The Graduate Student English Association is an organization of graduate students at Purdue University. All graduate students in the Department of English as well as graduate students in related Interdisciplinary Studies programs (American Studies, Comparative Literature, Philosophy and Literature) that have held graduate assistantships in the Department of English at Purdue University are "Regular Members" of the organization. GradSEA's goals are:To advocate for the interests of its membersTo promote the professional and academic development of graduate studentsTo facilitate a public and democratic forum to discuss and negotiate issues related to our roles as students, teachers, employees, and colleaguesTo provide a collective voice with which to engage faculty, administration, the larger University