Spotlight

Bruin Giving Day is April 28-29! Through 9 p.m. PDT on April 29, the UCLA community is joining together to make a difference through the power of philanthropy. During the…

Writing Programs Senior Continuing Lecturer Lauri Mattenson honored with the 2025 Campus Champion Award for her work with the UCLA Prison Education Program

Distinguished Teaching Award winner teaches writing as catalyst for change   In Tamar Christensen’s English composition classes, writing is not only a form of communication or a means for connection….

‘I must be famous to be heard’ Esha Niyogi De’s new book reveals a previously hidden narrative about women in South Asian cinema   When Esha Niyogi De traveled to…

4th annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium “Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.” -Anne Lamott About The Event UCLA Writing Programs…

What happens to an ecosystem when wildlife can’t move freely due to colossal freeways and other human-made infrastructure? In her first book for young readers, UCLA Writing Programs lecturer Teddi Chichester sheds…

Based on the life of a Dominican immigrant and Brooklyn matriarch, Mercedes is a multidisciplinary arts, humanities, and healing program that addresses aging, mental health, and intergenerational trauma. Through community-based workshops,…

Lewis is a graduate student in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a teaching fellow. She has taught Cluster 70: Evolution of Life and the Universe and a Cluster seminar: Astrobiology in…

L to R: PWM Capstone Seminar Colloquium presenters: Amber Thatcher, Roxann Song, Lynette Caballero, Marilyn Chavez-Martinez, Kailee Silver Forty of the Professional Writing Minor’s seventy-one graduating seniors participated in the…

Earlier this year, the UCLA Center for the Advancement of Teaching published a video in which Writing Programs lecturer and 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award winner Peggy Davis discusses how she…