{"id":2250,"date":"2026-08-25T19:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cei\/?page_id=2250"},"modified":"2026-09-15T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T20:25:00","slug":"aran","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cei\/meet-us\/aran\/","title":{"rendered":"Aran Gharibpour"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2250\" class=\"elementor elementor-2250\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f679014 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f679014\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-303a14f7 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"303a14f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-429ac8fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"429ac8fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cei\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2026\/09\/AranGharibpour.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2368\" alt=\"Aran\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cei\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2026\/09\/AranGharibpour.jpg 600w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cei\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2026\/09\/AranGharibpour-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aa642fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2aa642fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-267aa96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"267aa96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Philosophy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43a75ba9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43a75ba9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Aran Gharibpour is a professor in the Philosophy, Religion, and Humanities Department at Austin Community College (ACC). Some years ago, he gave up engineering to pursue philosophy, and somewhere down that path, he also picked up oil painting and Argentine tango. One could say, he belongs to the vanishing race of left-handed polymaths.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a25851e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a25851e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How has your community college teaching experience shaped your character over your career?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6398c5eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6398c5eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>I have become more articulate, confident, and spontaneous. I have lost false hopes and gained more grounded ones. I have better realized how creative thinking and teaching could go hand in hand. I have felt more deeply how much good, generous, expansive thinking is procedural and multiply realizable.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cc2b736 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cc2b736\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h4><p><a href=\"mailto:aran.gharibpour@austincc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aran.gharibpour@austincc.edu<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philosophy Aran Gharibpour is a professor in the Philosophy, Religion, and Humanities Department at Austin Community College (ACC). Some years ago, he gave up engineering to pursue philosophy, and somewhere down that path, he also picked up oil painting and Argentine tango. One could say, he belongs to the vanishing race of left-handed polymaths. 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