Jacob Lang

Jacob Lang specializes in writing pedagogy, film studies, urban ecology, California history, and modern American fiction and poetry. He's completing his doctorate in English at UCLA, where he earned his Masters, after earning his B.A. from the New School University in New York, where he double-majored in literature and creative writing. Jacob has taught courses on a variety of subjects, including composition, creative writing, visual culture, hip hop, early modern drama, and the art, history, and culture of Sunset Boulevard (from Union Station to the Palisades). Jacob is a University of California Certified Naturalist and holds a Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogy from UCLA's Writing Programs. 

His current research examines collaborative learning practices for composition, rhetoric, and creative research projects. His work also considers the littoral role of the coastline, and native plants and animals in twentieth-century American poetry. He is the author of The Gottlieb Native Garden: An Intimate Wildlife Journey, as well as a passionate participant in UCLA’s AAP Freshman Summer Program, which prepares first-generation, low-income, historically underrepresented students to successfully transition to UCLA. In addition to his devotion to teaching, reading, and film, Jacob cherishes spending time outdoors, particularly California’s myriad wilderness areas. You can find him most weekends in the Channel Islands, High Sierra, Mojave Desert, or San Gabriel Mountains, depending on the weather.