10 Jun Announcing 2020-21 IHC Research Focus Groups
June 10, 2020
The IHC is pleased to announce the 2020-21 Research Focus Groups (RFGs). The RFG program brings together faculty and graduate students with shared research interests from different fields and departments/programs to foster the development of interdisciplinary research agendas.
Welcome to these new RFGs for 2020-21:
The Asian/American Studies Collective
Conveners:
Donna Doan Anderson, History
Diane Fujino, Asian American Studies
Joyhanna Yoo Garza, Linguistics
Naomi Joseph, Sociology
Lisa Sun-Hee Park, Asian American Studies
Disability Studies Initiative
Conveners:
Stephanie Goldstein, English
Catherine Nesci, Comparative Literature
Hangping Xu, East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies
Sustainability and the New Human
Conveners:
Sowon S Park, English
Sangwon Suh, Bren School
Congratulations to these continuing RFGs for 2020-21:
American Indian and Indigenous Collective
Conveners:
Margaret McMurtrey, Religious Studies
Candace Waid, English
Connectivity in the Premodern Mediterranean
Conveners:
Bernadette Andrea, English
Heather Badamo, History of Art & Architecture
Crossing Borderlands
Conveners:
Beth Digeser, History
Lisa Johnson, History
Rose MacLean, Classics
Language, Interaction, and Social Organization (LISO)
Conveners:
Mary Bucholtz, Linguistics
Kevin Whitehead, Sociology
Machine, People, and Politics
Convener:
W. Patrick McCray, History
New Sexualities
Conveners:
Paul Amar, Global Studies
Mireille Miller-Young, Feminist Studies
Jennifer Tyburczy, Feminist Studies
Re-centering Energy Justice
Conveners:
Mona Damluji, Film and Media Studies
Jéssica Malinalli Coyotecatl Contreras, Anthropology
Slavery, Captivity, and the Meaning of Freedom
Conveners:
Manuel Covo, History
Jeannine Marie DeLombard, English
Rose MacLean, Classics
Evelyne Laurent-Perrault, History
Giuliana Perrone, History
South Asian Religions and Cultures
Conveners:
Barbara A. Holdrege, Religious Studies
Bhaskar Sarkar, Film and Media Studies
Transregional East Asia
Conveners:
William Fleming, East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies
Xiaowei Zheng, History
To learn more, please visit https://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/research-support/research-focus-groups/.