Each year, a committee of faculty, staff, students, and community partners convene to select an intellectually stimulating, interdisciplinary book by a living author that appeals to a wide range of readers and can be incorporated into the UCSB curriculum. Each committee member suggests two titles to the longlist, which is narrowed down by vote to the "shortlist". The final book is chosen by vote from these five titles.
Peter |
Algona |
Faculty, Environmental Studies |
Somayeh |
Dodge |
Faculty, Geography |
Waverly |
Duck |
Faculty, Sociology |
Margaret |
Fisher |
UCSB Graduate Student |
Michelle |
Grue |
Faculty, College of Creative Studies/Writing |
Tomoyuki |
Ichiba |
Faculty, Statistics & Applied Probability |
Derek |
Katz |
Faculty, Music |
Jasmine |
Liang |
UCSB Undergraduate Student |
Shelly |
Lundberg |
Faculty, Economics |
Rebecca |
Metzger |
UCSB Library |
Mahsun |
Mirmohammadsadeghi |
UCSB Undergraduate Student |
Sophie |
Najm |
UCSB Undergraduate Student |
Erin |
Nerstad |
Associate Director, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center |
Sharleen |
O'Brien |
Director, Health & Wellness |
Caitlin |
O'Hara |
Director, Public Lectures & Special Initiatives |
Behrooz |
Parhami |
Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Heather |
Silva |
UCSB Library |
Claudia |
Tyler |
Faculty, College of Creative Studies |
Alex |
Regan |
UCSB Library |
Barbara |
Warren |
Community Member |