Community Relations

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Key Staff Contacts

Campus Calendar

Featured Events

Arts / Humanities

• The American Film Company
  Dana Driskel
  Phone: (805) 893-8294
  driskel@filmandmedia.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Coffee and the Culinary Cultures of the Middle East
  Juan Campo
  Phone: (805) 893-3945
  jcampo@religion.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Collectors and Collecting
  William Davies King
  Phone: (805) 893-8164
  king@theaterdance.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Dragons in World Culture
  Brad Eden
  Phone: (805) 893-4261
  eden@library.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Eugene O'Neill and Agnes Boulton: The Literary Marriage
  William Davies King
  Phone: (805) 893-8164
  king@theaterdance.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Hypnotic Performance and Performances of Hypnotism
  William Davies King
  Phone: (805) 893-8164
  king@theaterdance.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Islam and the Visual Arts
  Juan Campo
  Phone: (805) 893-3945
  jcampo@religion.ucsb.edu
  
  
• J.R.R. Tolkien: His Life and His Works
  Brad Eden
  Phone: (805) 893-4261
  eden@library.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Music Inspired by the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
  Brad Eden
  Phone: (805) 893-4261
  eden@library.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Playwriting and New Play Development
  Carlos Morton
  Phone: (805) 893-8303
  cmorton@theaterdance.ucsb.edu
  
  
• There's More to the Ear than Meets the Eye: The Effect of Music on Narrative in Hollywood Feature Films
  John Hajda
  Phone: (805) 893-7505
  jhajda@music.ucsb.edu
  
  
• U.S. Latino Literature
  Carlos Morton
  Phone: (805) 893-8303
  cmorton@theaterdance.ucsb.edu
  
  
• U.S. Latino Theater
  Carlos Morton
  Phone: (805) 893-8303
  cmorton@theaterdance.ucsb.edu
  
  

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Biological / Environmental / Geological Sciences

• Arctic Ecosystems
  Joshua Schimel
  Phone: (805) 893-7688
  schimel@lifesci.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Arctic Expedition
  Gail Osherenko
  Phone: (805) 893-5891
  gail.osherenko@gmail.com
  
  
• Bats: Natural History/ Santa Barbara Bats/ Bats of the World/ Bat Myths
  Mary Wenzel
  Phone: (805) 893-8882
  mary.wentzel@isc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Bioengineering
  Leslie Edwards
  Phone: (805) 893-3944
  edwards@engineering.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Biotechnology
  Leslie Edwards
  Phone: (805) 893-3944
  edwards@engineering.ucsb.edu
  
  
• California Grasslands & Nitrate Contamination
  Joshua Schimel
  Phone: (805) 893-7688
  schimel@lifesci.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Climate Change: Global Warming, Hurricanes, and Arctic Changes
  Catherine Gautier
  Phone: (805) 895-1731
  gautier@geog.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Climate Change, Peak Oil, and Energy Resources
  John Perona
  Phone: (805) 893-7389
  perona@chem.ucsb.edu
  
  
• The Dark Side of the Loon
  Gail Osherenko
  Phone: (805) 893-5891
  gail.osherenko@gmail.com
  
  
• Developing a New Bi-National Park in Belize and Guatemala
  Anabel Ford
  Phone: (805) 893-8191
  ford@marc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Drug Development
  Leslie Edwards
  Phone: (805) 893-3944
  edwards@engineering.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Early Dinosaurs and Other New Fossils from Madagascar
  Andy Wyss
  Phone: (805) 893-8628
  wyss@geol.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Ecopsychology in a Nutshell
  Marc McGinnes
  Phone: (805) 886-5840
  mcginnes@es.ucsb.edu
  
  
• The Future of Oil and Natural Gas Technology: Why the World Must Have Hydrocarbons
  Eric McFarland
  Phone: (805) 893-4343
  mcfar@engineering.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Geologic and Modern Evidence of Methane Seepage in the Santa Barbara Coastal Area
  James Boles
  Phone: (805) 964-2533
  boles@geol.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Geologic Studies of the Mission Tunnel
  James Boles
  Phone: (805) 964-2533
  boles@geol.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Global Warring: The Very Inconvenient Truth of a Failed Energy Policy
  Eric McFarland
  Phone: (805) 893-4343
  mcfar@engineering.ucsb.edu
  
  
• History of Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses
  Andy Wyss
  Phone: (805) 893-8628
  wyss@geol.ucsb.edu
  
  
• How Microbes Make the World Work
  Joshua Schimel
  Phone: (805) 893-7688
  schimel@lifesci.ucsb.edu
  
  
• How Sediments Become Rocks
  James Boles
  Phone: (805) 964-2533
  boles@geol.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Humans and the Climate System
  Joshua Schimel
  Phone: (805) 893-7688
  schimel@lifesci.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Hydrogen and Renewable Energy
  Chris G. Van de Walle
  Phone: n/a
  vandewalle@mrl.ucsb.edu
  
  
• A Landslide that Caused a Fire? An Unusual Thermal Anomaly in the Los Padres National Forest
  James Boles
  Phone: (805) 964-2533
  boles@geol.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Local Climate and Fog Patterns
  Christopher Still
  Phone: (805) 893-5501
  cstill@geog.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Local Vegetation
  Christopher Still
  Phone: (805) 893-5501
  cstill@geog.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Manage Aquifer Recharge: A Global Strategy for Increasing Local Water Supplies
  Jordan Clark
  Phone: (805) 893-7838
  jfclark@geol.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Managing Ocean Space Using Marine Spatial Planning and Ocean Zoning
  Gail Osherenko
  Phone: (805) 893-5891
  gail.osherenko@gmail.com
  
  
• New Fossil Mammals from the Central Andes, Chile
  Andy Wyss
  Phone: (805) 893-8628
  wyss@geol.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Nuclear Energy: Our Only Option
  Eric McFarland
  Phone: (805) 893-4343
  mcfar@engineering.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Peak Oil & Global Water Issues
  Catherine Gautier
  Phone: (805) 895-1731
  gautier@geog.ucsb.edu
  
  
• The Promise of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
  Dennis Clegg
  Phone: (805) 893-8490
  clegg@lifesci.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Reading the Geologic Record from Rocks
  James Boles
  Phone: (805) 964-2533
  boles@geol.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Retaining Agricultural Lands on the California Coast
  Gail Osherenko
  Phone: (805) 893-5891
  gail.osherenko@gmail.com
  
  
• Santa Barbara's Coal Oil Point Seeps: Natural Sources of Hydrocarbons
  Jordan Clark
  Phone: (805) 893-7838
  jfclark@geol.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Santa Barbara's Streams as Links from Land to the Ocean
  John Melack
  Phone: n/a
  melack@bren.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Sustainable Energy: Mankind's Greatest Challenge for the 21st Century
  Eric McFarland
  Phone: (805) 893-4343
  mcfar@engineering.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Viewing the Amazon from Space: A New Perspective
  John Melack
  Phone: n/a
  melack@bren.ucsb.edu
  
  
• What You Always Needed to Know About Dirt
  Joshua Schimel
  Phone: (805) 893-7688
  schimel@lifesci.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Why the Hydrogen Economy Will Not Work
  Eric McFarland
  Phone: (805) 893-4343
  mcfar@engineering.ucsb.edu
  
  

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Communication / Health / Psychology / Self-Development

• America's Love and Hate Relationship with Tobacco
  Aaron Ettenberg
  Phone: (805) 893-3682
  ettenberg@psych.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Better Living Through Psychotherapy
  Heidi A. Zetzer
  Phone: (805) 893-8064
  hzetzer@education.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Building Enthusiasm
  John D. Baldwin
  Phone: (805) 967-4995
  baldwin@soc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Closing the Gender Gap Between Men and Women
  John D. Baldwin
  Phone: (805) 967-4995
  baldwin@soc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Communication and Law Enforcement
  Howard Giles
  Phone: (805) 893-2055
  giles@comm.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Creativity
  John D. Baldwin
  Phone: (805) 967-4995
  baldwin@soc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Culture Shock in Your Life
  Sunny Jung
  Phone: (805) 637-7919
  sunnyjung@eastasian.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Ethical Capitalism
  John D. Baldwin
  Phone: (805) 967-4995
  baldwin@soc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Got Culture? Ingredients for Cultivating Cultural Competence in Counseling & Psychotherapy
  Heidi A. Zetzer
  Phone: (805) 893-8064
  hzetzer@education.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Healthy Body, Healthy Mind, and Healthy Soul
  Sunny Jung
  Phone: (805) 637-7919
  sunnyjung@eastasian.ucsb.edu
  
  
• How Can We Understand and End Unnecessary/Interminable Conflict?
  Thomas Scheff
  Phone: (805) 687-6145
  scheff@soc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• How to Build a Community Online
  C.K. Lin
  Phone: (805) 386-6909
  ck@cklin.org
  
  
• How to Master the Art of Professional Networking
  C.K. Lin
  Phone: (805) 386-6909
  ck@cklin.org
  
  
• How to Use Social Media to Build Awareness of Your Expertise
  C.K. Lin
  Phone: (805) 386-6909
  ck@cklin.org
  
  
• Intergenerational Communication and Aging
  Howard Giles
  Phone: (805) 893-2055
  giles@comm.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Intergroup Communication
  Howard Giles
  Phone: (805) 893-2055
  giles@comm.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Laughter and Tears, Dignity and Humiliation
  Thomas Scheff
  Phone: (805) 687-6145
  scheff@soc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Letting Go of Grievances: How to Forgive without Forgetting
  Heidi A. Zetzer
  Phone: (805) 893-8064
  hzetzer@education.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Mind, Madness and the Brain
  Aaron Ettenberg
  Phone: (805) 893-3682
  ettenberg@psych.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Myers-Briggs
  Carol Sauceda
  Phone: (805) 893-3442
  carol.sauceda@oeo.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Perception: How We Know the World
  John Foley
  Phone: (805) 893-2030
  foley@psych.ucsb.edu
  
  
• The Philosophy of Pragmatism
  John D. Baldwin
  Phone: (805) 967-4995
  baldwin@soc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• The Politics of Dignity
  Thomas Scheff
  Phone: (805) 687-6145
  scheff@soc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Problem Behaviors in Childhood and Adolescence
  Cynthia Hudley
  Phone: (805) 893-8324
  hudley@education.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Psychotherapeutic Drugs: From Lab to Clinic
  Aaron Ettenberg
  Phone: (805) 893-3682
  ettenberg@psych.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Social/Emotional Implications of Pop Love Songs: 1930 to the Present
  Thomas Scheff
  Phone: (805) 687-6145
  scheff@soc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• What is this Thing Called Love? The Three A's: Attraction, Attachment, and Attunement
  Thomas Scheff
  Phone: (805) 687-6145
  scheff@soc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• When a Friend or Family Member is Depressed: How to Help
  Heidi A. Zetzer
  Phone: (805) 893-8064
  hzetzer@education.ucsb.edu
  
  

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Computers / Engineering / Mathematics / Physical Science

• All Tied Up in Knots: Their Mathematical Structure
  Kenneth Millett
  Phone: (805) 893-2171
  millett@math.ucsb.edu
  
  
• An Old Man's Toy: Gravity at Work and Play in Einstein's Universe
  A. Zee
  Phone: (805) 893-4213
  zee@kitp.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Computers of the Future: The Promise of Quantum Computation
  Wim van Dam
  Phone: (805) 893-5211
  vandam@cs.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics
  A. Zee
  Phone: (805) 893-4213
  zee@kitp.ucsb.edu
  
  
• The Fourth Dimension
  Daryl Cooper
  Phone: n/a
  cooper@math.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Math Puzzles and Imagination
  Daryl Cooper
  Phone: n/a
  cooper@math.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Numbers: From the Finite to the Different Infinities
  Daryl Cooper
  Phone: n/a
  cooper@math.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell
  A. Zee
  Phone: (805) 893-4213
  zee@kitp.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Wayfinding and Orientation: How People Find and Lose Their Way
  Daniel R. Montello
  Phone: (805) 893-8536
  montello@geog.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Web 2.0: New Ways to Take Your Productivity to a New Level
  C.K. Lin
  Phone: (805) 386-6909
  ck@cklin.org
  
  
• Where the Wild Things Are: An Exploration of Knotting Across the Ages
  Kenneth Millett
  Phone: (805) 893-2171
  millett@math.ucsb.edu
  
  

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Education

• Affirmative Action in Higher Education
  Patricia Marin
  Phone: (805) 893-7429
  pmarin@education.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Application of Information Technologies in Education and Professional Training
  Michael Gerber
  Phone: (805) 893-3936
  mgerber@education.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Cultural Competence for Youth Serving Professionals
  Cynthia Hudley
  Phone: (805) 893-8324
  hudley@education.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Higher Education Access and Equity
  Patricia Marin
  Phone: (805) 893-7429
  pmarin@education.ucsb.edu
  
  
• New Research on Reading Acquisition for Non-English Speaking Children
  Michael Gerber
  Phone: (805) 893-3936
  mgerber@education.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Racial / Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education
  Patricia Marin
  Phone: (805) 893-7429
  pmarin@education.ucsb.edu
  
  
• School Reform and School Effectiveness
  Michael Gerber
  Phone: (805) 893-3936
  mgerber@education.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Special Education Policy and Practice
  Michael Gerber
  Phone: (805) 893-3936
  mgerber@education.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Student Motivation and the Transition to College
  Cynthia Hudley
  Phone: (805) 893-8324
  hudley@education.ucsb.edu
  
  

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History / Law / Politics

• American Foreign Policy
  Robert Rauchhaus
  Phone: (805) 705-8512
  rauchhaus@polsci.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Ancient and Modern Imperialism
  John W.I. Lee
  Phone: (805) 893-2286
  jwilee@history.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Athenian Democracy
  John W.I. Lee
  Phone: (805) 893-2286
  jwilee@history.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Environmental Law in a Nutshell
  Marc McGinnes
  Phone: (805) 886-5840
  mcginnes@es.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action in Hiring and in the Workplace
  Ricardo A. Alcaino
  Phone: (805) 893-2701
  ricardo.alcaino@oeo.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Gender and Sexuality in Classical Greece
  John W.I. Lee
  Phone: (805) 893-2286
  jwilee@history.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Hyperlexus: Diagnosis and Cure
  Marc McGinnes
  Phone: (805) 886-5840
  mcginnes@es.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Israeli/Palestinian Elections
  Nancy Gallagher
  Phone: (805) 499-0857
  gallagher@history.ucsb.edu
  
  
• The Maya
  Anabel Ford
  Phone: (805) 893-8191
  ford@marc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• The Middle East
  Nancy Gallagher
  Phone: (805) 499-0857
  gallagher@history.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Saudi Arabia since 9/11
  Nancy Gallagher
  Phone: (805) 499-0857
  gallagher@history.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
  Ricardo A. Alcaino
  Phone: (805) 893-2701
  ricardo.alcaino@oeo.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Sexual Harassment Prevention - AB 1825
  Carol Sauceda
  Phone: (805) 893-3442
  carol.sauceda@oeo.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Soldiers and Warfare in Ancient Greece
  John W.I. Lee
  Phone: (805) 893-2286
  jwilee@history.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Unlawful Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace
  Ricardo A. Alcaino
  Phone: (805) 893-2701
  ricardo.alcaino@oeo.ucsb.edu
  
  
• The War on Terror - Iraq/Afghanistan
  Robert Rauchhaus
  Phone: (805) 705-8512
  rauchhaus@polsci.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Women and Gender in the Middle East
  Nancy Gallagher
  Phone: (805) 499-0857
  gallagher@history.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Women and Media in Afghanistan
  Nancy Gallagher
  Phone: (805) 499-0857
  gallagher@history.ucsb.edu
  
  

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Religious Studies

• American Religious Landscape
  Wade Clark Roof
  Phone: (805) 893-2562
  wcroof@religion.ucsb.edu
  
  
• How to Self-empower with the East Asian Thoughts and Philosophy
  Sunny Jung
  Phone: (805) 637-7919
  sunnyjung@eastasian.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Introducing Islam
  Juan Campo
  Phone: (805) 893-3945
  jcampo@religion.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Iraq's Islamic Revolution
  Juan Campo
  Phone: (805) 893-3945
  jcampo@religion.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Islam
  Nancy Gallagher
  Phone: (805) 499-0857
  gallagher@history.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Islam in India
  Juan Campo
  Phone: (805) 893-3945
  jcampo@religion.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Islam Today
  Juan Campo
  Phone: (805) 893-3945
  jcampo@religion.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Pilgrimages to Sacred Places -- A Comparative Perspective
  Juan Campo
  Phone: (805) 893-3945
  jcampo@religion.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Reading the Qur'an
  Juan Campo
  Phone: (805) 893-3945
  jcampo@religion.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Religion and the California Experience
  Wade Clark Roof
  Phone: (805) 893-2562
  wcroof@religion.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Religious Pluralism
  Wade Clark Roof
  Phone: (805) 893-2562
  wcroof@religion.ucsb.edu
  
  

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Social, Cultural and Economic Issues

• The Impact of Nanotechnology on Society (China)
  Richard P. Appelbaum
  Phone: (805) 893-7230
  rich@isber.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Increasing Your Win-Win Living
  John D. Baldwin
  Phone: (805) 967-4995
  baldwin@soc.ucsb.edu
  
  
• International / Global Economics
  Benjamin J. Cohen
  Phone: (805) 893-8763
  bjcohen@polsci.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Swallowing Clouds: A Playful Journey Through Chinese Culture, Language, and Cuisine
  A. Zee
  Phone: (805) 893-4213
  zee@kitp.ucsb.edu
  
  
• U.S. Economic Foreign Policy
  Benjamin J. Cohen
  Phone: (805) 893-8763
  bjcohen@polsci.ucsb.edu
  
  
• What Should I Wear Today? Sweatshops and the Global "Race to the Bottom"
  Richard P. Appelbaum
  Phone: (805) 893-7230
  rich@isber.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Fatherhood and Forgiveness: Why Do They Hate Us So Much?
  Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval
  Phone: (805) 893-5709
  armbrust@chicst.ucsb.edu
  
  
• The Geography of the USA
  Daniel R. Montello
  Phone: (805) 893-8536
  montello@geog.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Global Poverty, Inequity, and Hope -- What's Going On?
  Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval
  Phone: (805) 893-5709
  armbrust@chicst.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Globalization and Sweatshops
  Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval
  Phone: (805) 893-5709
  armbrust@chicst.ucsb.edu
  
  
• The History and Geography of Beer
  Daniel R. Montello
  Phone: (805) 893-8536
  montello@geog.ucsb.edu
  
  
• Our Home Entertainment, 1900-2003
  Ken Harwood
  Phone: n/a
  harwood.ken@gte.net
  
  
• Social Movements: Central America, Martin Luther King, and Oscar Romero -- Prophetic Activism
  Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval
  Phone: (805) 893-5709
  armbrust@chicst.ucsb.edu
  
  

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Speakers Bureau

Topics and Speakers