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GEOG 121: The Geography of Housing, Winter 2027

Professor Wenfei Xu of the UC Santa Barbara Department of Geography will teach GEOG 121: The Geography of Housing in Winter 2027. Students planning their winter schedules can add the course now.

Topics include redlining and segregation, public housing, gentrification, homeownership, renting and eviction, housing supply, homelessness, student housing and international housing models. Students will leave the course understanding why housing has become so expensive, how housing has shaped people’s lives, and what can be done to make it more affordable, stable and just.

Schedule
Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:00 to 3:15 p.m.
Lecture: Ellison Hall 3621
Lab: Ellison Hall 2616

Winter 2027 Internships for PISJ Minor Students

Students in the Poverty, Inequality, and Social Justice (PISJ) Minor who plan to intern in Winter Quarter 2027 should complete the Internship Preparation Form by Monday, October 26 at 5pm. The Blum Center will hold Preview Info Sessions over Zoom from October 27 to 29, and on October 30 it will email the list of partner organizations and their postings to students who attended a session. Applications open Monday, November 2 and close Friday, November 13 at 5pm. Students may apply to up to five partner organizations, each with a one-page resume and a cover letter of up to two pages. Internships begin Monday, January 4. Students enroll in HIST/GLOBL/CHST 196SJ for 4 units. Full timeline and forms: blumcenter.ucsb.edu/academics/internship

Seven UCSB Graduate Students Receive 2026-27 Cooperative Economics Research Awards

Seven UCSB graduate students have received the Blum Center’s 2026-27 Cooperative Economics Research Awards, funded by the family of Dr. U.S. Awasthi, for research in Ghana, Colombia, Indonesia, Brazil, Central America and California.