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Matt Perko
The sum total of our daily communication comprises our “social biomes.”

Improve your life by embracing everyday, even mundane, conversations? Research says yes.

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Matt Perko
Jane Ward is a professor and chair of UCSB's Department of Feminist Studies
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Matt Perko
Michelle Petty, February 2024
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Black Studies Professor Sabrina Strings
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Jigna Desai - a woman with dark hair and glasses with brown skin
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Jeff Liang
Professor Jigna Desai, director of UCSB's Center for Feminist Futures
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Simona Pilolla