Stephanie Bosch Santana receives book award from American Comparative Literature Association
“Forms of Mobility” highlights evolving centers of literary influence since the mid-20th century in Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Awards and Honors
Amber West tapped for national program on community-engaged teaching
The Writing Programs lecturer is the first UCLA representative to take part in an initiative organized by Campus Compact.
Linguistics grad Emma Montilla among Bruins selected for Fulbright U.S. Student Program
As an undergraduate, the applied linguistics major was deeply involved in research on language acquisition and cochlear implants.
Susan Slyomovics receives American Anthropological Association book award
A reviewer called it a “masterful piece of work — theoretically adept, ethnographically attuned, moving and engagingly written.”
4 Humanities faculty among winners of inaugural UCLA global grants
Stephanie Bosch Santana, Jennifer Jung-Kim, Barbara Fuchs and Victoria Mateu received awards to support their teaching and research.
Sharon Gerstel receives Public Impact Research Award for project empowering Greek artisans
The honor recognizes Gerstel for a multifaceted initiative to document the cultural heritage of the village of Geraki, empower its craftspeople and support economic development there.
With poet laureate fellowship, Raffi Joe Wartanian aims to help Altadena residents raise their voices
The UCLA Writing Programs lecturer was one of 23 from around the nation to be honored by the Academy of American Poets.
Distinguished Teaching Award winner frames writing as catalyst for change
Writing Programs lecturer Tamar Christensen encourages students to put words into action.
Katie Cunningham, linguistics and English major, selected to perform at 2025 commencement
A member of the HOOLIGAN Theatre Company, the 2025 graduate will sing the national anthem at one of the three UCLA College ceremonies.
2 from Humanities Division earn Undergraduate Research Week awards
Bella Brannon and Dhanya Charan were among recipients of the Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research and Creativity.