Research

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences would like to congratulate Tamara Harvey and Jacqueline M. Burek from the Department of English for being selected for the 2026 National Humanities Center four-week summer residency program this June at the National Humanities Center in Durham, North Carolina.

Program staff at the National Endowment for the Humanities will provide a virtual funding opportunity update on Thursday, March 5, beginning at 1 p.m.

George Mason University is an institutional member of the Consortium of Social Science Association (COSSA). Employees can subscribe to their members-only email, and gain access to members-only resources and events like webinars, training, and opportunities to engage with policymakers.

Psychology doctoral student Caroline Toth looks at how adolescents’ social media use is associated with the structure of their in-person friendship networks.

In the fall 2025 semester, the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies hosted a vibrant lineup of academic, cultural, and community-focused events that brought together scholars, students, and the wider public.

Rania Zaied, a fourth-year PhD student in George Mason University’s Department of Communication, has won first-place at the annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, an engaging event that showcases the innovative research of doctoral candidates.

Hosted by Lisa Patel, a pediatrician and executive director of the consortium, this podcast focuses on how health professionals, policy makers, advocates, communicators, and activists are working to tackle the different sides of the greatest health crisis facing us today—climate change.

The National Humanities Alliance, in collaboration with the American Council of Learned Societies, and with funding from the National Science Foundation, is conducting a landscape survey of humanities-STEM research collaborations that address ecological challenges. CHSS faculty are encouraged to take a moment to complete this survey, which is estimated to take about 15 to 20 minutes to complete.

The Folger Institute in Washington, D.C., will offer several programs in spring 2026, including Early Modern Numeracy, directed by George Mason professor Jessica Otis. The application deadline for the spring 2026 programs is October 20.

Martin Wiener, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, has received a multi-year award from the National Science Foundation. The project aims to explore how the brain processes time when looking at images, with important implications for understanding memory, learning, and visual perception.