People

The people associated with CITS are what make us special: at heart, CITS is a network of internationally- and nationally-renowned researchers from UCSB, inquisitive and talented graduate students from UCSB, and industry and intellectual thought leaders who serve as External Advisory Board members or CITS Fellows. Below we provide a glimpse of CITS by introducing you to some of the people who make our Center shine. Click on the links in the sidebar for a full listing of names for each category.

Snapshot of CITS

Here’s a random sample of the people that make CITS such an exciting place. Refresh your browser to see a different group of folks.
Debra Lieberman

Debra Lieberman, Research Affiliate

Debra Lieberman is a lecturer in the Department of Communication and a researcher in the Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research (ISBER) at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Katy Pearce

Katy Pearce, Graduate Student, Staff

Katy Pearce is a doctoral student at UC Santa Barbara in the Communication department.

John Mohr

John Mohr, Research Affiliate

John Mohr is a Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Barbara. Professor Mohr research interests include organizational theory; sociology of culture; historical analysis; the welfare state; and qualitative/quantitative methods.

Michael Stohl

Michael Stohl, Research Affiliate

Michael Stohl is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at UC Santa Barbara. Dr. Stohl's research focuses on organizational and political communication with special reference to terrorism, human rights and global relations.

Roland Geyer

Roland Geyer, Ph.D Emphasis Faculty

Born and educated in Germany, where he was trained in engineering and physics, Roland Geyer came to the Bren School in 2003 and now teaches courses in production and operations management, and in the emerging field of industrial ecology.

Monica Bulger

Monica Bulger, Alum

Monica Bulger studies online literacy as a doctoral candidate in Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Jon Cruz

Jon Cruz, Research Affiliate

Jon Cruz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and in the Department of Asian American Studies at UCSB.

Cristina Venegas

Cristina Venegas, Ph.D Emphasis Faculty, Research Affiliate

Cristina Venegas is an Assistant Professor of Film & Media Studies at UC Santa Barbara. Professor Venegas focuses her research on international media with an emphasis on Latin America, Spanish-language film and television in the U.S., and digital technologies.

Miriam Metzger

Miriam Metzger, Ph.D Emphasis Faculty, Research Affiliate

Professor Miriam Metzger is interested in the social uses and effects of communication technologies. Her research includes studies of the credibility of information in the new media environment, problems of online privacy and security, the impact of media on public opinion, and the theoretical and regulatory changes brought about by the development of new media technologies.

Stephen Travis Pope

Stephen Travis Pope, Ph.D Emphasis Faculty, Research Affiliate

Stephen Pope teaches in the Department of Music at UC Santa Barbara, and the Graduate Program in Media Arts and Technology (MAT) and is also affiliated with the Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology (CREATE) at UC Santa Barbara.

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