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Shifting the Public / Private Boundary: Normative Appeals in Covid Frames around Schooling and Social Gatherings
Friday, April 14, 2023
Dev Jennings, Coordinator of the Interpretive Data Science (IDeaS) Group, the Canadian Center for CSR Coordinator at the Alberta School of Business, and Co-PI in the Future Energy System (FES) Research Consortium
Continue ReadingScrutiny as Spectacle: Social Media Scrutiny of Frontline Professionals and its Implications for Accountability
Friday, March 10, 2023
Arvind Karunakaran, Assistant Professor of Management Science; Engineering at Stanford University
Continue ReadingUCSB Technology Management Welcomes Fares Ahmad, Brandon Lepine to Ph.D. Program
Monday, December 5, 2022
Technology Management, a Department within UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering, has welcomed two additional students to its growing Ph.D. in Technology Management program. Fares Ahmad and Brandon Lepine bring unique insights into their scholarship, including leadership experience within the technology sector.
Continue ReadingAsst Professor Jessica Santana Awarded Prestigious Hellman Fellowship
Monday, July 25, 2022
Technology Management Assistant Professor Jessica Santana has been awarded the prestigious Hellman Fellowship from the Society of Hellman Fellows. Made possible by a $125M gift from the Hellman Fellows Fund, this endowed program provides research funding to promising assistant professors who show capacity for great distinction in their chosen field. Many Hellman Fellows go on to become department chairs, award-winning researchers, and MacArthur “genius” grant recipients.
Continue ReadingTechnology Management Awarded over $300,000 in Grants; Bovenberg to Lead Research
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has been granted to support research led by Ph.D. candidate Danielle Bovenberg. Bovenberg will lead the research overseen by principal investigator Stephen R. Barley, Professor of Technology Management, and her research aims to understand the contributions that people in specialized technical staff roles make to science.
Continue ReadingProfessor Paul Leonardi Appointed Chair of Technology Management Department
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Technology Management Professor Paul Leonardi has been appointed Department Chair by UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering Interim Dean Tresa Pollock. Leonardi begins his appointment on July 1, 2022, and succeeds Professor Kyle Lewis, who has served in this capacity for the past five years. Professor Lewis will continue to conduct research and teach at the graduate level within the Technology Management Department.
Continue ReadingTech Mgmt Prof Mary Tripsas Named Distinguished Scholar
Friday, June 17, 2022
Professor Tripsas, a Professor of Technology Management in the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara, is a leading management scholar whose research focuses on the transformation of industries by new technology. Her important contributions have earned her the 2022 TIM Distinguished Scholar Award from the Academy of Management Technology and Innovation Management Division (TIM).
Continue ReadingMetabowlite Wins 23rd Annual New Venture Competition
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Pitching its optical technology for early detection of urinary tract infections (UTIs) to help save lives, improve health, and reduce costs, Metabowlite won UC Santa Barbara’s 23rd Annual New Venture Competition (NVC) Finals, taking home the $10,000 First Place Award. The event represents the culmination of the Technology Management (TM) Department’s rigorous eight-month technology-business-plan competition that is open to students from all disciplines at UCSB.
Continue ReadingTechnology Management Announces First Doctoral Placement at Univ of Cambridge
Friday, March 25, 2022
Technology Management, a Department within UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering dedicated to research and education at the intersection of engineering, information, and social sciences, announces the placement of its first doctoral student, Virginia Leavell, at the University of Cambridge. Ms. Leavell has recently accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the Organisational Theory and Information Systems Group (OTIS) within Cambridge Judge Business School.
Continue ReadingTechnology Management Designated Department within College of Engineering
Thursday, March 24, 2022
After more than 20 years under the auspices of UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering (COE), Technology Management has officially earned the name and status of a Department — one of six in the College of Engineering. Technology Management was originally born out of the COE as a mentorship program to support innovative and entrepreneurial students.
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