Judy Herbert, senior administrative assistant for CHSS, was celebrated as Mason's Employee of the Month during a ceremony on March 11. Please join us in congratulating Judy on this well-deserved honor!

A huge thank you to the generous donors who participated in last week’s blood drive in partnership with Inova Bloodmobile. CHSS donated a combined total of 34 blood products, meaning 102 lives can potentially be saved!

On Tues., April 16, 1:00-2:30 p.m., President Washington will hold an Academic Unit Town Hall with faculty and staff. In-person attendance at the Johnson Center Bistro is encouraged.

David J. Gerleman, adjunct faculty in the Department of History and Art History, has been selected as a recipient of a 2024-2025 Fulbright Scholar Award. He will travel to Hungary’s University of Debrecen, where he will teach two courses, both of which he developed and taught at Mason.

We invite you to join us in making a gift on Vision Day and celebrating together the power of collective impact. CHSS will host a drop-in session at 2 p.m. today to provide information about some of the many funds you can support and to answer any questions you may have. It is humbling to see the generosity and commitment our faculty and staff show on Vision Day and throughout the year, and we look forward to thanking you in person.

The 7th annual Food for Thought will be held on May 2 at the Country Club of Fairfax. Support Mason's Center for Community Mental Health while participating in our one-of-a-kind auction, sampling culinary delights, and sipping signature cocktails.

Mason plans to unveil new university branding and graphic elements, which will include updates to the current logo, during Mason Day on April 26. To prepare for the transition, please list all digital and print items in your department, unit, or center that will need updating on this Excel spreadsheet by April 15.

Please read the following update from Jerry Mize, term faculty member and online undergraduate program coordinator in the Department of Psychology, who is currently serving as the College’s representative to the Advisory Committee related to the Learning Management System transition to Canvas.

Each year, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences presents awards to recognize alumni from every department who are making a remarkable difference in the world. Please consider making a nomination before the May 31 deadline.

Do you know of a student graduating in May with an inspiring story to share? Mason's OUB wants to share their stories this spring. Please consider recommending a student using the CHSS brag form.

Please let your students know that George Mason University Foundation scholarships are available and are open to all continuing undergraduates, admitted transfers, and graduate students.

The CHSS Digest includes Shout-Outs to faculty and staff who have submitted their exciting news and accomplishments throughout the month. Have news to share? Send it our way so we can spread the word!

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.

The 14th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held on April 18 in Horizon Hall. Please encourage students to submit an abstract for a poster, video, or oral presentation by April 4. Are you a faculty or staff member interested in serving as a judge? Learn how you can volunteer.

The assistant professor of Criminology, Law and Society was one of 11 state educators honored as "Outstanding Faculty" by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia at a March 7 ceremony in Richmond. In this video, recorded at Mason before the event, Lowder talks about the rewards of her research and teaching at Mason.

Jackie Burek, assistant professor in the Department of English and CHR residential fellow, will participate in a March 25 event, "Learning from the 1923-24 Welsh Women's Peace Appeal to American Women." Learn more about her research.

Award-winning journalist, broadcast host, and filmmaker Rokhaya Diallo is Mason’s 2024 Sojourner Truth Lecture speaker and award recipient. Learn more about the talk.

The Institute for Immigration Research recently hosted a conversation with current and former players on the D.C. DIVAS, one of 14 professional teams in the Women’s Football Alliance, about their mission to level the playing field for girls and women in sports and to inspire and empower the next generation of athletes. View a recording of the discussion.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will be hosting the Spring 2024 NSF Grants Conference from June 3-5, 2024, in Philadelphia, PA. This conference will be a hybrid event. The NSF Grants Conference is designed to give new faculty, researchers, and administrators key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF.

“Taking the Stand,” a recent article published by the journal Science, delves into the issue of scientists and academics going to court as an expert witness and the risks and rewards that it can bring to the expert.

Mason’s Center for Climate Change and Communication (4Cs) is pleased to announce the publication of a new paper “The ‘Think-and-do Tank’ Model: Action-oriented Climate Communication Research” in the journal Environmental Communication.

Appointed by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Craig Miles, Department of Criminology, Law, and Society, now serves as the Fairfax County Police Department Civilian Review Panel liaison, which investigates the legitimacy and fairness of past Fairfax County Police Department investigations.

In celebration of International Women's Day, Iccha Basnyat, associate professor of global health communication in the Department of Global Affairs with a joint appointment in the Department of Communication, discusses what sparked her passion for women's representation in health communication and what it is like to be a researcher in the field.

Econlib publishes article by Peter Boettke, Department of Economics and Mercatus Center, about James Buchanan, “an inspired thinker, and an inspiring teacher, scholar, and academic entrepreneur.”

Greogry Unruh, School of Integrative Studies, delves into a study of how a collaboration between Intel and governmental departments helped to uncover the great potential of AI in the 2010s before the existence of ChatGPT.

Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, professor at the Schar School and IIR faculty affiliate, is quoted in U.S. News and World Report article, explaining that negative immigration-related attitudes reflect "the politics of fear" rather than a tangible crisis impacting the day-to-day lives of Americans.

Steve Harris Scott, Department of History and Art History, is set to speak at the NNK 250 Signature Speaker Series furthering the discussion of the history of the land in his talk, “A Place Apart: Bound Labor in Virginia’s Upper Northern Neck, 1645-1702.”

Todd Kashdan’s, Department of Psychology, theory of stress tolerance is cited in a Greater Good magazine article speaking about the psychological benefits of uncertainty.