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  • UCSB Greets New Faculty

    This fall, UCSB welcomed 61 new ladder faculty to more than 30 departments, according to the Office of Academic Personnel. The appointments include:

    Gerardo Aldana, assistant professor, Chicano studies
    Allison Anders, professor, film studies
    Kaustav Banerjee, assistant professor, electrical &
    computer engineering
    Ingrid Banks, assistant professor, black studies
    Laurel Beckman, assistant professor, Art Studio
    Guillaume Bonnet, assistant professor, statistics &
    probability
    Mary Bucholtz, assistant professor, linguistics
    Rudy Busto, assistant professor, religious studies
    Bernard Comrie, professor, linguistics
    Claire Conceison, assistant professor, dramatic
    art/dance
    Timothy Cooley, assistant professor, music
    Frank Doyle, professor, chemical engineering
    Dorota Dutsch, assistant professor, classics
    Jennifer Earl, acting assistant professor, sociology
    Janos Englander, assistant professor, statistics &
    probability
    Michael Gazzaniga, professor, psychology
    John Gilbert, professor, computer science
    Gretchen Hofmann, assistant professor, ecology,
    evolution, & marine biology
    Tobia Hollerer, acting assistant professor, computer
    science
    Naomi Iizuka, assistant professor, dramatic art/dance
    Lisa Jacobson, assistant professor, history
    Luc Jaeger, assistant professor, chemistry/BMSE
    Lisa Jevbratt, assistant professor, media arts &
    technology/Art Studio
    Ryan Kastner, acting assistant professor, electrical
    & computer engineering
    Bryan Kim, assistant professor, education
    Denis Labutin, assistant professor, mathematics
    Guisela LaTorre, acting assistant professor, Chicano
    studies
    Hunter Lenihan, assistant professor, Bren School
    Dzwokai "Zach" Ma, assistant professor, molecular,
    cellular, & developmental biology
    Christopher Marwood, assistant professor, Bren School
    Jonathan McCammond, assistant professor, mathematics
    Rose McDermott, assistant professor, political science
    Viola Miglio, assistant professor, Spanish/Portuguese
    Michael Miller, assistant professor, psychology
    Kathleen Moore, associate professor, law & society
    Carlos Morton, professor, dramatic art/dance
    Marcos Novak, assistant professor, media arts &
    technology/Art Studio
    Todd Oakley, assistant professor, molecular, cellular,
    & developmental biology
    Siang-Peng Oh, assistant professor, physics
    Elide Oliver, assistant professor, Spanish/Portuguese
    John Park, assistant professor, Asian American studies
    Marko Peljhan, assistant professor, Art Studio
    Susannah Porter, assistant professor, geological
    sciences
    Lawrence Rabiner, professor, electrical & computer
    engineering
    Leila Rupp, professor, women's studies
    Martin Sagermann, assistant professor, chemistry/BMSE
    Jean Marie Schultz, lecturer with security of
    employment, French/Italian
    Susannah Scott, professor, chemical engineering
    Ram Seshadri, assistant professor, materials
    Isador Singer, professor, mathematics
    Susanne Stemmer, assistant professor, materials
    Christopher Still, assistant professor, geography
    Stanley Tambiah, professor, religious studies
    Verta Taylor, professor, sociology
    Stefanie Tcharos, acting assistant professor, music
    Hung Cam Thai, acting assistant professor, Asian
    American studies
    Cristina Venegas, assistant professor, film studies
    Claude Weisbuch, professor, materials
    Volker Welter, assistant professor, art history
    Howard Winant, professor, sociology
    Aaron Zimmerman, acting assistant professor, philosophy