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

2020 Organizing Committee

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Virginia Collier (Co-Chair)
Materials

Collin Holgate (Co-Chair)
Materials

PROGRAMMING TEAM

Michael Haggmark (Co-Chair)
Chemistry

Athith Krishna (Co-Chair)
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Eleni Papananou
Materials

Tianji Cai
Physics

Ben Luginbuhl
Chemistry

Vash Doshi
Political Science

LOGISTICS TEAM

Victoria Christensen (Co-Chair)
Materials

Amanda Brush (Co-Chair)
Political Science

FINANCE TEAM

Connie Dong (Co-Chair)
Materials

Yirui Zhang (Co-Chair)
Environmental Science and Management

MARKETING TEAM

Shuying Yu (Co-Chair)
Psychological and Brain Sciences

Michael Dannhauser (Co-Chair)
Education

Daina Tagavi
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychology

SPONSORING ADVISORS

Shawn Warner
Director of Professional Development
GRADUATE DIVISION

Arica Lubin
Associate Director
CENTER FOR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING PARTNERSHIPS

Lana Smith-Hale
Graduate Career Counselor
CAREER SERVICES