About the EGU
The English Graduate Union (EGU) is an organization that represents all English graduate students at the University of Arizona. Founded in 1991, EGU monitors graduate student workload, advocates for graduate student concerns and issues on many departmental and administrative levels, and mobilizes graduate students across the campus around important issues like health care, tuition remission, workload reduction, and childcare.
Membership in EGU is open to all English and English-affiliated graduate students. For more information, or if you have questions, please contact the EGU Officers at egucochairs@gmail.com.
Fall 2026 Meetings
All English and English-affiliated graduate students are welcome to attend EGU meetings where we discuss issues graduate students are facing, share updates from our officers, and have the opportunity to build relationships across programs. EGU will continue to offer a hybrid meeting modality in-person and via Zoom.
Meetings will be the following Friday's from 3:00-4:00:
- September 11
- September 25
- October 9
- October 23
- November 6
- November 20
EGU Officers – AY 2026-2027
- EGU Co-Chairs: [VACANT]
- Committee on Teaching for Access, Belonging, and Community: Jazzie Terrell
- Secretary: Grace Humphreys
- WPC Assessment Committee Rep: Josh Barrows
- WPC Awards Committee Rep: [VACANT]
- WPC Curriculum & Instruction Committee Rep: Amy Garrett Brown
- WPC Professional Development Committee Rep: Grace Humphreys
- Harassment and Discrimination: Jazzie Terrell
- A.I. Committee: Luke Keeling
- Graduate and Professional Student Council Rep: Lucia Luna Aurelia
- UGCC Rep: Gaye Cetin (interim)
- Social Chair: Addison Boozer
- First-Year Rep: [VACANT]
- Creative Writing Program Rep: [VACANT]
- EAL Program Rep: [VACANT]
- Literature Program Rep: Anran Hou
- RCTE Program Rep: Maryam Vaezi
Current Initiatives
- Ensure graduate student representation on English departmental and program committees
- Mediate issues related to graduate student labor and compensation
- Foster communities of care and opportunities to build relationships amongst graduate students across all English programs
- Offer professional development opportunities for graduate students
- Ensure graduate students are safe from sexual discrimination and harassment
- Mobilize with other student organizations across campus to advocate for university-wide issues such as childcare, healthcare, education costs, and graduate student wages
- Foster collegial relationships amongst lecturers and graduate student