Presented by the History department, Religious Studies, and the Walter H. Capps Center, Diane Winston, journalism and communication professor at USC, will visit UCSB to discuss how Ronald Reagan's portrayal of the American Dream, evangelical rhetoric, and the media contributed to Donald Trump's political rise.

This quarter’s HFA Speaks will be celebrating UCSB’s foreign language courses as a gateway to global culture, allowing students to engage with the world. Sitting on the panel is Magda Campo from Religious Studies, Sabine Frühstück from East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies, Laura Marqués-Pascual from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, and HFA Intern and moderator Jackie Jauregui. Refreshments will be provided.

In a two-day conference with twenty presentations, late UCSB English professor Glyn Salton-cox will be honored.