May 15, 2026
Shaunak Sastry was appointed upon his hiring at UC Santa Barbara, for the Department of Communication, as the new Director of the Pahl Center for the Study of Critical Social Issues (https://pahlcenter.ucsb.edu/) in the Division of Social Sciences. Shaunak has made such an impression on the Pahls that they decided yesterday to donate an additional $1 million to the Division to sponsor an Endowed Chair for him.