List of University of California, Santa Barbara alumni

This page lists notable alumni and students of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Notable faculty members are in the article List of University of California, Santa Barbara faculty.

Awards, honors, and prize winners

Nobel laureates

Pulitzer Prize

Academy Awards

Emmy Awards

MacArthur Fellows

The MacArthur Fellows Program is also known as the "MacArthur Fellowship" or "Genius Grant."

Academics

* R.J.Q. Adams, Ph.D. 1972 –American historian and Patricia & Bookman Peters Professor of History at Texas A&M University
* Reza Aslan, Ph.D. 2009 – Iranian-American author, commentator and religious scholar; professor of creative writing at University of California, Riverside
* Wendy Berry Mendes, Ph.D. 2003 – social psychologist and former Miss California
* Rory A. Cooper, Ph.D. 1989 – professor and founder of Human Engineering Research Laboratories
* Denis Dutton, B.A. 1966, Ph.D. 1975 – professor, philosopher, and founder of Arts & Letters Daily
* Carol Folt, B.A. 1976, M.A. 1978 – President of the University of Southern California
* Nancy Guerra, M.A. 1977 – psychologist and dean of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine
* James Kilgore, 1969 - Former Symbionese Liberation Army and professor at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
* Jakob Lothe, M.A. 1976 – literary scholar and professor at the University of Oslo
* Neda Maghbouleh, M.A. 2008, Ph.D. 2012 – American-born Canadian sociologist, scholar, writer, author, and educator; the Canada Research Chair in Migration, Race, and Identity and associate professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto Mississauga.
* Heather McKillop, Ph.D. 1987 – Mayanist archaeologist and professor at Louisiana State University
* John D. Petersen, Ph.D. 1975 – former President of the University of Tennessee system
* Saba Soomekh, Ph.D. 2008 – religious author and visiting faculty at various universities
* Ronald Vale, B.A. 1980 - Professor, University of California, San Francisco, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Executive Director, Janelia Research Campus, member of the National Academy of Sciences
* Hans J. Van Miegroet, Ph.D. 1988 – professor at Duke University
* Tim Vivian, Ph.D. 1985 – scholar of Early Christianity and Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at California State University, Bakersfield
* Jon Whitmore, Ph.D. 1974 – current CEO of ACT, Inc., former President of San Jose State University and Texas Tech University
* Jay Alan Yim, B.A. 1980 – composer and associate professor at Northwestern University

Arts, entertainment, and literature

* Steve Aoki, B.A. 2000 – electro house musician, record producer, and founder of Dim Mak Records
* Gregg Araki, B.A. 1982 – film director, producer, and screenwriter; winner of a Cannes Film Festival award
* Tobin Armbrust, B.A. – film producer, president of Worldwide Productions and Acquisitions for Exclusive Media
* Brandon Baker – actor, ''Johnny Tsunami''
* Jack Bannon – actor, '' Art Donovan'' on ''Lou Grant''.
* Roko Belic, attended – film director and producer; winner of Sundance Film Festival award
* Lo Bosworth, attended – reality television participant on '' Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County'' and '' The Hills''
* Benjamin Bratt, B.F.A. 1986 – actor, ''Law & Order'', ''Private Practice'', ''Miss Congeniality''
* Lisa Bruce, B.A. 1983 – film producer, '' The Theory of Everything''
* Yau-Man Chan, M.S. 1977 – reality television participant on '' Survivor: Fiji'' and '' Survivor: Micronesia''
* Kayte Christensen, B.A. 2002 – sports commentator and WNBA player
* Claudia Cowan, attended – television journalist for Fox News Channel
* Steve Czaban, B.S. 1990 – sports radio talk show host on Yahoo! Sports Radio and ESPN 980
* Beth Rudin DeWoody

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