April 8, 2025
Brooke Porter Katz I UCLA Magazine

Before Marissa López was Marissa López — and a professor of English, Chicana/o Studies, and Central American Studies at UCLA — she was known by the surname of Goodman, after her Jewish mother from Long Island.

March 18, 2025

Congratulations to third-year English and Psychology student Alyssa Murray, who self-published her debut novel, “The A-Word,” this past January. In a recent “Daily Bruin” article, Murray spoke about her writing and self-publishing process, and shared how she would like to use this experience to become a developmental editor who works with young authors. Read more about Murray’s debut novel and its journey to publication here.

March 11, 2025
Piper Bailey I UCLA

While it might seem incongruous for an introductory writing class to be built around community engagement, a UCLA course led by Tara Prescott-Johnson is just that — with benefits for both UCLA students and local nonprofits.

March 3, 2025
Sean Brenner I UCLA

Albert R. Braunmuller, a member of the UCLA English Department faculty for more than a half century, died Jan. 14. He was 79 years old.

February 25, 2025
Álvaro Castillo I UCLA

La’Tonya “LT” Rease Miles has perhaps an unexpected favorite among superheroes: the Flash.

February 20, 2025

Congratulations to associate professor Arthur L. Little, Jr., who has been recently appointed co-editor-in-chief of Shakespeare Quarterly, the preeminent journal in Shakespeare studies!

February 19, 2025

Congrats to alum Sammy Solis whose essay, “Oversharing in the Academic Borderlands” was published recently on the UC Humanities Research Institute’s platform Foundry as part of a longer multicampus series on Work & Refuge.

January 10, 2025
King-Kok Cheung | UCLA

King-Kok Cheung is a UCLA research professor of English and professor emeritus of English and Asian American studies. A member of the UCLA faculty since 1984, she was honored in 2023 with a lifetime achievement award from the Association for Asian American Studies. The following is adapted from an article she wrote for the journal Literature, which she co-edited with former doctoral students Robert Kyriakos Smith and Hannah Nahm.

December 11, 2024
Jessica Wolf I UCLA

Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” is often described as a cornerstone of modern theater.

December 5, 2024
Sean Brenner I UCLA

On the eve of a symposium in his honor, colleagues pay tribute to Richard Yarborough