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College of Humanities and Social Sciences professors Susan Howard and Andrew Novak have been honored with 2026 George Mason University Teaching Excellence Awards from the Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning.

On Mason Giving Day this April 2, choose your impact by supporting the department, program, center, or initiative that means the most to you.

Welcome to our monthly compilation of good news, gathered from the college's faculty and staff!

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences hosted a History and Humanities Fair in February for more than 50 elementary and middle school students from City of Fairfax Schools.

This academic year, Samantha “Chevi” Chung has had a research opportunity that few have had by participating in a yearlong workshop at the Folger Shakespeare Library. The theme of Chung’s workshop is “Shakespeare and Black Performing Women,” which ties in perfectly with her thesis. 

Through a remarkable planned gift to George Mason University, Robert “Ken” Hedrick Jr., BA History ’71, has created four endowed scholarships to benefit first-generation students.

Building on relationships through community-based service-learning, the Department of Modern and Classical Languages has built a partnership with Fairfax County Public Schools to bolster the growth of literacy in Spanish and Korean.

Department of History and Art History Associate Professor Gabrielle Tayac hopes the project coinciding with America's 250th anniversary will serve as a teaching opportunity for the wider public.

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.

Nilima Hakim Mow, a PhD student in linguistics, received the Scholars for the Dream Travel Award, to support her travel to the 2026 CCCC Annual Convention, where she will present her research on how multilingual graduate writers navigate academic writing norms and mentorship.