant in the Lab for the Education and Advancement of Digital research (LEADR) and taught courses using digital methods including History of the Digital Age and Global Digital Cultures as an instructor. He was a Cultural Heritage Informatics fellow from 2017 to 2020 and served as the graduate representative on the Michigan State University Library Digital Scholarship Lab Advisory Board and the Michigan State University Digital Humanities Curriculum Committee. He was also an H-Net Executive Council Member. His most recent digital project follows the travels of a 13th century Japanese noblewoman turned Buddhist monk as a means to chart pilgrimage, early tourism, and networks in Japan during the late Kamakura period.