UCSB Beyond Academia is planned and organized by a committee of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers across Social Sciences/Humanities/Education/Fine Arts/ (SHEF) and Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics (STEM) fields.

The members of the 2016 BA Organizing Committee are:

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Steven Brown
Materials
David Hwang
Materials

PROGRAMMING TEAM

Daniel Boulos (Co-Chair)
Theater & Dance
Philip Vieira (Co-Chair)
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Hung Phan
Chemistry
Ryan Neilson
Earth Science
Shirley Han
Center for Nanotechnology in Society
Helen Chen
Geography

LOGISTICS TEAM

Emma Parker (Co-Chair)
Music
Steven Brown (Co-Chair)
Materials
John Soboslai
Religious Studies
Emma Levine
Music
Onur Koksaldi
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Christina Shin
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Brandon Isaac
Materials

FINANCE TEAM

Wennie Wang (Co-Chair)
Materials
Rebecca Reitz (Co-Chair)
Materials
David Hwang
Materials
Tanya Das
Materials
Noreen Balos
Education
Emma Levine
Music
Rafael Melendez-Rios
Computer Science

MARKETING TEAM

Shawn Warner-Garcia (Co-Chair)
Linguistics
Karthik Krishnaswamy (Co-Chair)
Electrical & Computer Engineering

SPONSORING ADVISORS

Robert Hamm
Director of Graduate Student Professional Development
GRADUATE DIVISION
Arica Lubin
Graduate Program Coordinator
CENTER FOR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING PARTNERSHIPS

Beyond Academia is made possible through the generous support of our campus sponsors: