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Introducing The Free Inquiry Podcast Series! 🎙️

Social Media Storytellers: On Academic Freedom is a new fellowship program, funded by the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement @ucfreespeech that funds undergrad students to research and produce multi-media work on the topic of academic freedom. Learn more about the fellowship via link in bio.

Academic Freedom Fellowship members Geneses Navarro & Alison Melendez interviewed at-risk scholars about their personal experiences with threats to academic freedom, both domestically and internationally. Have you heard about Scholars at Risk? It is an organisation that relocates endangered academics to safer institutions worldwide.

Interested in learning more about scholars’ journeys to academic freedom and the powers that threaten it? 🤔

🔗 Click the academic freedom link in our bio to see the full podcast series.

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Video Description: A 36-second video of undergraduate student Geneses Navarro and Alison Melendez, introducing their podcast series for their 2026 social media storytellers project. Genesis begins by introducing the title “The Free Inquiry podcast,” which focuses on scholarly journeys to academic freedom. Alison then speaks about the interviews they have conducted with UCI Lecturers and scholars. The video ends with a final remark encouraging viewers to check out their series and learn more about academic freedom.

#AcademicFreedom #StudentPodcast #UCIStudents #Humanities #UCIrvine taken in University of California, Irvine by @ucihumanities

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We are so excited to have you here!💙💛

Here at the School of Humanities you have endless opportunities to learn about cultures, history, literature, film and SO many different languages. We can’t wait for all that’s to come this academic year!

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Video Description: A 45 second video of School of Humanities faculty and unit 18 lectures saying “Welcome to the School of Humanities” in different languages.

#Languages #UCIStudents #UCIHumanities #HumanitiesStudents #ExplorePage by @ucihumanities

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9 days ago

Did you know that 1 in 4 UC Irvine students identify as Hispanic, but that nationally only one in 10 PhDs are? This Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re celebrating the scholars telling our stories. 💛

Congratulations to Julia Nava (Film & Media Studies), Raúl Romo (Latin American & Iberian Cultures) and Isabel Verduzco (History). These PhD students are 2026 fellows of the Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative, and helping to build the pipeline for future scholars.

Their research on Salvadoran history, queer Latiné worldmaking, and cross-border media is opening doors for the next generation of Latino scholars. This is what humanities research can look like! 👀

Learn more about these three scholars and their work via link in bio.

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Image Description:
Photo 1: Mural painted on Division Street in the historic Paseo Boricua neighborhood of Humboldt Park, Chicago that reads “Oscar, somos la marejada de la liberación” (“Oscar, We Are the Groundswell of Liberation”)
Photo 2: Crossing Latinidades 2026 cohort
Photo 3: Julia Nava
Photo 4: Raúl Romo
Photo 5: Isabel Verduzco
Photo 6: Raúl Romo presenting at the Crossing Latinidades 2026 cohort
Photo 7: The Paseo Boricua flag, which represents the Puerto Rican community in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

#UCIHumanities #HispanicHeritageMonth2026 #LatinAmericanAndIberianCultures #UCIGradStudents #ExplorePage by @ucihumanities

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11 days ago

Great teaching shapes how we think, write, and connect. ✨

Congratulations to the seven scholars honored with the UC Irvine School of Humanities 2025-26 Teaching Excellence Awards. Nominated by their students and colleagues, we recognize these educators for their outstanding pedagogy and commitment to shaping the next generation of scholars.

Click the link in our bio to learn more about all seven amazing teachers!

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Photo 1: A blue background with text that reads “Teaching Excellence Awards”
Photo 2: Theodore Martin
Photo 3: Philip Broadbent
Photo 4: Giovanna Fogli
Photo 5: Katharine Walsh
Photo 6: Jung-Hsien Lin
Photo 7: Dorothy Fujita-Rony
Photo 8: Jessica Millward

#UCIHumanities #TeachingExcellenceAwards #Awards #Humanities #ZotZotZot by @ucihumanities

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Do YOU know what academic freedom means, and why it’s important? Well, last year we started a fellowship dedicated to exploring the topic by way of social media. 12 humanities undergrads spent the winter quarter reading and discussing texts on the topic with faculty from across the School of Humanities, and then in spring quarter made multi-media projects informed by the seminars and hands-on workshops with media professionals.

Check out all of their projects via the link in our bio. You’ll see that they made Instagram reels, long form videos, podcasts, and so much more!

Interested in joining the class this year? It’s a paid ($1,000) fellowship opportunity and will be open for applications starting in October. Stay tuned for more details!

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Photo 1: A drawing of the academic freedom class by Naomi Yoshikawa, English, Class of 2028
Photo 2: A drawing of the podcast “The Free Inquiry” by Naomi Yoshikawa, English, Class of 2028
Video 3: Academic freedom students interviewing students on outer ring road.
Photo 4: The entire academic freedom class out on the humanities bridge with Chancellor Gillman
Photo 5: An edited image of Richard Nixon and Trump stitched together with text that reads “The new red scare”
Photo 6: A drawing of the podcast “Footnotes and Fallouts” made by Naomi Yoshikawa, English, Class of 2028.
Photo 7: Chancellor Gillman speaking to the academic freedom class.
Video 8: Students standing out on ring road answering true or false questions and hitting a button.
Photo 9: A black and white graphic with text that reads “Front de Liberation Academiquie”
Photo 10: A drawing like a comic book style for the social media series “Academic Freedom on The Street” Naomi Yoshikawa, English, Class of 2028.

#UCIrivine #StreetInterview #Humanities #AcademicFreedom #UCIStudents taken in University of California, Irvine by @ucihumanities

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It’s finally here, the first day of fall quarter! It’ll be an exciting year full of events, clubs, study sessions and fun activities. 💙🐜💛

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Video description: A short video of clips from around the school of humanities campus with students walking around and posing for photos. Text on the video reads “pov: fall quarter has started”

#StudentLife #UCIStudents #UCIHumanities #HumanitiesStudents #ExplorePage taken in University of California, Irvine by @ucihumanities

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23 days ago

David Kniffin ’04 has built a career around more than winning championships. As head coach of UC Irvine’s men’s volleyball team, he’s helping student-athletes grow as competitors, leaders and people.

In this episode of Alumni in Action, David reflects on his journey from UC Irvine student-athlete to head coach, the unexpected ways his philosophy education influences his leadership, and what it means to cultivate champions whose impact reaches far beyond volleyball.

#UCIrvineAlumni #AlumniInAction #ZotZotZot #AnteaterForLife #UCIrvineVolleyball #MensVolleyball #Leadership #ChampionMindset #StudentAthlete #AnteaterPride by @ucihumanities

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24 days ago

Happy Welcome Week! The School of Humanities is so excited to have you here.💙💛

Today’s Dean’s Welcome and Anteater Involvement Fair was the perfect way to kick off the start of the new school year.

Don’t forget to tag us for a chance to win prizes!🌟

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Image Description:
Photo 1: Students standing at the tables with swag.
Video 2: Students walking into orientation smiling and waving.
Photo 3: PAAs posing with the new swag.
Photo 4: Dean Miller presenting at the new student orientation.
Video 5: Students walking on outer ring road headed to new student orientation.
Video 6: Students picking out stickers and bookmarks.
Photo 7: A welcome to humanities flag with students in the background.

#StudentLife #UCIHumanities #AnteaterForLife #ExplorePage by @ucihumanities

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25 days ago

School starts in just one week! Not sure what to do once you get here? Well, get some trusted advice from our recent alumni.

We hope you’ll make new friends, take a fun class and stop at all the many humanities events. What are YOU excited to do?🐜💙💛

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Video Description: A montage of clips at the beginning of the video with text that reads “We asked graduating humanities students: what is something you would recommend to incoming humanities students.” followed by clips of students talking into a mini mic sharing what they recommend to new incoming students.

#StudentLife #UCIHumanities #AnteaterForLife #UCIHumanitiesGrad ExplorePage taken in University of California, Irvine by @ucihumanities

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Our “Alumni Through the Decades” series comes to a close with the 2010s, a time where streaming and social media was taking off. Alumni Lawrence Dalusung (B.A. film and media studies, ‘12), took his first film and media studies class and decided to go all-in to try and work in the entertainment industry.

Lawrence came to UCI and did just everything you can do on campus. He got involved with clubs like Kababayan, a Pilipinx-American cultural organization, joined SPOP, worked at the bookstore and even took a few new classes, like the film and media class that launched his career trajectory. He is currently the Director of Global Influencer Marketing at Audible, where he is building new ways for creators to reach audiences through storytelling.

Read more about Lawrence and his time here at UCI.

Video Description: A 10 second video of alumni Lawrence Dalusung with text that reads “Alumni Through the Decades: 2010’s” and the next slide reads “It wasn’t until my third year that I took a film class and immediately knew that I wanted to major in film and media studies.”

#UCIPride #UCIHumanities #AnteaterForLife #UCIAlumni #ExplorePage by @ucihumanities

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The school year is quickly approaching and we cannot wait to see you all back on campus! 💙🐜💛

Are you still trying to figure out what classes to take this fall? Hear from our 2026 graduating class their top recommendations. And comment on what your favorite humanities classes were!

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Video Description: A minute long video of students around UCI campus talking into a mini mic about their favorite humanities class. A slide pops up in between each student with text that reads the major, the class, the class code and the professor.

#UCIrvine #UCIHumanities #AnteaterForLife #UCIHumanitiesGrad #ExplorePage taken in University of California, Irvine by @ucihumanities

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