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Leah Stokes on a chair holding a plant
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Matt Perko
UC Santa Barbara associate professor Leah Stokes researches public policy, public opinion and political behavior, with a focus on energy, environment and climate change.

Leah Stokes receives the prestigious Schneider Award for Outstanding Science Communication

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A person holds a phone displaying an image of a diverse group of people.
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Nathana Rebouças, Unsplash
The ability to efficiently measure diversity in social media opens new possibilities for researchers, companies and consumers.
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Archeological remains from El Gigante
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Thomas Harper
Botanical remains from El Gigante.
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Juneteenth mural
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Juneteenth Legacy Project
"Absolute Equality" mural in Galveston, Texas, commemorating Juneteenth
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Ted Egan, Christopher Waller, and Peter Rupert
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David Bazemore
2023 South Coast Economic Summit guests (from left) Ted Egan, Christopher Waller and Peter Rupert
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An envelope addressed to UCSB's Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, from Corcoran State Prison
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With a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Grant, Foundations in the Humanities is funded to run at Corcoran for three years.
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Anthropology associate professor David Lawson
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Jeff Liang
Associate Professor David W. Lawson, May 2023
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Stop Asian Hate fortune cookie street art
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Michelle Bell
Michelle Bell, Chinatown Live