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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 2025 conference continues the same spirit of encouraging emerging graduate, undergraduate, and independent scholars to present research and build community. Connections 2025 is the third annual conference held by the English Graduate Student Association at UC Davis.
Connections Conference Team
Connections Conference Team
Yasmin Mendoza, Co-Director
Yasmin Mendoza is a PhD student at the University of California, Davis studying English literature. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Theatre at Whittier College in the fall of 2021 and her Master of Arts in English at University of California, Davis in the spring of 2024. She currently studies the intersections of speculative fiction, privacy, and technology. Every fall, she enjoys working as a statement of purpose advisor for the Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers.
Yasmin co-directed the 2024 Connections conference, alongside Evan Manzanetti and Luna Loganayagam, under the theme "Playing with Genre."
Stacey (Thùy) Anh Baran, Co-Director
Stacey Anh Baran is a Literature PhD candidate at the University of California, Davis. She earned her BA in Cinema Studies and French at SUNY Oswego and her MA in English at the College at Brockport. Her research primarily focuses on American film genre and history, food studies, and representations of national identity. In the 2024-2025 academic year, she is the graduate fellow in the Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Thinking Food at the Intersections.
Stacey co-directed the first Connections conference in 2023 alongside Kayla Adgate from the University at Albany, SUNY.
Communications: Bowen Du, Shaoni White, Emma Zumbro
Technology: Marilyn Ramirez, Ellie Trahern
Panel Coordination: Luna Loganayagam, Amanda Hawkins, Katie Agile, Rosette Simityan
Funding: Tucker Haddock, Francisco Baeza, Elisha Hamlin
Creative Events: Rosette Simityan, Amanda Hawkins, Briel Brown
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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