College of Humanities and Social Sciences
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Jen Barnard, office manager in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, coordinates the department's 100+ faculty and staff members and over 1,000 students. Described as having a "Swiss Army knife" of skills, she was honored by Mason president Gregory Washington on March 1.

History professor Rosemarie Zagarri and philosophy assistant professor Davis Kuykendall are among faculty members teaching courses on issues related to pandemics in historical context and the ways in which societies respond to them.

The 2021 Sojourner Truth Lecture explores the power of politics and protest in the pursuit of justice, and features Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, PhD, and Mason alumna Aja Clark. Yevette Richards Jordan, faculty member in the Department of History and Art History, the Women and Gender Studies Program, and African and African American Studies, moderates the conversation.