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Sociology
Katelyn Mihalko, a double major in Film & Media Studies and Sociology at UC Santa Barbara, recently earned the title of “Intern of the Year” at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival—all while juggling classes, campus jobs, and film projects. With a deep passion for storytelling and a salami sandwich in hand, she’s carving her own path behind the camera.
Jolie Pierre-Louis, a fourth-year Sociology major and Civic Engagement Writing Minor at UC Santa Barbara, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship given annually to first-generation students in the Professional Writing Minor. In a video interview, she reflects on how her background and writing education have empowered her to advocate for low-income communities and pursue meaningful change.
The 2025 winners of the UCSB Humanities and Fine Arts Division’s Give Day Creativity Contest joined HFA faculty and donors at a lunch last week to receive awards for their original work in writing, photography, art and music.
Five years after COVID-19’s initial outbreak across the U.S., Letty García, Nomi Morris and Nathan Roberts from the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts gathered to unpack its impacts on film, the performing arts, writing and academia for a UC Santa Barbara audience. While quarantine fostered artistic innovation and collective creativity, it also transformed university students in both positive and negative ways, according to the speakers.
Sociologist Claudio E. Benzecry explores the blurred boundaries between humans and objects, revealing how people project themselves onto their surroundings and, in turn, become shaped by them. Through studies on opera lovers, shoe models, and museum guards, he uncovers the ways in which passion and perception transform inanimate things into active participants in human experience.
