4th annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium

“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.”
-Anne Lamott

About The Event
UCLA Writing Programs and the Department of English cordially invite you to our fourth annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium, organized as part of Undergraduate Research Week 2025. In this series of panels, students from the Professional Writing Minor (PWM) will present an exciting array of capstone seminar projects.

A new and growing minor with just eleven graduating seniors in 2020, forty-three of the PWM’s eighty-one graduating seniors in AY 24-25 will present on a rich diversity of topics that exemplify the range, depth, and individualized paths possible within the Professional Writing Minor. From Rachel Zegler to the Armenian diaspora, urban planning to the effects of SSRIs during pregnancy, students from diverse majors will share their original work in a range of genres including memoirs, websites, zines, research articles, and digital marketing campaigns.

The colloquium is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Friends, family, faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. Join us to experience writing as an act of both communication and exploration as these emerging writers and soon-to-be graduates share their insights and discoveries.

Schedule

Monday, May 19 & Wednesday, May 21:
10-10:45am
11-11:45am
12-12:45pm
1-1:45pm
2-2:45pm
3-3:45pm

List of Presenters
Annika Anbiai-Fard
Matthew Beymer
Madison Browning
Angelica Catalan
Natalie Chapin
Leila Chiddick
Danielle Cho
Naomi Chou
Jonathan Cohn
Natalie Denhardt
Emmy Etlin
Delia Falliers
Miranda Fogel
Luciaceleste Garcia
Sarah Gauger
Roxanne Ha
Lucy Herlihy
Micah Hoffman
Ada Jack
Olivia Johnson
Amariyah Lane-Volz
Sophie Lattu
Sophia Manos
Alex McCullough
Jacob Mora
Autumn Morgan
Kimberly Muro
Pacheco Nicole
Isabella Orr
Kristen Perez
Valerie Prado
Maya Rego
Isabel Rodriguez
Oluwadamilola Salami
Diana Sargsyan
Leah Snyderman
Jane Sonnichsen
Janelle Soriano
Citlali Tejeda
Soraya Tofighrad
Taylor Wallace
Siena Wong
Esther Zhang

The PWM Capstone Seminars are led in Sp25 by Writing Programs faculty, Drs. Amber West, Dana Cairns Watson, Laurel Westrup, and Maja Manojlovic.