The Creating Connections symposium is an annual event that brings together UCLA instructors (graduate students, faculty, and all others interested in undergraduate education) from around campus for a day of…
Read MoreLearning Outcomes — First-Year Writing Course Sequence & Writing II Courses craftwork (noun): work usually done by hand that exhibits artistry and individuality (Webster’s Dictionary) A spirit of practical excellence…
Read MoreJeroen Gevers holds a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition & Teaching from the University of Arizona, and a C.Phil. in Musicology from UCLA. Before joining UCLA Writing Programs, he taught…
Read MoreDr. 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 MoreEarlier 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…
Read More“If we are lucky, the end of the sentence is where we might begin. If we are lucky, something is passed on.” –Ocean Vuong, Poet, Essayist, Novelist About The Event…
Read MoreUCLA Newsroom recently highlighted Writing Programs lecturer Amber West and her unique English Composition course, “Identity and Representation in the Post-Hip-Hop Era.” West teaches hip-hop as literature, and the students…
Read MoreJada Patchigondla received her M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis on rhetoric and composition and linguistics from CSUN. She has been teaching various types of writing courses at the…
Read MoreUndergraduate Research Week is a week-long celebration of undergraduate research and creative inquiry at UCLA. It will be hosted on the Undergraduate Research Week website from May 24-28, 2021. Several Professional…
Read MoreIn Fall of 2020, Writing Programs’ Dr. Tara Prescott-Johnson designed a Fiat Lux seminar in response to the remote learning-related “Zoom fatigue” affecting many UCLA students. This class (Honors 19:…
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