USIE

T-minus 1 week until the deadline to apply to be in our next year's cohort of Student Facilitators. Please see the link below for more information. http://www.honors.ucla.edu//undergraduate-student-initiat/

And last but not least Facilitator Spotlight: Doris Vidas Major:Anthropology... Minor: Linguistics Fun Fact: She lived on three continents and traveled to 20 countries (just for fun!). Title of Course: Anthropology of Beauty Faculty Mentor: Professor Alan Page Fiske Inspiration for Course: She decided to create this course because of her interest in beginning a conversation about expanding the definition of beauty. She believes that the commercialization of beauty has led to a limiting narrative. She hopes that an analysis of the biological and cultural facets that lead to the human perception of beauty can help create a more holistic definition that accounts for many different forms of beauty. "I hope to be intellectually challenged and inspire and challenge others. I would like to foster a Socratic learning environment in which the students and myself can find different meanings within diverse manifestations of beauty and together begin exploring and expanding the cultural narrative."

Our next Facilitator Spotlight: Izzy Sumner Major: Economics Minor: Chinese... Fun Fact: She is biracial, bilingual, bicoastal (having lived on both the East and West coasts) and Bi is quite literally my middle name! Title of Course: Deviations from Rationality: An Introduction to Behavioral Economics Faculty Mentor: Pierre Olivier Weill Inspiration for Course: She has always been interested in the psychological aspect of economics. Behavioral economics has fascinates her in its intersection between psychology and economics. She originally wanted to create my own behavioral econ club on campus, but then thought why not dream bigger and create a course about it instead! "I look forward to having intellectually stimulating and thought provoking conversations with my students. I hope to learn as much from them as they do from me through this collective education experience." Sign up and get ready for an empowering class this quarter!