UC Santa Barbara students have seen the History of Public Policy as a a good major to prepare for law school. Now, starting later in 2020, students will be able to major in the History of Public Policy and Law. Program director Randy Bergstrom explains in an interview.
Pamella Nadell, director of the Jewish Studies Program at American University, spoke to UCSB and the larger community about the history of America’s Jewish Women. The talk was part of the Taubman Symposia, a lecture series dedicated to promoting Jewish culture.
UC Santa Barbara English professor Ken Hiltner sat down to discuss NXTerra, an online archive with tools for educators to teach climate change.
As the number of international students at UCSB have doubled over the past 5 years, Kristen Dunkinson works specifically with international students at Campus Learning Assistance Services (CLAS) in order to help them with their writing.
UC Santa Barbara film students Cameron Leingang and Lexi Lunchick are producing a documentary about the 2014 Isla Vista shooting called “Not One More,” to premiere next March, at the Pollock Theater on UCSB’s campus. The film is being made as a part of a Film and Media Studies course called Crew Production.
Bonnie Ruberg, a UC Irvine assistant professor of Informatics says that video games have always been queer because their design allows game engineers to resist sexual and gender norms and they allow individual gamers to do the same through gameplay. Ruberg was on campus as a guest speaker hosted by UC Santa Barbara’s Film and Media Department.
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.
