Who We Are

Staff

Advisory Board | Current Fellows

Susan Derwin
Director
T: (805) 893.8538
Office: 6046A HSSB
derwin@ihc.ucsb.edu

Erin Nerstad
Executive Director
T: (805) 893.3137
Office: 6046B HSSB
nerstad@ihc.ucsb.edu

Samantha Oglesby
Business Officer
T: (805) 893.8727
Office: 6050 HSSB
samantha@ihc.ucsb.edu

Christoffer Bovbjerg
Assistant Director
T: (805) 893.2004
Office: 6038 HSSB
cbovbjerg@ihc.ucsb.edu

Paula Schaefer
Senior Artist
T: (805) 893.4315
Office: 6046C HSSB
pschaefer@ihc.ucsb.edu

Gabby Reyna
Payroll and Financial Assistant
T: (805) 893.5541
Office: 6054 HSSB
gabbyreyna@ihc.ucsb.edu

Carole Strehlow
Contracts and Grants Coordinator
T: (805) 893.5073
Office: 6036 HSSB
carole@ihc.ucsb.edu

David Heras
Administrative Assistant
T: (805) 893.3907
Office: 6046 HSSB
dheras@ihc.ucsb.edu

Anna Jensen
Director of Isla Vista Arts
T: (805) 893.4809
Office: 6034 HSSB
akjensen@ihc.ucsb.edu

Advisory Board

Heather Badamo, History of Art and Architecture
Julie Carlson, English
Alenda Chang, Film and Media Studies
William Davies King, Theater and Dance
Xiaorong Li, East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies
Rose MacLean, Classics
Christina Vagt, Germanic and Slavic Studies

Current Fellows

Faculty Fellows
Utathya Chattopadhyaya, History
Mona Damluji, Film and Media Studies
Rachael King, English

Dissertation Fellows
Jéssica Malinalli Coyotecatl Contreras, Anthropology
Amy Fallas, History
Anthony Greco, History
Christina Guirguis, Global Studies
Albert Ventayol-Boada, Linguistics

Graduate Teaching Fellows
Celeste McAlpin-Levitt, English (Lead Instructor)
Kiri Avelar, Theater and Dance
Cedar Brown, Linguistics
Camille Despain, Education
Roderick Hibberd, Classics
Emily Hudson, Classics
Yiming Ma, East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
Wolfe Randall, Philosophy
Nicole Rehnberg, History
Cypris Roalsvig, Classics
Emmanouela Schoinoplokaki, Classics
Kristen Thomas-McGill, History

Public Humanities Graduate Fellows
Please see the complete list of Fellows here