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Marcella Aline Toledo

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Marcella Aline Toledo

  • College of Liberal Arts

    • History

      • PhD Student

Curriculum Vitae  

Expertise

Pan-Americanism; U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America; Diplomatic History; Inter-American Relations

Biography

Marcella is currently pursuing a PhD in History at Temple University in Philadelphia, United States. She holds a Master’s degree with honors in Public and Cultural Diplomacy from the University of Siena, Italy. She was awarded the Thomas J. Davis Fellowship by Temple University's Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy (CENFAD) for the 2025-2026 academic year, and is the recipient of the Sergeant Major William F. Berger Prize Endowed Fellowship for War and Society for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Her research focuses on pan-Americanism and U.S. foreign policy in Latin America in the twentieth century. She is fluent in Italian, Portuguese, English, and Spanish, and she has participated in exchange programs at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil and the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) in Mexico.

Selected Publications

  • Toledo, M. A. “Il Contesto Storico della Cooperazione Transcontinentale: Il Panamericanismo e il Brasile nella Costruzione delle Relazioni tra l’Ispano-America e gli Stati Uniti” (“The Historical Context of Transcontinental Cooperation: Pan-Americanism and Brazil in the Formation of Relations Between Hispanic America and the United States”) in Dall'Italia al Sud America L'Idea di Fraternité e il Mutuo Soccorso fra gli Emigranti in Argentina e Brasile (From Italy to South America: The Idea of Fraternité and Mutual Aid Among Emigrants in Argentina and Brazil), edited by Stefano Maggi, Javier Pablo Grossutti, Vania Beatriz Merlotti Herédia, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2025. 
  • Semboloni, L., Toledo M. A. “Unveiling Cold War Dynamics in Latin America: the Camelot Project.” European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies (EJIS) 10, no. 1 (January-April 2024): 132-143. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26417/re7frr24. 
  • Toledo, M. A. "Le relazioni interamericane tra Otto e Novecento: la dottrina Monroe e il Panamericanismo." (Inter-American Relations in the 19th and 20th Centuries: The Monroe Doctrine and Pan-Americanism). Storia e Futuro. Forthcoming.

Courses Taught

Fall 2026

  • IOR: History 0864: War and Peace

Spring 2025 

  • TA: History 0864: War and Peace
  • TA: American Studies 0801: Philadelphia Arts & Culture

Fall 2024

  • TA: American Studies 0801: Philadelphia Arts & Culture