English Graduate Organization
The English Graduate Organization (EGO) advocates for graduate students in the Department of English. Its goals are to promote
the local literary community and to provide opportunities for professional development. The
group hosts student readings, literary journal submission parties and creative fundraisers.
Through these events, EGO seeks to work with faculty and other professionals to prepare
its members for careers in academia, writing, editing and publishing. In the future,
the group hopes to provide partial funding for officers or members to attend the annual
AWP conference.
EGO has existed since the mid-1980s at UAF. In that time it has served as a liaison
between students, faculty, the College of Liberal Arts and the university as a whole.
EGO is registered with UAF’s Student Leadership and Involvement Office. For the 2020-21 academic year, Rebecca Wood is EGO President, and Daryl Farmer is
the Faculty Advisor.
In the photo, poet and nonfiction writer Keely O'Connell reads her work at a Fall 2019 EGO reading.