Ursula K. Heise
Professor | Chair of the English Department | Interim Director, Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS)
Department of EnglishMeet Our Team
LENS combines imaginative research and narrative experimentation with data analysis and visualization. The diversity and cross-disciplinary character of our community is central to this mission. In step with UCLA's location in the multiethnic and multilingual Los Angeles basin, our faculty, students, and collaborators view the future of conservation and the environment as interconnected with issues of equity and justice.
Professor | Chair of the English Department | Interim Director, Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS)
Department of EnglishProfessor of the Archaeology of Ancient Israel and the Levant
Near Eastern Languages and CulturesAssociate Professor | LENS P.I.
Department of AnthropologyAdjunct Assistant Professor
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies, Luskin Center for Innovation, Center for Digital HumanitiesContinuing Lecturer
Writing ProgramsProfessor
Department of English, Institute for the Environment and SustainabilityAssociate Professor
Department of History, International InstituteAssociate Professor, Theatre, Film and Television
Film, TV and Digital MediaProfessor
Department of Urban Planning, School of Public AffairsProfessor | Chair of the English Department | Interim Director, Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS)
Department of EnglishAssociate Professor
Germanic LanguagesProfessor
Department of English, Gender Studies, Center for the Study of Women, Institute of Society & GeneticsProfessor
Department of GeographyLecturer and Faculty Advisor for Writing II
Writing ProgramsProfessor
Design | Media Arts at UCLAAssociate Professor
AnthropologyAssistant Professor
Department of EnglishProfessor Emeritus
Urban Planning, Social Welfare, and Asian American StudiesProfessor
ClassicsAssistant Professor
MusciologyDistinguished Professor and Alexander von Humboldt Chair
Department of GeographyAssistant Professor
EnglishDistinguished Professor
Department of EnglishPhD Candidate
AnthropologyUndergraduate Student
LENSGraduate Student
Film, TV and Digital MediaPh.D. student
Institute for the Environment and SustainabilityPhD Student
EnglishPhD Candidate
EnglishPhD Student
EnglishPhD Candidate
EnglishPhD Student
EnglishPhD Candidate
EnglishPhD Candidate
EnglishPhD Candidate
Theater and Performance StudiesAssistant Professor
Anthropology | Clarkson UniversityBA student
Philosophy, Center for Digital HumanitiesUCLA Alum
Urban and Regional PlanningJournalist
UCLA Alum
World Arts and CulturesAssistant Professor
English | Oklahoma State UniversityFormer Student
EnglishManaging Editor, UCLA Alum (2013)
LENS MagazineFormer MFA Student
Documentary FilmmakingPhD Student
EnglishFormer MFA Student
Documentary FilmmakingFormer MFA Student
Directing ProgramVisiting Researcher
Institute of the Environment and SustainabilityChancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow
Classics