Undergraduates at UCLA have the unique opportunity to conduct groundbreaking research alongside faculty. Conducting research as an undergraduate allows students to gain experiences and skills that will not only advance their academic careers but will allow them to build professional skills, preparing them for paths to graduate school or a variety of careers.
Becoming an undergraduate researcher allows you to work one-on-one with faculty, participate in cutting-edge research and creative projects with far-reaching impacts and enhance your competitiveness for high-level employment and admission to graduate and professional schools.
Nicholas Fong Neuweg
Nicholas Fong Neuweg
Philosophy major Nicholas Fong Neuweg has his sights set on law school.
The research he’s conducting as a third-year student is already opening his eyes to some of the legal system’s seemingly intractable challenges. In particular, Neuweg has seen how suppositions and uncertainties early in a criminal investigation can eventually solidify into “facts” as the process continues — stacking the deck against those who are unfairly accused of crimes.
Neuweg’s project, “Manufacturing Testimony in a Climate of Fear: Epistemic Injustice, Institutional Power, and the Collapse of Truth in the Kern County Child Abuse Trials,” is supported by the UCLA/Keck Humanistic Inquiry Research Awards program. His faculty advisor is Calvin Normore, UCLA’s Brian P. Copenhaver Professor of Philosophy.
Sophia Han-Yun Chang
Sophia Han-Yun Chang majors in Sociology and is in our Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. The title of her project is “Performative Political Engagement on Twitter in the Generation of Cancel Culture.” Her work explores how people interact on Twitter under polarization and cancel culture, and how Twitter leads people to behave in such a way. Her best piece of advice is to make a doable time management plan and stick to it. Read more.