Aaron Aruck

Aaron Aruck is a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Scripps College. He holds a Ph.D. from UC Santa Cruz and a B.A. from Amherst College. His research focuses on the 20th-century U.S.-Mexico borderlands, examining how transnational efforts to police prostitution and sexual health influenced LGBTQ+ communities, particularly gender non-conforming migrants. His dissertation, “Tracking Contagious Cases: Venereal Disease, Sex Work, and the Making of the Male Homosexual at the US Mexico Border, 1920-1965,” highlights the intersection of public health policies and queer identity formation.

• Education:
• Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz
• B.A., Amherst College

Aruck’s work integrates queer public history, collaborating with the GLBT Historical Society to document Latinx queer histories and pre-Stonewall communities. He emphasizes community archives as tools for activism and education, fostering student engagement with these themes. His research bridges transnational health policies, migration studies, and the sociohistorical construction of gender and sexuality.

No specific grants or advising records are mentioned. His academic office is located in Humanities 214 on the Scripps College campus.