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Welcome new Assistant Professors Amy Boddy and Elana Resnick!

Amy Boddy, IAS, and Elana Resnick, Sociocultural, are joinging us as new Assistant Professors this Fall. Welcome!

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Fall Instruction Begins!

Fall Instruction Begins Thursday September 28th!

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Two courses added for Fall!

AN 167, People of the Ice Age, and AN 132TS, Ceramic Analysis just added for Fall 2017.

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Prof. Stuart Tyson Smith appointed Director of ISBER

Institute for Social, Behavioral & Economic Research names new Director


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Prof. Emeritus David Brokensha Flag Lowering

Our campus flag will be lowered this Wednesday, July 12, in honor of Prof. Brokensha's memory and his many contributions.

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Prof. Emeritus Michael Jochim wins Dickson Award, will teach class Fall 2017

Dickson Emeriti Professorship Award for 2017-18


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In Memoriam: David Brokensha

It is with great regret that I must inform you of the passing of one of our former department colleagues, Professor Emeritus David Warwick Brokensha. Following a year of chronic cardiac issues, Professor Brokensha passed away peacefully in his home in Fishoek, South Africa on the morning of June 15th, 2017. Professor Brokensha was born on May 23, 1923 and received his PhD in Anthropology from Oxford University in 1963. He joined the UCSB Anthropology faculty in 1966 and was active in teaching, research, and service until he retired in 1989.

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Graduate Student Khan Receives Teaching Award

The Graduate Student Association (GSA) Excellence in Teaching Award (ETA) recognizes graduate students who have shown excellence and gone above and beyond as teachers at UC Santa Barbara.

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