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Congratulations Class of 2024 Student Awardees!

The division of social sciences congratulates graduating recipients of the division and university's most prestigious student honors, awarded for scholastic achievement, extraordinary service, and personal courage and persistence. 

UCSB Communication Department Ranked #2 Globally!

UCSB's department of Communication has been ranked as the second best Communication program worldwide. 

Mellon Foundation awards $100,000 grants to four UCSB social science departments

The departments of Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, and Feminist Studies each received $100,000 grants apiece from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

UCSB Students Start Free Tutoring Program for Local Children
  • Virtual Tutoring Session

UCSB student Jessica Lickstein (Sociology; third-year) started Education+, a free tutoring program for local k-8 students!

UCSB Moot Court Advances to Final Round on National Stage

Congratulations to UCSB students Marcus Ortiz (Political Science) and Jeremy Zide (Economics) for advancing to the final round and qualifying to compete on a national stage!

Academy of Management inductee Linda Putnam establishes award for organizational research scholars

A pioneering and career-long scholar in the field of organizational communication and the science of negotiation and conflict management, Linda Putnam, Distinguished Research Professor Emerita in the department of Communication, will be inducted as a fellow into the Academy of Management.

Congratulations Class of 2024!

A big congratulations to our newest alumni - UCSB's Class of 2024! 

Tara Mandrekar Receives Luis Leal Award

Tara Mandrekar has been awarded the Luis Leal Award in recognition of outstanding interdisciplinary academic achievement as a student of the social sciences. 

UCSB Feminist Studies Doctoral Student Yuri Fraccaroli Wins Prestigious Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship

 

Doctoral student Yuri Fraccaroli is among 45 awardees selected from a nationwide pool of more than 700 Ph.D. students in the humanities and interpretive social sciences to win the prestigious Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship.