Organized research units (ORUs) provide unusual opportunities for students and faculty to do basic and applied research in a variety of disciplines. The following ORUs operate outside of the established academic teaching departments at UCSB.
Chicano Studies Institute (CSI)
Director: Dolores Inés Casillas, Professor, Chicana/o Studies
Associate Director: Amy Gonzales, Associate Professor, Communication
Earth Research Institute (ERI)
Director: Tobias Fischer, Professor, Earth Science
Assistant Director: Holly Moeller, Assistant Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
Affiliated Centers
Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research (ISBER)
Interim Director: Kelly Bedard, Professor, Economics
Affiliated Centers
- Center for California Language and Cultures
- Center for Digital Games Research
- Center for Evolutionary Psychology
- Center for Information Technology and Society
- Center for Middle East Studies
- East Asia Center
- Leonard and Gretchan Broom Center for Demography
- MesoAmerican Research Center
- Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies
Marine Science Institute (MSI)
Director: Rebecca Vega Thurber, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
Affiliated Centers
Neuroscience Research Institute (NRI)
Co-Director: Stu Feinstein, Professor, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Co-Director: Ken Kosik, Harriman Professor of Neuroscience, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Affiliated Centers