Tufts English Graduate Organization (TEGO)

The Tufts English Graduate Organization (TEGO) is an autonomous student group that considers issues of concern to graduate students and coordinates projects to advance graduate study. Examples of TEGO activities include workshops on student research-in-progress, professional development workshops, informal meetings to discuss examination procedures, organization of thematic reading groups, and coordination of a graduate student conference.

2026-2027 TEGO Officers

Co-Presidents: Gillian Wood and Ciara Keogh

Internal Program Affairs: Ginde Baker and Jem Shin

External and Community Affairs: Maggie Farren and Caitlin Lozada

Graduate Student Council Representative: Vasantha Sambamurti

Tufts Graduate Humanities Conference

The graduate student conference committee solicits papers internationally from graduate students for presentation at a conference held at Tufts University each fall. Graduate students in the department coordinate all aspects of the conference.

This year, the conference will be held in-person on Friday, October 16th, 2026 at Breed Memorial Hall - 51 Winthrop St, Medford, MA 02155. CFP for this year's theme, Is It a Wonderful Life?, are due by June 15th, 2026  to tuftsghc@gmail.com. You can read more about the history of the conference on the TGHC website. For questions, email tuftsghc@gmail.com.