Passion Lord is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Higher Education and Organizational Change program at UCLA. A first-generation college graduate and L.A. native, she is passionate about the recruitment, retention,…
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Kimzey McGrath
Kimzey McGrath holds a B.A. in Linguistics and an M.A. in TESL. She began teaching ESL in 2014, and has worked with English learners from literacy level through university at…
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Scott Gist has taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at several schools in Southern California, including the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Santa Monica College (SMC), Glendale Community…
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Core Course Elective Courses Language Learner Emphasis First-Year Composition Emphasis Writing in the Disciplines Emphasis
Read MoreProfessional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium
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…
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Our theme for the 8th annual Creating Connections symposium on writing pedagogy is “Writing Across.” This theme invites us to think about the ways writing forms bridges across disciplines, modalities,…
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Jordan Hugh Sam (he/him) is a Ph.D. student in Musicology at UCLA, having previously earned a M.M. degree in Choral Conducting (CU Boulder), and a BA degree in Music (Amherst…
Read More“Poets in Prose”: Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium
“Always be a poet, even in prose.” -Charles Baudelaire About The Event UCLA Writing Programs and the UCLA Department of English invite you to our second annual Professional Writing Minor…
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Dr. Rachel Ketai holds her PhD in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English from the University of Arizona, where she specialized in composition theory and pedagogy, writing assessment, developmental…
Read MoreHiring: Undergraduate Writing Programs Director Position
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) invites nominations and applications for Director of the Undergraduate Writing Center (UWC) under the title of Academic Administrator. The candidate will oversee all…
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