Undergraduate Departmental Representatives
Undergraduate departmental representatives serve as a resource and representative for fellow majors and minors and potential majors and minors, and brings student concerns and/or ideas to the program faculty. They also provide feedback to the program chair, undergraduate advising head, and faculty regarding scheduling problems, course offerings, etc. and help organize events for majors, minors and other interested students.2024-2025 UDRs
Noa Emi is a sophmore triple majoring in English/AAAS/WGS, with minors in LACLS/History/SQS. In and beyond the university, she is interested in the open fields of black study and aesthetics, experimental performance (poetry, music, art, film, dance), and literary criticism and theory. Her academic and artistic work is concerned with the total deconfiguration and disorderment of language, ethics/politics, and individuality. With her current project, “Chronic Ambiguity,” she explores the intricacies of fugitive sound and gnostic touch as a kind of sensory underlife against and in apposition to colonial brutality. In her free time, Noa is often occupied with reading, writing, and/or listening to music, drinking tea, getting lost, and/or talking with friends about anything and everything under the sun. If you have any questions about anything please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Maia is a junior from Los Angeles, triple majoring in women's, gender and sexuality studies, art history, and politics. On campus, Maia is also involved with student voting efforts and enjoys singing with her a cappella group. In her free time, you can find her visiting museums, gardening, and crafting. Maia loves talking to new people so please reach out even if you don’t have any questions and just want to say hi!