On December 5, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences hosted the annual Mary Roper Award. Faculty and staff gathered to recognize the work of Tanie Boeddeker, graduate programs administrator in the Department of Psychology.

Ninety bags of food and personal hygiene items, which will help support students during winter break when the university is closed, were delivered to the Patriot Pantry on December 6.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences celebrated its 2023 Community and Catalysts award recipients on November 4 in Horizon Hall.

Congratulations to Peter Boettke, Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Philosophy, who was awarded the Southern Economics Association (SEA) the Distinguished Fellow Award. SEA presented and honored its inaugural cohort of Distinguished Fellows on November 19, during its 93rd Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

The Alan Cheuse International Writer’s Center is seeking art submissions for its BALDWIN100 initiative, a collaborative arts, scholarship, and cultural project encompassing a year-long series of initiatives designed to engage deeply with James Baldwin’s work. Learn more about two pre-launch initiatives—BALDWIN100-Reads and Call for Art. Submissions are due January 5.

Higher Education in the Digital Age (HE703) students gained hands-on experience in visual communication this semester with a project that challenged them to create a new mascot for Mason’s next 50 years.

CHSS was thrilled to host sixth-grade students from Lynbrook Elementary school in Springfield for a tour of Mason’s Fairfax Campus on November 17. While on campus students toured the Mason Innovation Exchange (MIX), saw the bioarcheology lab, and learned more about the humanities and social sciences. 

The CHSS Marketing team has created a shared library of high-quality photos from CHSS events and photo shoots. Browse the gallery for images you can use on your website, flyers, and other marketing materials.

CHSS faculty and staff can express their support for our college by opting for payroll deduction, an efficient means to make contributions to the program, scholarship, or initiative of their choice at Mason.

Highlighting the health relevance of climate change and the health benefits of climate solutions can generate support for climate action, a major review of evidence on the subject has found.

Laura Aileen Sauls, assistant professor of Global Affairs, and co-investigators led by the University of Manchester have secured £2 million for a five-year research project aiming to transform knowledge about the benefits and risks of Earth observation data and technologies in conservation. The project will provide important insights on the ethical, theoretical, and practical implications of incorporating earth observation data into large-scale efforts to counter global environmental problems.

Mason doctoral student Timmia King's research focuses on how African-descended communities have documented themselves and their archival practices over time. Learn more about this GIA Scholar.

Faculty Research and Development Awards (FRDA), funded by CHSS, are short-term awards that are designed to help tenured and tenure-track faculty initiate new programs of research and scholarship or enhance existing ones. The application deadline for the FRDA is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 2, 2024.

Calls for proposals are open for Mason full-time faculty and administrative faculty interested in launching pilot research and course redesign projects in conjunction with colleagues at one or more of the universities within the 4-VA collaborative in Virginia. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through February 15, 2024.

In the New York Times, Thalia R. Goldstein, Department of Psychology, co-authors an op-ed addressing new psychological studies that shed light on the matter.

In the Hechinger Report, Ann Ardis, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, debunks misconceptions about the value of a humanities degree, citing new report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Todd Kashdan, Department of Psychology, discusses how dissent among groups can lead to higher quality decisions on the I Wish They Knew Podcast.

E. Shelley Reid, Department of English and Executive Director of Engaged Teaching at the Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning, provides several strategies for faculty to reduce the likelihood of misunderstandings and surprises.

In a recent post, Edwin A. Rodriguez draws on Institute for Immigration Research maps and data in his detailed overview of Salvadorans in the DC region.

Tyler Cowen, Department of Economics and Mercatus Center, writes that while top schools like to talk about being inclusive, their reputations depend on being selective.

Thomas Stratmann, Department of Economics, and co-authors write that for Native American economic freedom, unravel the “white tape.”