Our department had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Assistant Professor Sukhun Kang, one of the most recent additions to our faculty catalog. Read his full interview to learn more about his background, research interests, teaching, and more!
Personal website: https://www.sukhunkang.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sukhunkang
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sukhunkang
Our department had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Sienna Parker, one of our current PhD students. Read the full interview to learn more about her career and educational background, her research interests, and more!
Find Sienna at her LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siennaparker/
Q: What is your background?
Our department had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting over video with Amarsh Anand, a recent graduate from one of our programs. Read the full interview to learn more about his experience at UCSB and in our department, his passionate advice for current and incoming students, and more! This interview was conducted for the Winter/Spring Quarterly Newsletter 2024.
Find Amarsh at his LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amarshanand/
Kenneth Rife is originally from Temecula, CA. After high school, he ventured into entrepreneurship, co-founding successful valet parking and sports memorabilia companies. When the pandemic disrupted the status quo, Kenneth seized the opportunity to return to UCSB, earning dual bachelor’s degrees in Communication and Sociology. Embracing his new journey, he applied to UCSB’s MTM program, inspired by the program’s structure, incredible faculty and staff, and post-graduate opportunities.
Q: Why did you want to join the MTM graduate program?
Kareena is originally from the Bay Area in Northern California and graduated from UCSB with a bachelor’s in economics.
Q: Why did you want to join the MTM graduate program?
Noah is originally from Los Angeles. He studied Communication at UCSB, where he also completed the Certificate in Technology Management as an undergraduate. Since completing the MTM graduate program, he has been working at Feedly, an AI cybersecurity startup.
The following comments are excerpted from an alumni panel event that took place in April 2024.
Q: How did MTM help launch your career?
Natalie is originally from New Jersey and has an undergraduate degree from UCSB in political science and history of public policy. Natalie currently works at Motive, an integrated fleet operations platform.
The following comments are excerpted from an alumni panel event that took place in April 2024.
Q: What have been your employment experiences since graduating from the MTM program?
Nupur is originally from Washington State and completed her undergraduate degree in business management information systems at Western Washington University before joining MTM.
Q: Why did you want an MTM graduate degree?
Aamir is originally from Santa Monica and was a Mechanical Engineering major at UCSB prior to joining MTM.
Q: Why did you want to join the MTM graduate program?
Sabrina is originally from Southern California and completed her BA in English at UCSB before joining MTM.
Q: Why did you want to join the MTM graduate program, and how did your undergraduate major in English influence your decision?
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