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In 2023, the UC Davis English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) partnered with English graduate students at the University at Albany to host Coast to Coast Connections. A hybrid conference with participation from around both the country and the world, Coast to Coast Connections brought together more than 50 scholars of all skill levels online and in-person at both campuses in California and New York. The 2026 conference continues the same legacy of encouraging emerging graduate, undergraduate, and independent scholars to present research and build community. Connections 2026 is the fourth annual conference held by the English Graduate Student Association at UC Davis.
Connections Conference Team
Connections Conference Team
Alison Oses, Co-Director
aloses@ucdavis.edu
Alison Oses (she/her) is an English PhD candidate at the University of California, Davis. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of California, Berkeley, and her Master of Arts in Film and Television at University of California, Los Angeles. She focuses on 19th and 20th C. Literature, and her current research interests include Children's Literature and Ecocriticism.
TJ Advincula-De Los Angeles, Co-Director
TJ Advincula-De Los Angeles (they/them) is an English PhD student at the University of California, Davis. They received their MA in English, a Certificate in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and their BA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach. Their research focuses on depictions of alterity and otherness in Middle and Old English works with special interest given to monstrosity constructed by religion.
Panel Coordination: Shannen Escote, Georgiana de Rham, Erik Emanuelson
Funding: Ivey Wexler, Elisha Hamlin, Chloe Crull
Creative Events: Xiomara Castro
About EGSA
About EGSA
EGSA provides mentorship, leadership opportunities, and academic professionalization events to English department graduate students at UC Davis. EGSA members work closely with English department faculty, UC Davis Registered Student Organizations, and other campus entities to create a more equitable environment for research and community in the department and across UC Davis.
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