Who We Are
Susan Derwin
Director
T: (805) 893.8538
Office: 6046A HSSB
derwin@ihc.ucsb.edu
Erin Nerstad
Associate Director
T: (805) 893.3137
Office: 6046B HSSB
nerstad@ihc.ucsb.edu
Tahna Hekhuis
Business Officer
T: (805) 893.8727
Office: 6050 HSSB
tahna@ihc.ucsb.edu
Brandon Fastman
Associate Director of Research Development for the Humanities, Fine Arts, and Education
T: (805) 893.4539
Office: 2714 Ellison Hall
fastman@research.ucsb.edu
Courtney Richardson
Contracts and Grants Coordinator
T: (805) 893.5073
Office: 6036 HSSB
richardson@ihc.ucsb.edu
Senior Artist
Office: 6038 HSSB
Janice Strobach
Administrative Coordinator
T: (805) 893.3907
Office: 6046 HSSB
jstrobach@ihc.ucsb.edu
Selena Sweeney
Department Financial Assistant
T: (805) 893-5541
Office: 6054 HSSB
sweeney@ihc.ucsb.edu
Adam Morrison
Academic Coordinator
T: (805) 893.2004
Office: 6046C HSSB
morrison@ihc.ucsb.edu
Ellen Anderson
Director of Isla Vista Arts
T: (805) 893.4809
Office: 6034 HSSB
eanderson@ihc.ucsb.edu
DJ Palladino
Director of Magic Lantern Films
djpalladino@ihc.ucsb.edu
Advisory Board
Maurizia Boscagli, English and Comparative Literature
José Cabezón, Religion
Miroslava Chavez-Garcia, History
Dick Hebdige, Film & Media Studies and Art Studio
Nuha Khoury, History of Art and Architecture
Anne Torsiglieri, Theater and Dance
Elisabeth Weber, Germanic and Slavic Studies and Comparative Literature
Current Fellows
Faculty Fellows
Elena Arnova, History
Karen Lunsford, Writing Program
Amit Shilo, Classics
Martha Sprigge, Music
Predoctoral Fellows
Rosie Bermudez, Chicana and Chicano Studies
Nicole Dib, English
Doug Genens, History
Jennifer Hessler, Film and Media Studies
Max Jack, Music
Research Fellows
Fang He, History
Erin Travers, History of Art and Architecture