In an interview, fourth-year English major and Education minor Cynthia Montes discusses her pursuit of a career teaching high school English. As president of the UCSB Literature Club, she is already showing leadership in her chosen field.
New UCSB professor Wendy Eley Jackson is the instructor for Basic Screenwriting and Crew Production. She sat down for an interview to discuss her passion for writing and film, her journey through Hollywood, and what knowledge she hopes to impart to her students.
In an interview, UC Santa Barbara alumnus Jason Prystowsky discusses the new Medical Humanities Certificate program and why the future of medicine would benefit from interdisciplinary education.
Lawyer and activist Ady Barkan brought wisdom from a lifetime of political advocacy to UC Santa Barbara last week, inspiring a packed room of students, professors, and faculty to reject complacency in the face of adversity.
Norwegian theologian LeRon Shults visited UCSB to share his work on Human Simulation, an interdisciplinary research project that combines the expertise of humanists and scientists to study the past and predict the future.
Production Designer Michael Bricker visited UC Santa Barbara’s Pollock Theater to discuss how his use of cinematography and set design shaped the plot and aesthetic behind Netflix’s original series, Russian Doll.
Hosted by the Confucius Institute, Harvard professor Jie Li delivered a lecture in which she characterized the quasi-religious nature of Maoist cinema and propaganda as a “spirit medium.” Li’s special area of focus includes East Asian culture and cinema, on which she taught several courses and authored many articles.
Scholars from around the globe gathered last week to celebrate the 100th birthday of the late UC Santa Barbara professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Compartive Literature, Jorge de Sena. The event, a colloquium titled ““One Hundred Years of Jorge de Sena Itineraries: Portugal, Brazil, United States,” featured five keynote speakers who each provided unique insight into de Sena’s literary work and personal life.
Visiting linguistics professor Tracy Conner recently spoke at the UCSB Linguistics Department’s biweekly colloquium about her impactful research on syntactical patterns of African American English (AAE). Further study of these patterns could benefit educators and prevent young AAE speakers from wrongful speech disorder diagnoses.
Los Angeles painter Salomón Huerta presented UCSB students, staff, and community members with artworks that were deeply influenced by his personal life. His paintings are on display at the Art, Design, and Architecture Museum as part of the ¡Chicanismo! collection, which was mounted in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Chicano/a Studies Department at UCSB.
UC Santa Barbara Art professor Sarah Rosalena Brady recently presented her work with the National Museum of the American Indian and Jet Propulsion Laboratory in an event sponsored by the Media Arts & Technology Department. Brady is a multi-media artist who combines computer craft like coding & 3D modeling with traditional art-forms like clay sculpting.
Fourth-year English major and writing minor William Kang reflects on his writing experience at UCSB, including his position as a tutor at Campus Learning Assistance Services.
George Mason University historian Rosemarie Zagarri recently spoke to a UCSB audience about the ongoing demand for Electoral College system reform, especially after controversial elections. Her lecture, titled The Murky Past and Contested Future of the Electoral College, was co-sponsored by the departments of History, Political Science, Black Studies, as well as The Capps Center and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center.
Jeffrey Boloten, who heads Art and Business Program at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, visited UCSB’s program in History of Art and Architecture to lecture on the booming contemporary art market and the boundaries that loosely define that art industry category.
Writng student Beth Guluk Isensee offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Philosophy Department’s Ethics Bowl team, in which her roommate Natalie McCosker personifies the team’s motivation and dedication and they train for regional and national competitions.
"Green Games" is a class offered in the Film and Media Studies department that mixes environmental studies, media studies, and game design into one hands on course. For this session, the class is joined by visiting professor of architecture Janette Kim of California College of the Arts, who demonstrates her board game "Bartertown," which illustrates how climate change affects society.
Cesar Favila, a UCLA musicologist who specializes in Central America, recounted moving stories of nuns who sang in convents in Mexico in the 1600s as he shared his latest research with a UC Santa Barbara audience last week.
Theater major Anabel Costa describes how after a lifetime of dance she lost her passion and then found it again after taking a break. Costa is enrolled once again in dance courses at UC Santa Barbara and shares here experience with other creatives in this personal essay.
On Sunday, carillonist and Music Department Lecturer Wesley Arai performed a carillon recital to celebrate Storke Tower’s 50th anniversary. In an interview, Arai discussed the his experience as a carillon master. Dean John Majewski opened the event with remarks about the significance of Storke Tower and its carilion in campus history and culture.
Fourth-year Communication student Madison Terry discusses how a Magazine Writing course in UC Santa Barbara’s Writing Program shifted her outlook on the written word and inspired her interest in pursuing professional writing.