Career Development
End the quarter right with our last Lunch & Learn event of 2016, featuring talks by graduate students in Communication and Environmental Science & Management. Come enjoy free lunch and a chance to socialize with and learn from graduate students across the campus!
End the quarter right with our last Lunch & Learn event of 2016, featuring talks by graduate students in Communication and Environmental Science & Management. Lunch & Learn events are co-sponsored by the Graduate Division, the Graduate Student Association, and the Library, and you'll enjoy free lunch and a chance to socialize with and learn from graduate students across the campus.
Lunch & Learn
This Edition: Identity Formation & âImpact Assessment
Friday, âDecember 2
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Library, Sunrise Room (map)
âPizza and salad lunch will be provided
*To help us estimate food, âplease RSVP*
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"Do You Feel More Samoan Now? Identity Formation at Cultural Festivals"
Matt Giles
Graduate Student in Communication
Every four years, thousands of performers gather from dozens of different islands across the Pacific Ocean to collaborate and compete in the Festival of Pacific Arts. In 2016, over 2,500 cultural performers attended, with nearly 15,000 participants in attendance. As a consultant working with the Festival organizers, Matt worked with the organization to determine exactly how effective the Festival was at strengthening the connection between different groups at the Festival and to look to what can be done in future events. In this talk, Matt will address exactly what identity is and why it is important, how events such as this one can affect an individual's identity, and the importance of large cultural gatherings such as Festivals in the 21st century.â
"Life Cycle Assessment: Why to Tell the Whole Story"
Jessica Perkins
Graduate Student in Environmental Science & Management
Decisions are made every day by companies, regulators, and consumers that affect how products and services impact the environment and human health. Using a method called Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), we can quantify and evaluate these impacts by taking the entire product life cycle into consideration: raw material extraction, production, use, transportation, and end of life. LCA studies can be done on product alternatives to understand how they compare when each is considered holistically. Using LCA also makes it possible to identify "hot spots" in a product's life cycle where changes can be made that will result in the most significant improvements. The holistic approach helps to avoid unintended consequences that occur when decisions are made to reduce impacts in one area without identifying how it will affect the other phases in the product's life cycle. Jessica's research focuses on ways to improve the usefulness of LCA in industry decision-making.
This event will be moderated byâ âRebecca Metzger, UCSB Library's Assistant University Librarian for Outreach & Academic Collaboration.
Interested in being a presenter at an upcoming Lunch & Learn? Click here to find out more! If you have any questions about this event or Lunch & Learn in general, please email Shawn Warner-Garcia.