The EGO committee is here to help. Feel free to drop any of us an email with questions or concerns that you think we may be able to resolve.


President:
Oren Goldschmidt
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Oren is in the third year of his DPhil on Virginia Woolf and community. As President, he co-ordinates EGO’s activities and represents student views to the Faculty through various committees. He is happy to hear from anyone with worries/concerns/questions/comments about being a graduate at Oxford.

Academic Affairs:
Alys Moody

Alys Moody is a third-year DPhil candidate, working on starvation and aesthetics in twentieth-century literature. As Academic Affairs Officer, she is the graduate community’s representative on academic matters. Areas of responsibility include, but aren’t limited to, graduate supervision, graduate teaching, MSt feedback, international student issues (as they relate to graduate programmes), and time to completion for DPhils. Feel free to contact her with questions or concerns about these or any other academic issues.


Library Rep:
Erin Johnson

Erin is a first-year DPhil student examining representations of masculinity in the Brontës’ works.  As Library Rep, she acts as a liaison between English graduate students and library faculty and staff. If you have any library-related questions or concerns, Erin will be more than happy to hear them.




Social Secretaries:
Rosie Lavan and
Kevin Brazil

Rosie did the 1900-present MSt last year and has just started a DPhil on the senses in Seamus Heaney. She is looking forward to seeing lots more of her fellow English graduates at EGO events throughout the year!

Kevin is in the first year of a DPhil on literary modernism and visual art. As well as art, he loves all things theatrical and cinematic, and is always looking for ideas for new EGO trips for fellow students, so if you have any social events you would like to organise, do get in touch!

Communications Officer:
Courtney Traub

Courtney is in her first year of a DPhil exploring Romantic and Transcendentalist discourse in contemporary, experimental American narratives. She is responsible primarily for running this website, and also updates the EGO noticeboard in the faculty. If you come across errors on the site, have a news item or announcement you’d like to see posted on our blog, or if there’s an event to add to the calendar, please feel free to get in touch with her.


Welfare and Mentoring Officer:

Eloise Stonborough

Eloise is a first year DPhil student working on poetic form in early twentieth-century poetry. The Welfare Officer is primarily responsible for organising the EGO mentoring scheme for new graduate students and raising welfare issues with the Faculty. She will also be running regular drop-in hours as well as ‘tea and ranting’ sessions during high-stress periods of the academic year. As a trained peer supporter, she is happy to help you talk through problems, both academic and personal, as well as to refer more sticky issues to the relevant authorities.


MSt 650-1550 Rep:
Emily Dolmans

Emily is reading the MSt 650 – 1550, with a particular focus on the influence of folk heroes on English national identity in the Middle Ages.  She also has a fascination with the relationship between text and image in medieval manuscripts. Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any suggestions or concerns, or if you just feel like sitting around with a cup of tea and chatting about life, literature, and all things medieval.

MSt 1550-1700 Rep:
Joe Lloyd

Joe is in his fourth year at Oxford, following on from his undergraduate degree, so he’s happy to help with libraries, resources and any other queries and concerns. In the 1550-1700 period he is chiefly concerned with 17th century prose – Burton, Browne, Traherne – and the rise of science, but he’s also particularly interested in Thomson’s The Seasons, the early 19th essay and modernism.


MSt joint 1660-1830 and 1800-1940
Roberto Oliveri

Roberto is reading the MSt 1660-1830 strand. He is particularly interested in Romantic theatre, in particular the plays of Shelley, Coleridge and Byron. Should you have any concerns, he will be a kind ear, your male Oprah Winfrey and, with his excellent communications skills, will ensure that your voice is heard. Think of him as your less than impressive Hercules, who is nonetheless capable of slaying the powerful lion that impedes your way to academic and social glory.


MSt joint 1900-present and English and American Rep:
Alicia Walters

Alicia is reading the Mst. English and American Studies. Her interests are in all things material, particularly in transatlantic nineteenth-century literary realism. She would love to talk to you about any complaints (or compliments) you may have about the course.