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

Cher Weixia Chen, School of Integrative Studies, joins a cohort of female authors telling their stories of being a woman in their field of study, experiences of inequity, and what they believe to be key in tackling equity in academia and beyond.

Food insecurity is something that Drew Bonner, a second-year sociology PhD student at George Mason University, experienced before he knew what to call it. Bonner’s interest in understanding food access was piqued during his AP human geography class in his junior year of high school, when the class studied food deserts, areas where access to affordable and high quality fresh food is limited.

We are honored to share that Dean Ardis has been nominated to the prestigious Leadership Institute for a New Academy (LINA) through the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). The LINA program is a crucial step toward cultivating a more inclusive, innovative, and dynamic academy that better serves the needs and aspirations of scholars today. The program is made possible by generous funding from the Mellon Foundation.