Connections Conference 2025
A graduate student-led conference hosted by the English Department at UC Davis
Friday, April 18, 2025, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Walker Hall, University of California, Davis
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Registration for Connections Conference 2025 is now OPEN!
Registration for Connections Conference 2025 is now OPEN!
Conference registration confirms your attendance and is free for all participants, presenters, and general attendees in the community. Breakfast and lunch are also provided. We highly encourage you to attend for as much of the day as you can and take part in all of the conference’s programming.
Connections Conference 2025 Theme:
Connections Conference 2025 Theme:
"Landscapes"
"Landscapes"
The UC Davis English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) is hosting its third annual student-led Connections Conference under the wide-ranging theme of “Landscapes.” Connections 2025 examines the concept of landscape in its broadest sense—not only as physical terrain but also as a cultural, social, and political construct. This all-day conference will feature panels and roundtables, creative exhibits, interactive events, opportunities for involvement in student organizations, and conference awards.
Keynote Address: Dr. Claire Napawan
This year’s keynote talk, “Decolonization and the Language of Landscapes,” will be given by Dr. Claire Napawan, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design at UC Davis.
Claire Napawan is a landscape architect, urban designer, and academic who has designed and studied urban environments for over 15 years. Her research and creative work includes co-design methodologies to achieve community resilience to climate change. Examples of her design and research include: Smart Sidewalks, the winning proposal for Reinventing Payphones in New York City, which seeks to address the digital divide and improve urban environmental resilience; #OurChangingClimate, a research and design project that broadens and diversifies climate conversations; FOGWASTE, a public art installation that seeks to bring greater awareness of San Jose’s vital infrastructures to local communities; and The Alameda Creek Atlas, a selected proposal for the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge that looks at unlocking flows of sediment, people, and fish.
These projects represent award-winning proposals, commissioned by local municipalities, and/or exhibited at notable venues throughout the U.S.
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