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From Netflix, PBS, Discovery, The History Channel, and more, film professor Chris Jenkins brings his professional documentary experience to the classroom to teach students the art of film production. The poplular, two-term course Crew Production teaches pitching, networking, and all that goes into workting with a production team.
UCSB’s Department of Music hosted an Opera Gala last month, showcasing the talents of UCSB and Ventura College students in three separate performances: one at UCSB, one at Ventura College and an abridged version at the Casa Dorinda retirement community. The primary focus of the Gala was six opera singers, all graduate students in UCSB’s music department. The event also featured a chorus, orchestra, and dancers .
Richard Croy, the new production and events manager for UCSB’s Music department, sat down for a Q&A to discuss his experience in theater and producing, as well as his plans to revitalize Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall.
A UC Santa Barbara professor in the Writing Program Paul Rogers recently sat down for an interview about his research for a chapter of a book “Writing as a Human Activity: Implications and Applications of the Work of Charles Bazerman,” he wrote. In the interview, Rogers discussed how students can contribute to the growing field of social entrepreneurship by using writing as a tool for social change.
Fast fashion is a major contributor to climate change, to research taught in a class called “Climate Crisis 101,” taught by UC Santa Barbara English professor Ken Hiltner.
Olivia Candelaria is one of many UCSB students taking matters into their own hands by thrifting second-hand clothing instead of giving into fast fashion trends. Hiltner’s “Climate Crisis 101” course provides students with concrete, information about the current state of the climate crisis and what can be done to mitigate it, Calendaria writes.
A team of UC Santa Barbara arts faculty and staff have received a $175,000 grant from the UC Office of the President’s initiative to advance faculty diversity by setting up an arts ‘commons’ that features an artists-in-residence program.It is the first arts initiative in the UC system to receive this diversity grant from UCOP, the office of the UC president, since the grant program began five years ago.
The American Dream promises idealistic notions of upward mobility and economic prosperity, but is this narrative really accessible for all? In a recent Zoom event hosted by UCSB’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, English professor Swati Rana discussed her new book, “Race Characters: Ethnic Literature and the American Dream.” The event was part of the IHC Humanities Decanted series, which highlights faculty members’ new work in an online interview/dialogue format.
The Academic Senate has recognized Art professor Kip Fulbeck’s many achievements with the 2019-2020 Faculty Diversity Award. Fulbeck is renowned for his groundbreaking exhibition and book “The Hapa Project,” which ran for 15 years and featured raw portraits of multiethnic individuals and their personal stories about being mixed-race.
