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We are the History Department. We are its present. We are your students. This is our archive.

Student Testimonials/

The History Graduate Student Association represents the graduate students of the history department at UC Santa Barbara.

These testimonials are meant to shed light on the precariousness of surviving financially as a graduate student in this department, reflecting the larger graduate student experience at UCSB.

Bills,Bills,Bills

I live in subsidized university housing, and my rent burden would be 67% if I did not take on two additional jobs outside of TAing.

Medical Woes

Last year I started taking this important medication only half as often as prescribed, just so we could make ends meet. Over the summer, I s

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