The department is appreciative of gifts of support in all amounts.  Currently, we are especially seeking support for undergraduate research projects and internships, graduate student fellowships, endowed chairs and professorships, and our speaker series. General gifts to the department are used wherever the need is greatest.

Gifts to the department are tax-deductible.  You may make a donation directly to the department via check payable to the "UCSB Foundation" sent to:

Political Science Department #9240
Attention: John Woolley, Chair
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9420

If you would like to discuss making a specific gift or learn more about planned giving, please contact Carroll Deason, Director of Development, Division of Social Sciences, at (805) 893-2774, or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

We are grateful to the many alumni and friends of the department who have given generously to us in the past.