Sean Curran

Adjunct Faculty

Sean Curran
Office
McCone 225
Tel
(831) 647-3562

Sean teaches Spanish and English courses at the Institute and CSUMB. He also translates and interprets for a variety of institutions in the Monterey area. He grew up in Manhattan Beach, California, graduating from UC San Diego in 2022. He competed on the NCAA championship surf team in 2002. After his BA in Spanish and English Literature, he pursued post-graduate studies in Applied Linguistics and Euskara in San Sebastián, Spain. There he began his teaching career as an English and Spanish instructor at high schools, abroad programs, and language academies. 

In 2007, Sean moved to Isabela, Puerto Rico, fortunate to homeschool emergent professional surfers from Latin America. In Los Angeles he worked as a translator and interpreter in media subtitles and dubbing, law, medicine, finance, and insurance. In 2012 he graduated from MIIS with an MA in International Policy Studies. Sean has taught at the institute since 2012, currently living in Monterey with his young son.

Areas of Interest

Learning Basque ignited an enduring fascination with language, cognition, and didactics. Beyond linguistics, he loves history, wave science, marine ecology, and geopolitics. Sean surfs and dives locally, grateful to explore the unparalleled beauty of the area. He enjoys practicing Qi Gong and various self-defense systems—In 2024 he began teaching different animal styles of Shou Shu Kung Fu at Monterey Martial Arts

Academic Degrees

  • M.A. in International Policy Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, 2012
  • Diploma de Estudios Avanzados en Psicodidactica, University of the Basque Country, 2006
  • B.A in English, Spanish, and Latin American Literature, UC San Diego, 2002

Professor Curran has been teaching at the Institute since 2012.