{"id":194867,"date":"2015-03-27T04:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=194867"},"modified":"2015-03-27T04:00:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T18:00:59","slug":"nmc-instructor-completes-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-instructor-completes-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"NMC instructor completes PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A faculty member of Northern Marianas College, J. Marcelino Gonz\u00e1lez, has recently completed the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Monash University\u2014a world-ranked institution and member of Australia\u2019s prestigious Group of Eight, OR Go8.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194868\" style=\"width: 185px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a attid=\"194868\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NMC-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NMC-pix-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Marianas College instructor J. Marcelino Gonz\u00e1lez. (Contributed Photo)\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-194868\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern Marianas College instructor J. Marcelino Gonz\u00e1lez.<br \/>(Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Specializing in the theory and practice of translation, his doctoral thesis\u2014titled Metaphor and Agency in the English-Spanish Translation of Texts In the Social Sciences (2014)\u2014examines process- and product-oriented issues in cross-cultural academic writing with an emphasis on figurative language in political discourse, as well as on the translator&#8217;s role in localizing texts to meet the unique needs of new target markets. Drawing as well from his translation of Dr. Russell Crandall\u2019s Gunboat Democracy (2006) his practice-led research also explores the collaborative-intervenient role of the translator, from project conception and copyrights to proposal submissions and publication.<\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez is an English and Spanish instructor in the Languages &#038; Humanities Department, as well as a certified translator. Having taught in several countries before joining NMC in 2009, he is also the translator of Dr. Dawn Stinchcomb\u2019s The Development of Literary Blackness in the Dominican Republic (2004). Currently, he is working on a grant proposal for the English translation of selected essays from Del espa\u00f1ol al chamorro(2009)\u2014an edited volume exploring the centuries-long influence of the Spanish language on the evolution of modern Chamorro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased when one of our faculty chooses to pursue and earn a doctorate degree,\u201d said NMC president Dr. Sharon Hart. \u201cThis degree stimulates a faculty member to garner even more knowledge of a specific discipline, which is most often transferred into the classroom. So not only does a faculty member benefit from earning this degree, so do the students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI congratulate Marcelo for his successful pursuit of this degree and acknowledge the honor bestowed him for such a prestigious accomplishment,\u201d said Barbara Merfalen, dean of Academic Programs and Services. \u201cHe sets the example that we all would like to emulate.\u201d <strong>(NMC)<\/strong><em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A faculty member of Northern Marianas College, J. 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