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 2018 BA Organizing Committee are:

EXECUTIVE CHAIR

Brandon Isaac
Materials

PROGRAMMING TEAM

Will Summers (Co-Chair)
Materials
Ali Rahman (Co-Chair)
Comparative Literature
Jeff Carmichael
Chemistry

LOGISTICS TEAM

Victoria Steffes (Co-Chair)
Chemistry
Christi Peterson (Co-Chair)
Materials
Jing Yu
Education
Chelsea Brown
Psychological & Brain Sciences

FINANCE TEAM

Rhys Kennard (Co-Chair)
Materials
Matt Wong (Co-Chair)
Materials
Lale Stefkova
Spanish and Portuguese

MARKETING TEAM

Shawn Warner-Garcia (Co-Chair)
Linguistics
Daina Tagavi (Co-Chair)
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychology

SPONSORING ADVISORS

Robert Hamm
Assistant Dean
GRADUATE DIVISION
Arica Lubin
Graduate Program Coordinator
CENTER FOR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING PARTNERSHIPS
Lana Smith-Hale
Graduate Career Counselor
CAREER SERVICES

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

MAJOR SPONSORS

BA Major Sponsors

UCSB Graduate Division

Stimulating Entrepreneurial and Economic Development in Santa Barbara (SEED-SB)

UCSB Career Services

UCSB Center for Science & Engineering Partnerships

We would also like to thank our local sponsor for their support of our networking reception:

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