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Sociologist Claudio E. Benzecry explores the blurred boundaries between humans and objects, revealing how people project themselves onto their surroundings and, in turn, become shaped by them. Through studies on opera lovers, shoe models, and museum guards, he uncovers the ways in which passion and perception transform inanimate things into active participants in human experience.
UC Santa Barbara Philosophy alum Noe Padilla ‘20 was recently awarded three first-place prizes from the Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for reporting for the Lafayette Journal & Courier. Now a reporter with the Indianapolis Star, Padilla got his start in journalism writing for student newspaper The Bottom Line, eventually and pursing the journalism track in the Writing Program.
Yuval Cohen is finishing up her final year at UCSB as President of Associated Students. As this academic year winds down, Cohen says she has learned many lessons about the power of influence and leadership.
UC Santa Barbara's Philosophy Department boasts the fastest growing Humanities major among undergraduates. Along with three recent faculty hires, new courses such as the Philosophy of Economics have been added to the curriculum and there are plans to keep expanding. In this video by HFA intern Calvin Bruhns, faculty and students describe how Philosophy has become a go-to major to prepare for post-graduate work and professional schools.
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.
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.
During the fall of 2018, Kindra Ontiveros was offered a program management position. Shortly after her start, the government awarded her department a million-dollar contract for an aerospace research project. Ontiveros is now the lead financial advisor for the project.
In a recent interview she spoke about how she has been cultivating her confidence at work in the aerospace industry and the path she took to get there.
In her years researching the social origins of the minimum wage in the Western world, historian, author, and professor at SUNY at Binghamton Kathryn Kish Sklar discovered that American labor pioneer Florence Kelley’s efforts in the late 19th century to protect women and children in factories led to the minimum wage in America. Sklar shared these findings in a recent UC Santa Barbara lecture hosted by the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy and the History Department.
Alex Meinhof is a second-year student majoring in philosophy at UC Santa Barbara. He is involved in the music scene on campus and works at UCSB’s radio station, KCSB-FM, which serves as both a means of entertainment of place of community for students. Meinhof recently spoke to HFA about his experience in this interview.
It’s not an everyday occurrence that we look for hints of high philosophy in our mundane, everyday lives. Felipe Silveira seeks to change that headspace, zooming into the single, seemingly trivial moment of brushing one’s teeth to highlight the ways in which philosophy intersects with and influences our lives.
In a series of video interviews, Humanities and Fine Arts professors share thoughts on the merits of their fields and their most rewarding experiences as teachers and researchers.
