Announcement Archive

2021

[VIRTUAL] Arts & Lectures and The Division of Social Sciences Present: Race to Justice series event with Michelle Alexander
March 1, 2021
[VIRTUAL] Protecting Your Digital Self; the Credibility of Misinformation
March 1, 2021
[VIRTUAL] Feminist Futures Presents: “Care Across Generations” Black, Indigenous, and Latinx Mother Work: Communities of Care
February 24, 2021
[VIRTUAL] Profs at the Pub: Global Studies Professor Aashish Mehta
February 12, 2021
The website for the Feminist Futures initiative is now live!
February 10, 2021
In the News: Alexander Cho, Professor of Asian American Studies, was interviewed by The Atlantic for his research on young adults and articulated identity through social media
February 5, 2021
‘Intelligence Plus Character’
January 19, 2021
Communication Professor Walid Afifi Elected to Presidential Offices of the National Communication Association
January 6, 2021

2020

Fresh Eyes on Plato
December 22, 2020
Asian American Studies Professor, Diane Fujino, publishes new book, Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake
December 21, 2020
Congratulations to Distinguished Research Professor of Communication Howard Giles who received the 2020-21 Dickson Emeriti Professorship!
December 18, 2020
Congratulations to Political Science professor Amit Ahuja for being awarded the New India Foundation book prize for 2020!
December 10, 2020
In the news: Economics professor Peter Rupert on the December lockdown order
December 7, 2020
Race, Global Migration and Precarity
November 18, 2020
2020 Honorable Mention: Aída Hurtado for Intersectional Chicana Feminisms: Sitios Y Lenguas
November 10, 2020
DEADLINE EXTENSION: UCSB Winthrop Undergraduate Research Grant for Students in the Division of Social Sciences
November 3, 2020
MCC Virtual Discussion on Nov 4 | SOSC department Chairs to speak about the 2020 election
November 3, 2020
Economics professor Shelly Lundberg has been elected as one of two Vice Presidents of the American Economic Association
October 23, 2020
The Division of Social Sciences and The Gevirtz School partner together to develop UCSB's ÉXITO program
October 14, 2020
Congratulations to newly tenured faculty!
October 2, 2020
Anthropologists study spousal age gap in Tanzania
October 1, 2020
How We Age
September 25, 2020
SOSC welcomes its new Associate Dean and Faculty Equity Advisor, Diane Fujino, Professor of Asian American Studies!
September 21, 2020
Harvard Du Boise Virtual Lecture by Stuart T. Smith, Professor of Anthropology and Director of ISBER: September 22, 2020
September 18, 2020
A Top Ten — Again
September 13, 2020
The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies receives major grants
September 3, 2020
Political Science Professor Neil Narang Joins IGCC as Research Director
September 3, 2020
Social Sciences welcome new faculty for 2020-21
August 17, 2020
Archaeologist Anabel Ford receives NSF grant for comprehensive work at Maya site El Pilar in Belize
August 12, 2020
Economics Professor, Heather Royer, to study pandemic’s impact on the underserved in second project of Pahl Initiative
August 11, 2020
Anthropology Graduate Students Receive Special Summer Funding for Pandemic-related Research
August 4, 2020
In CalMatters: Dean Charles Hale discusses the importance of investing in UC, not cut core instruction
July 31, 2020
The next trend in food: Edible insects?
July 9, 2020
Congrats, Class of 2020: Global Studies Graduation Video
July 9, 2020
NPR: In his new novel 'Members Only', Sameer Pandaya, professor of Asian American Studies, Examines Brown Space Between Black and White
July 7, 2020
Sociology Professor Noah Friedkin Awarded Career Achievement Award
July 1, 2020
Jose Gutierrez (Sociology), Nicole Ramirez (Anthropology), and Dylan Schmerer (Economics) receive Honorable Mentions
July 1, 2020
Tracy Gao (Economics), Adri Davies (Political Science), Jessica Stratman (Political Science), and Jianxiao Ye (Economics) receive a City Club Prize
July 1, 2020
Shirin Assadian (Global Studies and Political Science) and Kahlo Smith (Anthropology) receive the Duval Scholarship
July 1, 2020
Congratulations to Stephanie Katz (Sociology) for receiving the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research!
June 24, 2020
Congratulations to Taylor Colette Jackson (Sociology) for receiving the Jeremy D. Friedman Memorial Award!
June 11, 2020
Congratulations to Jeike Adrian Mathilde Meijer (Global Studies and Feminist Studies) for receiving the Thomas More Storke Award for Excellence!
June 11, 2020
The Class of 2020 Virtual Celebration
June 11, 2020
Congratulations to Dalia van Zyll (Communication) for receiving the Luis Leal Social Sciences Undergraduate Award!
June 10, 2020
Black Studies Professor Sharon Tettegah gets accepted as a fellow in the IAspire Leadership Academy
June 8, 2020
Congratulations to Tania Dunson and Meghan Zero for receiving the 2019-20 Staff Citation of Excellence Award!
May 26, 2020
Understanding the Global Pandemic
May 22, 2020
Congratulations to Professor Aida Hurtado, the 2020 APA Division 35 Heritage Award winner!
May 11, 2020
Communication Professor Robin Nabi explores the use of entertainment media as therapy for stress, anxiety and hopelessness
May 8, 2020
Congratulations to Economics Professor Shelly Lundberg for being named a 2020 Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association!
April 28, 2020