Raymond Knapp is Distinguished Professor of Musicology, and has served twice as Chair of his the Department (2006-09 and 2013-16); he is currently Academic Associate Dean in the School, and…

Romy Sutherland is Assistant Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature at UCLA where she teaches courses on film in comparative contexts. She also teaches in the freshman cluster program. For the…

Efraín Kristal is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at UCLA. He has been a member of the faculty team responsible for teaching the “Mind over Matter” Cluster Course 73 over…

Lauri Mattenson has been teaching composition courses for UCLA Writing Programs for over 25 years, and was awarded the 2020 Honors Division Eugen Weber Teaching Award for her work with…

Vivian Delchamps is an English PhD candidate studying American literature, disability studies, and the health humanities at UCLA. In her research and teaching, Delchamps addresses the centrality of ableism to…

Kersti Francis is a PhD candidate in English at UCLA where she works on the intersections between magic, gender, and sexuality in the Middle Ages and early English Renaissance (1100-1600)….

I am a PhD Candidate in History at UCLA with a broad interest in the political possibilities that the study of history has for reimagining the places of our collective…

Rebecca Chhay (she/her) is a doctoral student in the English department. Her research focuses on comparative ethnic US literatures, trauma, and memory. She holds a BA in Literatures in English…