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SUMMARY:5th Annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Event Overview\nJoin us for the 5th Annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium! \n“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking\, what I’m looking at\, what I see and what it means.”\n-Joan Didion \nAbout the Colloquium\nUCLA Writing Programs and the Department of English are thrilled to invite you to our fifth annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium\, organized as part of Undergraduate Research Week 2026. In a series of 45-minute panels across three days\, students from the Professional Writing Minor will present an exciting array of capstone seminar projects. Fifty-six students will present on a rich diversity of topics that exemplify the range\, depth\, and individualized paths possible within the Professional Writing Minor. From astronaut hearts to queer horror\, birthright citizenship to Los Angeles nightlife\, students from diverse majors will share their original work in a range of genres including memoirs\, websites\, zines\, research articles\, and more. The colloquium is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served\, and a short Q&A will follow each panel. 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. \nDates/Times/Location\nMay 19-21\, 2026\n126A Kaplan Hall\nTuesday\, 2 to 4:45 pm\nWednesday\, 9 to 10:45 am and 1 to 3:45 pm\nThursday\, 9 am to 1:45 pm and 3 to 3:45 pm \nPanel Schedule \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenter Name\n(Alphabetized by First Name)\nPresentation Title\n\n\nAatmi Mehta\nAatmi’s Anatomy: A Scrapbook Across Science\, Culture\, and Curiosity\n\n\nAlexa Sanchez\nClosing the Care Gap: A Community-Based Childcare Model in Los Angeles\n\n\nAllison Broker\nWaiting: Essays on Identity\, Depression\, and Prolonged Gratification\n\n\nAllison Ito\nDoes My Vote Matter? A Case Study of Roe v. Wade\n\n\nAmo O’Neil\nViva La Innamorati!: Gen-Z\, Appetite\, and the Lost Art of Eroticism\n\n\nAnna Walburger\nThe Reasonable Person Standard: What the Law Says v. What Our Brains Do\n\n\nAshanti Bracamontes\nThe Hallyu Wave: A Look Into the KPOP Scene\n\n\nAurabelle Quinn\nFLOW Los Angeles: Exploring The Science of Stress and Wellness\n\n\nBerenice Limeta Jimenez\nThe Rise of Influencers & Its Effect\n\n\nDollie Swaim\nHaunted UCLA\n\n\nDylan Choppin\nThe Issues Faced by Young Men Today (And What We Are Missing)\n\n\nEliana Bernstein\nResilient Coast\n\n\nEvelyn Baran\nLiving With Mormons\n\n\nEvrim Tuncel\nState of Surveillance: Location Data Purchasing and the Omnipresent Border\n\n\nGia Boisselier\nBetween Species: Reflections on Human-Animal Relationships within UCLA\n\n\nIsabella Alioto\nHow to Eat Like A Dancer: Nourishing our bodies\, defining what is healthy\, and enjoying cooking\n\n\nJake Wayne\nThe Shape Shifting Nature of Long-Term Memory: Remembering as a form of re-experiencing for the first time\n\n\nJennifer Lopez\n“HEY YOU GUYS!!!”: A Brief History of The Electric Company (1971-2009)\n\n\nJessica Fine\nMore Than Friends: The Cultural Treatment of Lesbian Films Through History\n\n\nKaitlin Aguilar\nClub Penguin: How A Game is Created by You\, the Player\n\n\nKatherine Gussman\nDigital Nostalgia: Liminal Aesthetics and Emotional Experience in Digital Media\n\n\nLexi Adelstein\nVisible Support to Meet Invisible Struggles\n\n\nLucine Ekizian\nThe Art of Dissent: When should I speak up?\n\n\nLuke Nassief\nShakespeare in Love: The Invention of the Modern Oscar Campaign\n\n\nLupita Fernandez Garcia\nStu-Dents in History: An Archival Revival of the Voices of Student Activists at UCLA\n\n\nMariana de Oliveira Souza\nThe Space Cut: Identity and Representation in Space Sci-Fi Film\n\n\nMathilde Hebras\nWhat the Constitution Has to Say About Birthright Citizenship: Trump v. Barbara Court Opinion\n\n\nMaya Wertheim\nThe Elastic Heart\n\n\nMeadow Vokes\nQueer Horror Portal: Making Accessible the Queer History of Horror\n\n\nMeghan Do\nTerra Incognita\n\n\nMichael Gallagher\nProfile on a Soldier\n\n\nMiranda Rodriguez Benavides\nThe Axolotl: Nature’s Most Unusual Survivor\n\n\nMonica Thompson\nThe Death of General Aviation\n\n\nNadia Garabedian\nRealities Turned to Identity: Painting My Own Armenian Story\n\n\nNatalie Rodriguez Munoz\nSpeculative Futures for Inglewood: Reimagining Urban Development Through Speculative Fiction and Design\n\n\nNayaonika Vasishtha\nSeen and Othered: The Racial and Ethnic Experiences of the South Asian Diaspora\n\n\nOliver Mascarade\nSleep\, Punishment\, and State Power: How Our Justice System Determines Eighth and Fifth Amendment Violations\n\n\nPoornima Dorairaj\nFrom Courthouses to the Streets: Exploring and Understanding the Intersection of Policies and its implications on the Unhoused Community via their Voices\n\n\nRachel Gima\nHurricane Season: Learning When to Rebuild and When to Walk Away\n\n\nReese Dahlgren\nGrowing Pains\n\n\nReid Sperisen\nThe Elephants and Me\n\n\nRoma Yukilevich\nDressed to Kill: Toxic Chemical Exposure and Lack of Regulation in American Clothing\n\n\nRosario Acosta Guerrero\nThe Safe City Los Angeles: The Past and Future of Immigrant Legal Aid Nonprofits in Los Angeles\n\n\nSamantha Padilla\nThe American Perception made by The French portrayal of French History and Society through Media\n\n\nSamantha Preciado\nDefending Jus Soli: Constitutionality\, Racism\, and National Consequences\n\n\nSarah Arrosagaray\nWuornos to Gacy: How Gender Impacts the Sentencing of Violent Crime\n\n\nSarah Hinck\nOnline Voices: A Website on Digital Sexual Abuse of Minors for Young Adults and Parents\n\n\nShaun Thomas\nMedicine Needs Better Messengers: What Healthcare Can Learn from Media\n\n\nShirley Cruz\nLA Nightlife: A Guide\n\n\nSofia Lykos\nOn Creation During Vision Loss\n\n\nTaeya Mack\nSearching For Clues: Investigating the Diversity of Detective Fiction\n\n\nTatiana Santiago\nGen Z and Social Media: The Sequel\n\n\nTaylor Dierks\nForever Chemicals\, Forever Impact: The Environmental Cost of Military PFAS Pollution\n\n\nTori (Victoria) Leighton\nA Fisherwoman’s Guide: For and From a Beginner\n\n\nYehudis Weiss\nSpecial Education: How the System Fails Students & Why We Must Support Them\n\n\nYena Cho\nFirm in the Faith: The Evolution of Faith Across the Ages\n\n\n\n\nAccess a square image for the event in JPG format.\nAccess an 8.5×11 flier for the event in PDF format.\n\n\nThe PWM Capstone Seminars are led in Sp26 by Writing Programs faculty\, Drs. Amber West\, Maja Manojlovic\, Laurel Westrup\, Megan Stephan\, and Ms. Rachel Swanger.
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