Faculty Steering Committee

Kevin Almeroth

Kevin Almeroth, Associate Director

Kevin Almeroth is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California in Santa Barbara where his main research interests include computer networks and protocols, wireless networking, multicast communication, large-scale multimedia systems, and mobile applications.

Bruce Bimber

Bruce Bimber, Director Emeritus

Bruce Bimber is Professor in the departments of Political Science and Communication at UC Santa Barbara, and Director Emeritus of the Center for Information Technology and Society.

Andrew Flanagin

Andrew Flanagin, Faculty Steering Committee Member

Andrew Flanagin joined the UCSB Communication department in 1996 after earning MA and PhD degrees in Communication Theory and Research from the Annenberg School for Communication, at the University of Southern California.

Richard Mayer

Richard Mayer, Faculty Steering Committee Member

Richard E. Mayer is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) where he has served since 1975.

Rita Raley

Rita Raley, Faculty Steering Committee Member

Rita Raley researches and teaches in the areas of the digital humanities and twentieth-century literature in an “international” or “global” context.

Matthew Turk

Matthew Turk, Faculty Steering Committee Member

Matthew Turk is a professor in the Computer Science Department and the chair of the Media Arts and Technology Program, an interdisciplinary program positioned at the convergence of arts, media, and technology.

Elizabeth Belding

Elizabeth Belding, Faculty Steering Committee Member

Elizabeth Belding is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California of Santa Barbara and is a member of the is a CITS faculty steering committee.

Jennifer Earl

Jennifer Earl, Director

Jennifer Earl is the Director of the Center for Information Technology and Society and an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

James Frew

James Frew, Faculty Steering Committee Member

James Frew is an Associate Professor in the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and a principal investigator in UCSB's Institute for Computational Earth System Science (ICESS).

Lisa Parks

Lisa Parks, Faculty Steering Committee Member

Lisa Parks, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at UC Santa Barbara, where she is also an affiliate of the Departments of Art and Women’s Studies and serves on the Executive Committee on the College of Creative Studies.

Ron Rice

Ron Rice, Faculty Steering Committee Member

Dr. Rice is the Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication in the Department of Communication, and Co-Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television, and New Media, at University of California, Santa Barbara.