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 and Dance

Philip Vieira Co-Chair Psychological and 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 and Computer Engineering

Christina Shin Psychological and 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 and Computer Engineering

SPONSORING ADVISORS

Robert Hamm Director of Graduate Student Professional Development GRADUATE DIVISION

Arica Lubin Graduate Program Coordinator CENTER FOR SCIENCE and ENGINEERING PARTNERSHIPS

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

MAJOR SPONSORS

COLLABORATOR-LEVEL SPONSORS

Materials Research Laboratory

Network Science IGERT

Graduate Students for Diversity in Science

PARTNER-LEVEL SPONSORS

Technology Management Program

Bren School of Environmental Science and Management

Computer Science Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

History Department

Graduate Student Association

Interdisciplinary Humanities Center

English Department

Linguistics Department

Philosophy Department