Who We Are
Susan Derwin
Director
T: (805) 893.8538
Office: 6046A HSSB
derwin@ihc.ucsb.edu
Peichi (Paige) Waite
Associate Director
T: (805) 893.3137
Office: 6046B HSSB
pwaite@ihc.ucsb.edu
Samantha Oglesby
Business Officer
T: (805) 893.8727
Office: 6050 HSSB
samantha@ihc.ucsb.edu
Casey Haughin-Scasny
Assistant Director
T: (805) 893.2004
Office: 6038 HSSB
haughinscasny@ihc.ucsb.edu
Ally Bortolazzo
Graphic Artist
T: (805) 893.4315
Office: 6046C HSSB
abortolazzo@ihc.ucsb.edu
Gabby Reyna
Payroll and Financial Assistant
T: (805) 893.5541
Office: 6054 HSSB
gabbyreyna@ihc.ucsb.edu
Sabrina Caruana
Administrative Assistant
sncaruana@ihc.ucsb.edu
Anna Jensen
Director of Isla Vista Arts
T: (805) 893.4809
Office: 6034 HSSB
akjensen@ihc.ucsb.edu
Jo Cristan
UCSB LIFTED
Program Manager
T: (805) 893.8534
jocristan@ucsb.edu
Advisory Board
Colin Allen, Philosophy
Heather Badamo, History of Art and Architecture
Juan Cobo Betancourt, History
Stephanie Malia Hom, French and Italian
Sherene Seikaly, History
Current Fellows
Faculty Fellows
Jessica Lopez Espino, Sociology
Stephan Miescher, History
Xiaowei Zheng, History
Dissertation Fellows
Joshua Baldelomar, Film and Media Studies
Martina Mattei, Comparative Literature
Abylay Stambayev, History
Giovanni Vimercati, Film and Media Studies
Mingyi Xiao, Comparative Literature
Graduate Teaching Fellows
Katherina Gontaryuk, Philosophy
Andrew Henderson, English
Emily Hudson, Classics
Yiming Ma, East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
Martina Mattei, Comparative Literature
Grace Miller, Classics
Public Humanities Graduate Fellows
Please see the complete list of Fellows here
Research Fellows
Margarita Delcheva, Comparative Literature