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Ursula K. Heise is a Professor in the Department of English and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is known for her work in contemporary literature, environmental humanities, and environmental literature from the Americas, Western Europe, and Japan. Heise's recent contributions include serving as co-editor for the forthcoming Routledge Companion to Environmental Humanities and editor for a series on Environmental Narrative published by Palgrave Macmillan. Her publications include influential works such as 'Chronoschisms: Time, Narrative, Postmodernism', 'Sense of Place, Sense of Planet: Environmental Imagination in a Global Context', and 'Imagining Extinction: Cultural Meanings of Endangered Species'. A Guggenheim Fellow in 2011, Heise is also a co-founder of UCLA's Lab for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS) and has engaged in projects that explore the intersection of storytelling and environmental issues, including a creative film project based on the video game Grand Theft Auto V. Her research work has earned her recognition, including the BBVA Foundation's Biophilia Award for her advancements in the field of Environmental Humanities.
University of California, Los Angeles • Los Angeles, CA
Leading academic in Environmental Humanities and Narrative Theory.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.