Barbara Fuchs to lead division’s public and engaged humanities initiatives

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Barbara Fuchs has been appointed the Humanities Division’s inaugural associate dean for public and engaged humanities.

In the new role, Fuchs, a distinguished professor of Spanish with a joint appointment in English, will lead efforts to establish new projects — and support existing ones — aimed at building UCLA Humanities’ engagement across and beyond the Los Angeles area.

“It’s a great honor to inaugurate this position, intended to promote the dazzling work colleagues are doing in the public humanities,” Fuchs said. “The division’s commitment to public-facing initiatives is very heartening at a time when universities urgently need to communicate the import of what we do.

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