Smith, Eric
Eric R. A. N. Smith, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Eric R.A.N. Smith is associate professor of political science and environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He received his A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He taught at Brandeis University and then at Columbia University before moving to U.C. Santa Barbara. From 1996 to 1997 he was the director of U.C. Santa Barbara's Washington D.C. Center. His research focuses on public opinion, elections, and environmental politics. Dr. Smith is the author of The Unc



Cody, Diablo
Writer Diablo Cody penned her debut screenplay "Juno" while working as a phone sex operator/insurance adjuster in Minneapolis. She did not attend Harvard. She is the author of the infamous and critically acclaimed memoir "Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper", and has appeared on CNN, the FOX Morning Show, and "Late Show with David Letterman". She lives in Los Angeles.