Announcements

New Faculty Members Highlight UCSB's Interdisciplinary Approach
The Division welcomes Paulina Oliva, Assistant Professor of Economics.

Social Sciences & New Media Studies (SS&MS) building is the new home to four College of Letters and Science departments. Communication, Film & Media Studies, Global & International Studies, and Sociology as well as two leading research centers –– the Center for Information Technology and Society, and the Social Science Survey Center are all housed in the new building. Students will benefit from the building's new multimedia and general purpose computer labs on the first floor. For more information on how to give support to students and faculty in the new building, click here.

In the News

SFGATE: UCSB Researchers Study Video Games' Effect on Health
The Health Games Reserach Program has awarded $1.85 million in grants for research that will offer insight into how digital games improve players' health behaviors and outcomes. Debra Lieberman is a Communication lecturer and Director of the national program sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.


Terrorism Mastermind: The World is Getting Safer Not More Dangerous
THE PRESS (New Zealand) interviews terrorism expert, Michael Stohl, Professor and Chair of UCSB's Communication Department about political communication and the interaction between the media and terrorism.

Events

The Political Science Department hosts a  presentation of the Research Focus Group on The Politics of Identity. Jane Junn, Professor of Political Science at USC, will give a lecture entitled, "Testing the Identity to Politics Link: Racial and Ethnic Identity and Political Participation in the U.S.," on November 19th from 4:00-5:30 p.m. in the Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.