Three University of California professors are lead researchers for the Wayfinding Project, a multi-year study of how writing affects the lives of recent college graduates. UC Santa Barbara Writing Program professor Karen Lunsford discusses the the project’s recent findings, as well as what is in store for the future.
Brad Silberling, director and executive producer of Netflix’s holiday series “Dash & Lily,” joined UC Santa Barbara’s Carsey-Wolf Center to talk about the inspiration behind the show and the New York Christmas spirit viewers can enjoy from their own television screens.
UC Santa Barbara alumnus and Pride of Place researcher, Justin Bengry gave a lecture on LGBTQ representation within the United Kingdom. He presented his groundbreaking research project “Pride of Place” along with a slide show presentation showcasing the various components that highlight the project including a map and locations.
In this interview, UCSB’s East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies assistant professor, Suma Ikeuchi, discusses her transformative experience doing fieldwork amongst Brazilian Japanese migrants in Toyota City, Japan.
Wendy Sung, a professor of Critical Media Studies at UT Dallas and an alumna of the UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, joined UCSB Film and Media studies to talk about how Black Mirror’s “White Bear” episode explores spectatorship in relation to how Americans view anti-Black violence on their technological devices.
Since going to remote learning. due to the pandemic, UCSB Linguistics has risen to the occasion and moved its peer tutoring labs online. Graduate student Jordan Douglas-Tavani recently sat down to discuss the process of moving their tutoring services online.
UC Santa Barbara’s Latin American & Iberian Studies program hosted “Social Movements, Identity, and Resistance in Contemporary Nicaragua.” A Tertulia – an informal discussion on politics and culture – that discussed how some Nicaraguans are using their grief to fuel their passion for social justice.
FOCUS ON FACULTY: UCSB English professor and scholar Patricia Fumerton has dedicated her life to discovering and unveiling the history of 16th and 17th century English broadside ballads. She speaks on how she got interested in her field of study, the online database English Broadside Ballad Archive, and her plans for the future.
Environmental sustainability professor from the University of Michigan, Kyle Whyte, spoke to a virtual UCSB audience about climate justice and the importance of including of Indigenous peoples in the fight against climate change. This event was presented by the Walter H. Capps Center.
UCSB Professor of Arabic language and literature, Dwight Reynolds, previews his book, The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus, in this audio interview.
UC Santa Barbara theater professor, William Davies King and NYU assistant professor, Rebecca Falkoff talk about the relationship that collecting and hoarding have with art and the mind.
