Barbara Fuchs to lead division’s public and engaged humanities initiatives
“It’s a great honor to inaugurate this position, intended to promote the dazzling work colleagues are doing,” Fuchs said.
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Film by Erin Cooney uses dance, poetry to spotlight environmental hazards in L.A. neighborhoods
“Aire Libre” weaves together movement and narrative to illuminate the link between the environment and the human body.
7 new faculty bring diverse range of interests, expertise to Humanities
Meet our division’s newest professors and learn about their areas of expertise — and the courses they plan to teach.
How Summer Kim Lee and Uri McMillan help students connect with theory, history and expression
The UCLA English professors reflect on their approaches to classroom discussion and how they aim to build skills for the real world.
How language shapes our perception of reality
Linguistics professor Jessica Rett is determined to find out how simple word choice can affect doctors’ decisions, patients’ anxiety levels and even public health spending.
Professor’s project creates 2nd ever book in endangered Philippine Indigenous language
Oona Paredes collaborated with members of the Higaunon community to transcribe a collection of their foundational stories.
Distinguished Teaching Award winner frames writing as catalyst for change
Writing Programs lecturer Tamar Christensen encourages students to put words into action.
Michelle Huneven says critically acclaimed ‘Bug Hollow’ owes debt to her UCLA students
The author, a continuing lecturer in the English department, drew inspiration from the prompts she assigns in her fiction-writing workshops.
Islamicate Manuscripts Initiative video features 2 Humanities scholars
Professor Luke Yarbrough and doctoral candidate Azeem Malik speak about the UCLA Library’s vast Islamicate and Arabic-script collection.
Of little databases and the poetics of the web revival
An essay by English professor Danny Snelson, whose new book will be published this month.