O povo indígena é parceiro nesta pesquisa de conservação cultural
O estudo liderado por Thiago Puglieri, da UCLA, incorpora contribuições significativas da comunidade Tikuna da região amazônica.
Research
‘We don’t have to leave our communities behind when we enter academic spaces’
Nat Escobedo, a UCLA senior, is researching how artists in the Inland Empire play an important role as community-builders.
Refocusing the narrative around a larger-than-life literary figure
Senior Brinn Wallin says her research on Sylvia Plath is “the most prized part of my years as an undergraduate.”
Sound check: Stella Nair studies an Inca building designed for acoustics
The art history professor spent part of her summer in Huaytará, Peru, studying a structure built to amplify sound and music.
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.
‘What happens in the present influences how we remember the past’
In a UCLA College podcast, newly minted Ph.D. Jennifer Noji describes the impact of her memory studies research.
Brian Zamora trains a lens on Chicano photographers who capture everyday life in L.A.
The Ph.D. student has studied how the artists document seemingly ordinary aspects of their surroundings — and how their art contributes to their communities.
English major finds timely meaning, timeless themes in 14th-century poem
Eric Sican, a third-year student, is completing a sophisticated research project about “Earthe Upon Earthe.”
‘I feel very lucky that I know what I care about’
For her senior research project, Victoria Gutierrez is investigating the unique community dynamics of the Salton Sea.
To understand how global policy leaves behind some birthing parents, she gathered intel from doulas
With the support of the UCLA/Keck Humanistic Inquiry Undergraduate Research Awards program, Leila Chiddick interviewed doulas from six countries.