“I write to discover what I know.” -Flannery O’Connor

About The Event

UCLA Writing Programs and the Department of English cordially invite you to our third annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium, organized as part of Undergraduate Research Week 2024. In this series of panels, students from the Professional Writing Minor (PWM) will present an exciting array of capstone seminar projects.

A new and growing minor with just eleven graduating seniors in 2020, forty-five of the PWM’s eighty-five graduating seniors in AY 23-24 will present on a rich diversity of topics that exemplify the range, depth, and individualized paths possible within the Professional Writing Minor. From the impacts of AI to inequities in aquatics, Mexican-American architecture to queer identity, students from diverse majors will share their original work in a range of genres including memoirs, legal notes, cultural criticism, websites, and more. 

The colloquium is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Friends, family, faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. Join us to experience writing as an act of both communication and exploration as these emerging writers and soon-to-be graduates share their insights and discoveries.

Schedule

List of Presenters

Rohan Abraham
Melody Anselmo
Sabrina Baker
Antonio Bayucan
Vianney Caravantes
Aya Cohen
Peterjohn Colino
Sara Daar
Ashlie Dao
Esmeralda De Anda
Lynne Dillman
Chloe Duffield
Hayden Fuchino
Armando Haro
Elinor Hough
Gracie Huntington
Tracey Huynh
Audrey Im
Courtney Ima
Charley Jackson
Claire Jokanovic
Sammy Main
Breanna Maldonado
Jennel Manalo
Jonathan Mistir
Jordan Mula
Bennett Nelson
Liv O’Brien
Jungwoo Park
Jessica Pate
Chloe Pearson
Xinix Perla
John Luke Piepgras
Audrey Qian
Mia Riedel
Emma Simon
Sheldon Skoboloff
Dakota Stenstrom
Mary Sutton
Vy Tran
Alyssa Varbedian
Chelsea Wan
Nicole Weinstein
Jaden Weinstein
CayCay Wright

The PWM Capstone Seminars are led in Sp24 by Writing Programs faculty, Drs. Amber West, Dana Cairns Watson and Liz Galvin Lew. 

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