Staff

Deborah Gould & Vilashini Cooppan, co-Directors
Ja Bulsombut (cult@ucsc.edu), Graduate Student Researcher

2025-2026 Advisory Board

Muriam Haleh Davis (History)
Gina Dent (Feminist Studies)
Carla Freccero (Literature, History of Consciousness)
Nidhi Mahajan (Anthropology)
Marc Matera (History)
Dimitris Papadopoulos (History of Consciousness)
Warren Sack (Film & Digital Media)
Vanita Seth (Politics)

Administrative support is provided by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz.
The Humanities Institute is a hub for academic research, cross-discipline collaboration, and public engagement. We incubate ideas and foster innovation by funding projects, centers, and research clusters that enable faculty and students to work on some of the biggest problems of our day.