Graduate English Organization (GEO)
Attend events throughout the semester including conferences, luncheons, and lectures with fellow graduate students in the English Department.
AY 2020-2021 GEO Leadership
Title | Officer | |
President | Halla Khalil | hkkhalil@umd.edu |
Vice President | Kym Drapcho | kdrapcho@umd.edu |
Technology Chair | Jonathan Reyes | jreyes1@terpmail.umd.edu |
Secretary | Elizabeth Dinneny | edinneny@umd.edu |
Librarian | Nicki Kern | nkern@umd.edu |
CMLT Rep | Mehdy Payam | mspayam@umd.edu |
Treasurer | Mike Lockwood | mjl21997@umd.edu |
GEO Annual Conference
Past Conferences
You can read more about some of our past conferences on their blog pages:
2014 "Trespassing(s)" Conference
2013 "(Dis)Realities and the Literary and Cultural Imagination" Conference
2012 "The Body Electric" Conference
Graduate Student Resources
Progressing through the Degree
- Dissertation Chapter Event--13 April 2016
- Presentation on Ph.D. Qualifying Exams--14 October 2015
- Ph.D. Completion Workshop: How a Writing Group Can Change Your (Graduate) Life--5 November 2015
- To start or join a writing group, see the Graduate School Writing Center page.
Graduate Student Rights
- Know Your Rights, How to Use Them, and How to Fight for More of Them--23 February 2016
- UAM GA Employee Rights.pdf
- The Graduate Student Legal Aid office provides free legal advice to graduate students and can be good advocates for you.
Professionalization Resources
The GEO Professionalization chair hosts several events each semester. Other professionalization events occur through ARHU, the libraries, and other centers on campus.
Archive of GEO events:
- Professionalizing English Graduate Degrees--6 April 2016
- Terp Career & Internship Guide 2016.pdf
- UMD Lynda.com: Online skill training courses offered free to UMD students & staff
- Alternative Careers for English PhDs--5 May 2015
- MA Alumni Panel: What do you do with an MA in English?--24 April 2015
- Making the Most of Conference Presentations--9 Mar. 2015
- Benefits of Event Attendance for Graduate Students --13 Oct. 2014
- Preparing for and Navigating the Academic Job Market--5 Nov. 2014
Archive of other events on campus:
Grants, Fellowships, & Other Financial Support
Two sites that often list grant and fellowship opportunities are ARHU's Graduate Fellowships and Grants page and the Graduate School's Student Fellowships and Awards page.
- For help writing the grants, see the ARHU Grant Writing Resources page.
ARHU Research Development and Grant Writing Workshop, Cara Kennedy (Grants Development Coordinator)--28 April 2015
- See also the accompanying handout with example documents.
Travel & Research Support:
When funds are available, the English Department offers travel support for students presenting at professional conferences, conducting archival or other special research, and attending the MLA conference for academic job market interviews. You must apply through the English Department as well as to ARHU. Make sure you start your application in enough time to meet the deadlines for both!
- Here's an FAQ about the ARHU Travel Awards.
Teaching & Pedagogy Resources
The Teaching and Learning Transformation Center (TLTC) (formerly the Center for Teaching Excellence) also runs several events each semester, including speakers, a brown bag lunch discussion series, workshops, webinars, and more. Here's also a link to the old CTE website.
There are a number of CTE pedagogy books on the bookshelf in the Graduate Lounge that are free for anyone to use in planning or to scan content for posting on ELMS.
Archive of GEO events:
- Campus Safety (hosted by AWP)--5 November 2015
- Event on Teaching Assignments--7 October 2015 (a discussion with schedulers Michele Drummond & Theresa Coletti)
- Using VoiceThread--1 October 2015 (includes instructions on how to add VoiceThread to ELMS)
Graduate Student Life
The office of Graduate Student Life runs the Graduate Student Lounge in Stamp, offers a monthly social series, and offers this handbook of resources.
Housing
See the new Off-Campus Housing page, with links to apartment finders and roommate finders.
Residency Reclassification
If you have moved to Maryland, follow the directions on this page to apply for a reclassification of your residency. You need to complete this process before the first day of the semester in which you wish in-state residency to apply.
Health Insurance
See the Business Office page. See the Open Enrollment benefit packets distributed to your mailbox for more information about the various health plans offered, or review the documents online.
Graduate Assistantships
- The Career Center's guide to finding Graduate Assistantships
- The office of Graduate Student Life also sends out a weekly email with GA positions currently being posted.
Managing Finances
UMD has just launched an online financial literacy tool called iGrad that offers personalized mini-courses, articles and videos, financial calculators, and online advising options. It also allows you to create a personal financial plan, track your student loans, and search for scholarships. Sign up is free!
The Graduate School has posted the videos from a series of workshops called "Make $ense of your Money: Financial Literacy Workshop Series", covering pensions and investments, credit, and repaying student loans.
UMD also provides tax resources such as Graduate School's Tax Assistance Program (TAP), especially for international students.
Parenthood
- Managing Parenthood and Graduate Study in the UMD English Department
- Tawes has a lactation room on the 3rd floor. For information about how to access the room, see here.
Archive of Departmental & University Meeting Notes
Graduate Students by Cohort
PhD Students
Cohort entering Fall 2016
- Aftab, Aqdas
- Bramlett, Mary
- Daley, Liam
- Good, Joe
- Moro, Jeffrey
- O'Connor, Sammy
- Reed, Kristofer
- Roberts, Nicole
- Thompson, Justin
- Young, Dominique
Cohort entering Fall 2015
- Allen, Claudia
- Holmes, Gerard
- Libhart, Garth
- Pozoukidis, Konstantinos
- Stroh, Jennifer C.
- Vlahovici-Jones, Gabriela
- Yeh, Andy
- Yokoyama, Setsuko
Cohort entering Fall 2014
- Bickoff, Kyle
- Costello, Maura-Kate
- Decamillis, Justine
- Faradji, Sara
- Gonch, William
- Griffin, Danielle
- Hawkes, Delisa
- Hijazi, Nabila
- O'Neil, Lindsey
- Plante, Jacqueline
- Roegelein, Hillary
Cohort entering Fall 2013
- Beaulieu, Steve
- Bruno, Timothy
- Edwards, Norrell
- Griswold, Jeffrey
- Harr, Kayla
- Kocis, Amanda
- Leroy, Tamar
- Osorio, Ruth
Cohort entering Fall 2012
- Albright, Lauren
- Bonnie, Sarah
- Butler, Virginia
- Cobb, Collier
- Compton, Susanna
- Davis, Brian
- Farley, Audrey
- Kaczmarek, Kathryn
- Morgan, Abbey
- Mozafari, Cameron
Cohort entering Fall 2011
- Auvil, Elise
- Brearey, Oliver
- Colson, Michael
- Durand, Emilee
- Ellis, Elizabeth
- Kason, Daniel
- MacIntosh, John
- Ross, Jennifer
- Slaughter, Nicholas
- Williams, Jonathan
Cohort entering Fall 2010
- Cooper, Isabella
- Depriest, Elizabeth
- Gleich, Lewis
- Hearn, Janet
- Lindenman, Heather
- Neff, Adam
- Vorona, Rachel
- Perez, Emily
- Stanutz, Katherine
- Visconti, Amanda
- Wakeman, Robert
Cohort entering Fall 2009
- Cote, Paul
- Okereke-Beshel, Uchechi
- Stewart, Nancy
Cohort entering Fall 2008
- Kelber, Nathan
- Morillo, Kara
- Olsen, Porter
- Underland, Nathaniel
Cohort entering Fall 2007
- Fontenot, Kara
- Higby, Sharon
- Horton, Seth
- Kirch, Lisa
- Lape, Kisa
- Merritt, Amy
- Phillips, Natalie
- Singleton, Kelly
- Steed, Anna
Cohorts entering Fall 2006 & before
- Lloyd, Adam
- Maffuccio, Christine
- Marks, Jodean
MA Students
Cohort entering Fall 2016
- Ballard, Brittni
- Bonney, Sarah
- Burgard, Robert
- Burghardt, Nora
- Cochran, Nicole
- Colclough, Christopher
- Liling, Dara
- Liu, Shuang
- Lucci, Robert
- Parker, Alexandra
- Riehl, Allison
- Rovito, Maria
- Moix-Rogers, Savannah
- Suarez, Christopher
- Szybisty, Dominika
- Worku, Rahel
- Worrell, Vincent
Cohort entering Fall 2015
- Estelle, Kara
- Feichtl, Brooke
- Frankos, Rick
- Freeland, Vincent
- Harrington, Jessica
- Li, Leah
- McDonald, Trent
- Monin, Mitchel
- Park, Kimberly
- Petersen, Kate
- Reichertz, Margaret
- Reing, Brian
- Russell, Shaun
- Schrodt, Melissa
- Smith, Emily
- Smith, Jasmine
- Stepler, Daniel
- Stewart, Lenaya
- Talbott, Tyler
- Thompson, Will
- Wood, Georgia
Cohort entering Fall 2014
- Calado, Filipa
- Carpenter, Ruth
- Graves, Alexander
- Halvorsen, Morgan
- Hart, Erin
- Hopkins, Jessica
- Hutchison, Allison
- Labrecque, Arielle
- O'Brien, Daune
- Pleasants, Kara
- Rizzo, Caitlin
- Schulz, John
- Slack, Gary
- Smedley, Matthew
- Thompson, Justin
- Tobin, Jenna
- Tooma, Kayla
Cohort entering Fall 2013
- Dodson, Denis
- Gogarty, Amanda
- Lam, Collin
- Lyons, Sara
- Marotta, Molly
- Richman, Ashleigh
- Whitlock, Larry
Comparative Literature Students
Cohort entering Fall 2016
- Allan, Keisha
- Azam, Fatima
- Vera, Nancy
- Wei, Miranda
Cohort entering Fall 2015
- Domnick, Martina
Cohort entering Fall 2014
- Edrei, Chen
- Soulet, Manon
- Tillman, Nathan
Cohort entering Fall 2013
- Knowles, Andrea
- Rojcewicz, Stephen
- Sarabi, Niloo
Cohort entering Fall 2012
- Pratsovyta, Nataliya
- Rivera, Ines Pastora
Cohort entering Fall 2011
- Fabricant, Noah
Cohort entering Fall 2009
- Farach, Ana
- Metz, Jeremy
Cohort entering Fall 2008
- Jamshidi, Abbas
MFA Students
2016-2017
- Brown, Pierce
- Chism, Carlos
- De Bel, Heather
- Ellis, Derek
- Goodson, Anna
- Hill, Kiyanna
- Hunter, Martha
- Islam, Sabrina
- Jicha, Ariel
- Kennedy, Kelly
- Komar, Ravenna
- Kun, Tara
- McCormally, Anna
- McCracken, Quinn
- McDonald, Leigh
- Myrick, Emily
- Neal, Laura
- Philpot, Christopher
- Polek, Nicolette
- Pratiwi, Theresia
- Reid, Caitlin
- Sevick, Jacob
- Smith, Jason
- Witte, Peter
- Zitta, Anthony