Faculty
Professor of Media Studies Vincent Roca Profiled by Daily Bruin
Margaret Fowler Garden Assistant Professor of Media Studies Vincent Roca was profiled by Daily Bruin, UCLA’s student newspaper. Roca received a master of fine arts from UCLA’s design media arts department […]
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LA Hungry Ghost Festival Returns with Professor Hao Huang as Senior Consultant
Professor of Music Hao Huang The third annual LA Hungry Ghost Festival returns on August 29 in LA’s Chinatown. The event is a cultural celebration that honors the past and […]
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Scripps Faculty Shining: Recent Publications and Works
By Caitlin Antonios While Scripps’ faculty are dedicated educators, their impact extends far beyond the classroom. Through groundbreaking research, influential publications, and creative works, they continue to advance knowledge and […]
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Weak Brain Waves Tell Us Something—the beatLab is Decoding Them
Photo courtesy of Theo Perlin By Caitlin Antonios New research from Assistant Professor Gautam Agarwal’s beatLab shows that weak brain waves contain meaningful information about memory and location, opening new […]
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Professor Stacey Wood Gives Elder Fraud Insight
Professor of Psychology Stacey Wood lent her expertise on elder fraud in a recent investigation published by the Sacramento Bee. Two firefighters who visited an elderly woman in response to […]
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Professor Martha Gonzalez Headlines in Chicago
Associate Professor of Chicanx-Latinx Studies Martha Gonzalez will headline the second annual Boleros De Noche in Chicago. The music series has been ongoing in Los Angeles for a decade and now returns to […]
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Professor Warren Liu’s New Book First Contact Makes Must-Read List 2026
Scripps Humanities Building Professor of English and Associate Dean of Faculty Warren Liu’s new poetry book First Contact made the Orange County Register’s list of poetry books to read in 2026. First Contact, published by […]
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See Professor Ken Gonzales-Day’s Art in the New Metro D Line Station
Metro Art commissioned Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day to create a public art display at the new Metro D Line Wilshire/Fairfax Station across the street from the Los Angeles County Museum […]
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Professor Yuval Avnur in Nautilus Magazine: Don’t Worry About AI
Professor Yuval Avnur Professor of Philosophy Yuval Avnur has published an op-ed in Nautilus expounding on the ways AI, despite its vast presence, won’t be replacing humans any time soon. […]
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Why the Liberal Arts Matter Now More Than Ever
Elm Tree Lawn By Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies Westenley Alcenat and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Professor Mary Hatcher-Skeers Two Scripps faculty members […]
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