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Stuart Gray Receives Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Each year, the UCSB Academic Senate recognizes a select few teaching assistants for the “vital role they play in enhancing the teaching mission of the University” and their “contributions to the teaching and learning process of UC Santa Barbara.” One of the recipients of this year’s awards is Stuart Gray, Ph.D. candidate in political theory. The Senate will honor this year’s recipients at a special meeting of the Faculty Legislature on April 26, 2012.

Spring 2014 Political Science Newsletter

We are pleased to share the Spring 2014 edition of the Political Science Newsletter.

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Topics in this issue include:

"The Identity of the Leader in Contemporary Turkmenistan: Between Tradition and Personal Characteristics"

Event Start: January 18, 2013 12:00 AM

Event End: January 18, 2013 12:00 AM

Event Location: Ellison Hall

Speaker:
Professor Slavomir Horak

2013 Honors Colloquium and Awards Reception

Event Start: June 14, 2013 03:30 PM

Event End: June 14, 2013 03:30 PM

Event Location: Buchanan 1930

External Financing and the Evolution of International Organizations

Event Start: February 10, 2014 11:30 PM

Event End: February 10, 2014 11:30 PM

Event Location: Lane Room

Speaker:
Julia Gray, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Bruce Bimber Named AAAS Fellow

Professor of Political Science Bruce Bimber was one of eight UCSB Faculty members -- the highest one-year total ever for UCSB -- who were elected 2011 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This honor is bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers in recognition of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

Graduate Students Win Campus Awards

Congratulations to ABD students Michael Albert, Scott Englund, and Amanda Zeddy for winning the 2013 Graduate Dean's Advancement fellowships that will provide full coverage of tuition/fees for a chosen quarter plus a generous stipend to help with research needs or living expenses.

We also would like to extend our congratulations to PhD students Lisa Argyle and Scott Englund for winning the 2013 ISBER Graduate Research Awards for Social Science Surveys (GRASS).

Communication, Consumption, and Civil Society: Media and Politics at the Checkout Line

Event Start: April 06, 2013 08:00 PM

Event End: April 06, 2013 08:00 PM

Event Location: HSSB 6020

Speaker:
Prof. Dhavan Shah, University of Wisconsin, Madison