CHSS Digest

February 1, 2024

CHSS Digest February 1, 2024
Announcements & Resources
CHSS to host Dr. P. Gabrielle Foreman for two workshops on February 8 and 9

CHSS to host Dr. P. Gabrielle Foreman for two workshops on February 8 and 9

CHSS is pleased to announce that we are hosting two workshops with MacArthur Fellow and award-winning educator, author, scholar, and mentor Dr. P. Gabrielle Foreman: "Recruiting and Retaining Scholars from Underrepresented Groups" and "Getting to Your Goals: Much More than Mentorship." Click through to express your interest by February 5.

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Evan Marie Lowder receives Outstanding Faculty Award from SCHEV

Evan Marie Lowder receives Outstanding Faculty Award from SCHEV

The assistant professor of Criminology, Law and Society will be honored at a March 7 event in Richmond, with 11 other state educators recognized as outstanding faculty by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

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Faculty Feature: SOAN associate professor Rashmi Sadana

Faculty Feature: SOAN associate professor Rashmi Sadana

Rashmi Sadana, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, sits down with CHSS to discuss her academic journey and research.

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University Libraries to hold two hybrid town hall meetings in February

University Libraries to hold two hybrid town hall meetings in February

The Libraries will host hybrid town hall meetings open to all faculty to address strategic realignment of collection practices.

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Learn how to use Perusall to increase student engagement

Learn how to use Perusall to increase student engagement

The Stearns Center Digital Learning invites faculty to attend a demonstration of Perusall, a social learning platform designed to promote online student engagement. This is the first of four online tool demonstrations this semester to show faculty tools that can enhance their online course experience.

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CHSS faculty and staff giving

CHSS faculty and staff giving

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.

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Research & Scholarship News
Mason ORIEI NSF Career COHORT Proposal Writing Program

Mason ORIEI NSF Career COHORT Proposal Writing Program

The Office of Research Innovation and Economic Impact (ORIEI) is launching the 2024 Mason ORIEI NSF CAREER Cohort Support Program. The new program is intended to support early career faculty applying for 2024 NSF CAREER Awards through workshops, mentorships, and a structured grant writing process.

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NSF: Changes to the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)

NSF: Changes to the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures (PAPPG) that will be effective for proposals submitted or due on or after May 20, 2024.

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4-VA@Mason Collaborative Research Grants Due Soon

4-VA@Mason Collaborative Research Grants Due Soon

Calls for proposals are open for Mason full-time instructional and administrative faculty interested in launching pilot research and course redesign projects with colleagues at universities within the 4-VA collaborative in Virginia. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through February 15, 2024, but proposals must be submitted for Dean's signature no later than February 7.

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Dzaleka Art Project: Arts in a refugee camp in Malawi

Dzaleka Art Project: Arts in a refugee camp in Malawi

Lisa Gilman, professor of folklore and English and IIR faculty affiliate, has released the Dzaleka Art Project website. The art project is a community-based collaborative project by and about the arts and artists living as refugees in the Dzaleka camp in Malawi.

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Fellow Highlight: Breonna Riddick

Fellow Highlight: Breonna Riddick

CHR Summer Research Fellow talks about her path to Mason, the CHR, and the broader impact of her project "Making Birth Stories Matter(s): An Examination of Health, Communication, Culture and Identity through Critical Autoethnography and Narratives of Women Birthing with Doulas."

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New IIR Report: Immigrant Nobel Laureates in Economics

New IIR Report: Immigrant Nobel Laureates in Economics

This year's IIR Nobel Laureate Report focuses on Nobel Laureates in Economics. Dr. Sandip K. Sureka and Kellie S. Wilkerson write about the crucial role of immigrant economists in the discipline.

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IIR Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Justin Lowry

IIR Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Justin Lowry

Dr. Justin P. Lowry is Associate Professor of Archaeology at SUNY Plattsburgh. After completing his PhD in Anthropology from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany in 2013 and before starting a tenure-track position at SUNY Plattsburgh in 2017, Dr. Lowry spent time at George Mason University teaching in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and working as a Research Fellow and later as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Immigration Research (IIR).

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Events

2024 Education & Health Research Hub Conference

College Students of Immigrant Origin: Research, Practice, & Community Engagement

Clock Icon for February  1, 2024, 12:30 PM to February  2, 2024,  5:00 PM ESTFebruary 1, 2024, 12:30 PM to February 2, 2024, 5:00 PM EST

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Today, more than 5-million college students in the United States identify as immigrants or students from immigrant families. As scholars and practitioners learn more about the experiences and needs of these students, institutions have opportunities to better support their college access, retention, and success. This event is a two-day virtual, multiinstitutional conference and will provide a venue for presenting and discussing scholarly work and promising practices.

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Quiet, A Reading, Victoria Adukwei Bulley

Clock Icon for Monday, February  5, 2024  1:30 PM to  2:45 PM ESTMonday, February 5, 2024 1:30 PM to 2:45 PM EST

Map Icon for Fenwick Library, Fenwick Reading Room, 4400 University Dr, Fairfax, VAFenwick Library, Fenwick Reading Room, 4400 University Dr, Fairfax, VA

"as in peaceful / as in slow to anger / as in shy /"

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IIR Migration Working Group - February

The Working Group is an informal space where students and faculty discuss early-stage migration research projects.

Clock Icon for Wednesday, February  7, 2024  1:30 PM to  2:30 PM ESTWednesday, February 7, 2024 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EST

The IIR Migration Working Group is an informal space where students and faculty discuss early-stage migration research projects.

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Doing Humanities Work with the CHR

Clock Icon for Thursday, February  8, 2024 12:00 PM to  1:30 PM ESTThursday, February 8, 2024 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EST

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Interested in pursuing funding for a collaborative humanities project? Let CHR help you in this upcoming workshop.

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Kids and social media: The good, the bad and the ugly of social media and our kids

The good, the bad and the ugly of social media and our kids.

Clock Icon for Thursday, February  8, 2024  6:30 PM to  7:30 PM ESTThursday, February 8, 2024 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EST

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GMU CCMH and ConnerStrong Foundation are proud to offer this parent workshop - Moderated by Robyn Mehlenbeck, PhD, ABPP Director, Mason’s Center for Community Mental Health

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Gilman scholarship information session

Clock Icon for Friday, February  9, 2024 12:00 PM to  1:00 PM ESTFriday, February 9, 2024 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST

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Would you like to study abroad to improve your national security and economic prosperity skills? Have you received a Federal Pell Grant in the past? If so, join us to talk all about the Gilman Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs!

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CHSS in the Media

Welcome to CHSS in the Media! Some articles may be behind a paywall. Mason's University Libraries provides direct access to current news sources. For more information, go to InfoGuides: Current News: Direct Subscriptions

CHR leadership interviewed on Mason Libraries' "Research Remix" podcast

CHR leadership interviewed on Mason Libraries' "Research Remix" podcast

CHR's leadership duo—director Alison Landsberg and associate director Catherine Olien—were delighted to be featured on the first two episodes of Mason Libraries' new "Research Remix" podcast.

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Jesse Kirkpatrick quoted on Gray TV about the "No AI Fraud Act"

Jesse Kirkpatrick, Department of Philosophy and Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, notes that there is a lack of protections like this at the national level. The proposed new bill would protect Americans’ voice and likeness against artificial intelligence-generated fakes.

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What’s the difference between the CPI and the PPI?

Patrick Horan, Mercatus Center, is quoted on MarketPlace story comparing different ways to measure inflation.

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The power of digital games

Susan Howard, School of Integrative Studies, and her award-winning game Go Nisha Go featured in NewsVoir article.

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AI in the classroom

In Bloomberg, Tyler Cowen, Department of Economics and Mercatus Center, writes that the most popular and effective use of AI in education may be programs that follow the “friendship first” model.

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