Debra Herrick

Debra joined UC Santa Barbara's Office of Public Affairs & Communications as associate editorial director in 2022. She completed her doctoral studies in Latin American literature at UC Santa Barbara before pursuing a career in writing and publishing. She is also the editor and co-founder of Lum Art, a contemporary art magazine for California’s Central Coast, a 2023 Individual Artist Fellow (Established) for the Central California region, and serves on the board of trustees for the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara. Her feature "Love Me, Love Me Not: Anna May Wong, the first Chinese American movie star" for UC Santa Barbara magazine received a 2024 CASE District VII "Best of" award for writing.