calendar-with-clock-icon-uc-santa-barbara Friday, February 27th, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm
location-icon-uc-santa-barbara Student Resource Building, Multipurpose Room

Presenters:

Anna Banowsky (Humanities & Fine Arts)
"Engaging the Public to Increase Humanities Funding"

Maria Job (Humanities & Fine Arts)
"Hungry Plants Against Capitalist Rhetorics"

Jakob Romine (Humanities & Fine Arts)
"The Social Responsibilities of Singer-Songwriters in Spain and Latin America"

Eunwoo Yoo (Humanities & Fine Arts)
"What to Eat and How to Cook: A 17th-Century Guide to the English Body"

Judges:

Our esteemed judges for this round are:

  • Chris Gifford (Senate Analyst in the Academic Senate)

  • Valencia Lagbo (Ph.D. Student in Counseling Psychology)

  • Joe McFadden (Professor in the Department of Geography & Chair of the Graduate Council)

  • Suzanne Retzinger, Ph.D. (Private Practice Psychotherapist)

  • Joe Salceda (Undergraduate Student in Chemical Engineering)