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

2024 Organizing Committee

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Chengyu Fang (Co-Chair)
Communication

Starry Xu (Co-Chair)
Chemical Engineering

PROGRAMMING TEAM

Travis Candieas (Co-Chair)
Education

Jon Charry (Co-Chair)
Philosophy

Gianna Giovannoni
MCBD

Faranak Rajabi
Mechanical Engineering

Somer Levine
Education

Allene Seet
Classics

Alice Mo
Mechanical Engineering

Nan Wilkenfeld
Communication

Jaber Daneshamooz
Computer Science

LOGISTICS TEAM

Miriam Burnett (Co-Chair)
Education

Donnie McNish (Co-Chair)
Education

FINANCE TEAM

Emily Huffman (Co-Chair)
Marine Science

W. Streit Cunningham (Co-Chair)
Materials

Pranjali Jain
Computer Science

MARKETING TEAM

Jesse King (Co-Chair)
Communication

Osiris Hal (Co-Chair)
Education

Qing Huang
Communication

Li Qi
Communication

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

 

2024 sponsors (small)

Thanks to the following UCSB Departments for their support:

Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Linguistics English
Computer Science Mechanical Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Materials History