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College of Creative Studies
Dean: Timothy Sherwood
Website: 
ccs.ucsb.edu
Telephone: (805) 893-4146


The College of Creative Studies (CCS) at UCSB is one of the three undergraduate colleges on campus. The College of Creative Studies is for passionate students who are committed to advanced and independent work in one of the disciplines represented in the college. 

While allowing for a more personalized path of study that fosters advanced learning, CCS students are encouraged to take advantage of the many opportunities afforded to them at a large public research university and engage in rigorous, transformative work, guided by faculty advisors dedicated to their academic growth. Although the curriculum may offer some flexibility, most programs are closely aligned with their corresponding majors in the College of Letters and Science or College of Engineering.

With a small community of around 400 students, CCS provides personalized advising and access to small seminars and intimate tutorials within the college, in addition to offerings and opportunities within Letters and Science and Engineering, as appropriate.

If you're a dedicated, motivated UCSB student ready to push the boundaries of your field, you can apply to CCS through the CCS website at: ccs.ucsb.edu/apply

Faculty

Adebisi Agboola, PhD, Columbia University, Professor
Specialization: number theory, arithmetic geometry
Joint Appointment: Mathematics

Tengiz Bibilashvili, PhD, Tbilisi State University, Teaching Professor
Specialization: Theoretical physics
Joint Appointment: Physics

Maribel Bueno Cachadina, PhD, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Teaching Professor
Specialization: linear algebra, numerical linear algebra, combinatorial matrix theory
Joint Appointment: Mathematics

Alison Butler, PhD, UC San Diego, Professor
Specialization: bio-inorganic and bioorganic chemistry, metallobiochemistry and chemical biology
Joint Appointment: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Jane Callister, MFA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Professor
Specialization: critical studies/contemporary culture, impact of new bodies of knowledge on contemporary art practice and theory, painting and drawing, inter-media
Joint Appointment: Art

Phill Conrad, PhD, University of Delaware, Teaching Professor
Specialization: computer science education, software engineering education
Joint Appointment: Computer Science

Tony de Tomaso, PhD, Washington University, Professor
Specialization: cell biology, developmental biology, immunology, transplantation biology, stem cell biology, regeneration, genetics, genomics
Joint Appointment: Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Stu Feinstein, PhD, UC San Francisco, Professor
Specialization: molecular cell biology and neurobiology
Joint Appointment: Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Carlos Garcia-Cervera, PhD, New York University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Professor
Specialization: calculus of variations, materials science, complex fluids, quantum chemistry, density functional theory
Joint Appointment: Mathematics

Sathya Guruswamy, PhD, University of Rochester, Teaching Professor
Specialization: theoretical condensed matter physics
Joint Appointment: Physics

Armand Kuris, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor
Specialization: parasite ecology, marine ecology, role of infectious processes in ecosystems, control of human schistosomiasis, crustacean biology
Joint Appointment: Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology

John Latto, PhD, Imperial College, Teaching Professor
Specialization: population and community ecology
Joint Appointment: Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology

Leroy Laverman, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Teaching Professor
Specialization: inorganic and analytical chemistry
Joint Appointment: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Everett Lipman, PhD, UC Berkeley, Associate Professor
Specialization: experimental biological physics
Joint Appointment: Physics

Michael Ludkovski, PhD, Princeton University, Professor
Specialization: stochastic control, optimal stopping, stochastic filtering, Monte Carlo methods. Applications in financial and insurance mathematics, decision theory and risk management.
Joint Appointment: Statistics & Applied Probability

Jon McCammond, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor
Specialization: geometric group theory and geometric combinatorics
Joint Appointment: Mathematics

David Morrison, PhD, Harvard University, Professor
Specialization: algebraic geometry and mathematical physics
Joint Appointment: Mathematics; Physics

Marko Peljhan, Diploma, University of Ljublijana, Slovenia, Professor
Specialization: interdisciplinary studies, systemics, tactical media, digital media, performance
Joint Appointment: Media Arts & Technology

Hank Pitcher, BA, UC Santa Barbara, Teaching Professor
Specialization: art

Stephen Proulx, PhD, University of Utah, Professor
Specialization: evolutionary theory
Joint Appointment: Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology

Mihai Putinar, PhD, University of Bucharest, Professor
Specialization: operator theory, complex analysis
Joint Appointment: Mathematics

Ram Seshadri, PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Professor
Specialization: inorganic materials, preparation and magnetism of bulk solids and nonoparticles, patterned materials
Joint Appointment: Materials; Chemistry and Biochemistry

Joan-Emma Shea, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor
Specialization: theoretical biophysical chemistry
Joint Appointment: Chemistry and Biochemistry; Physics

Timothy Sherwood, PhD, UC San Diego, Professor
Specialization: computer architecture, secure hardware, superconducting accelerators, embedded systems, program analysis and characterization
Joint Appointment: Computer Science

Dave Valentine, PhD, UC Irvine, Professor
Specialization: interactions between microbes and the Earth system, biogeochemical cycles, ecology of Archaea
Joint Appointment: Earth Science

Guofang Wei, PhD, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Professor
Specialization: differential geometry
Joint Appointment: Mathematics

Emeriti Faculty

Steven Allaback, PhD, University of Washington
Joint Appointment: English

William Ashby, PhD, University of Michigan
Specialization: linguistics
Joint Appointment: French and Italian

Donald Aue, PhD, Cornell University
Joint Appointment: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Robyn Bell, PhD, UC Santa Barbara

Gary Brown, MFA, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Joint Appointment: Art

David Cannell, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Specialization: experimental condensed matter physics
Joint Appointment: Physics

Peter Cappello, PhD, Princeton University
Joint Appointment: Computer Science

Daryl Cooper, PhD, Warwick University
Joint Appointment: Mathematics

Omer Egecioglu, PhD, UC San Diego
Joint Appointment: Computer Science

Kathleen Foltz, PhD, Purdue University
Joint Appointment: Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Louise Fradenburg Joy, PhD, University of Virginia
Joint Appointment: English

Jeremy Haladyna, PhD, UC Santa Barbara

Birge Huisgen-Zimmerman, PhD, Ludwig Maximilians University
Joint Appointment: Mathematics

William Jacob, PhD, Princeton University
Joint Appointment: Mathematics

William Kraft, MA, Columbia University
Specialization: composition
Joint Appointment: Music

Suzanne Levine, PhD, New York University
Specialization: Latin American Literature, Literary Translation, Translation Studies
Joint Appointment: Spanish and Portuguese

Shirley Lim, PhD, Brandeis University
Joint Appointment: English

Darren Long, PhD, Cambridge University
Joint Appointment: Mathematics

David Low, PhD, UC Irvine
Joint Appointment: Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology; Interdisciplinary Program in Quantitative Biosciences

Jane Mulfinger, MA, Royal College of Art, London
Joint Appointment: Art

Michael Oconnell, PhD, Yale University
Joint Appointment: English

Harry Reese, MFA, Brown University
Joint Appointment: Art

Curtis Roads, PhD, University of Paris VIII
Joint Appointment: Media Arts & Technology

Francesc Roig, PhD, University of Massachusetts
Specialization: mathematical physics
Joint Appointment: Physics

Charles Ryavec, PhD, University of Michigan

Earl Stewart, DMA, University of Texas
Joint Appointment: Black Studies

Bruce Tiffney, PhD, Harvard University
Joint Appointment: Earth Science

Robert Warner, PhD, UC San Diego, Scripps
Joint Appointment: Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology

Adrian Wenner


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