Marketing and communicating are important means of sharing the word about our college and the opportunities for students here in CHSS. The CHSS marketing and communication team has prepared a help site full of information to answer your questions and offer ideas.

This newly-formed committee will be exploring professional development opportunities for all college staff, reporting on their progress in the coming months.

PRNews named #MasonCOMM as one of the best U.S. programs for advancing the careers of PR professionals, based on elements such as the variety of learning options and how Mason prepares students at all levels (BA, MA, and PhD) for career success.

Faculty, staff and graduate students are encouraged to apply to the CHSS Interdisciplinary Support Fund for resources to encourage activities that highlight interdisciplinary, social justice, or global issues.

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.

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On February 19, 2021 CHSS Research hosted an event with a panel of publishing experts representing Duke University Press, Mason Publishing Group, and CHSS English, who discussed various topics regarding publishing in the humanities and social sciences. Topics included descriptions of types of publishing, how to engage with publishers, how to secure a contract for publishing, review processes, and more.

The Mason Office of Sponsored Programs asks faculty to use SciENcv for the preparation of National Science Foundation (NSF) Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support proposal documents. As of October 2020 NSF began enforcing the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1) requirement to use NSF-approved formats for the preparation of the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support proposal documents.

In collaboration with the University's Research Council, the OSP Advisory Group, and other stakeholders OSP has updated existing research policies and associated procedures regarding Policy 4012: Principal Investigators.

The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) has released a call for proposals for The Role of Cybersecurity in the Spread of Disinformation and Misinformation. CCI seeks proposals from multi-disciplinary teams in the CCI network to conduct research on the how cybersecurity and artificial intelligence tools and concepts may help to limit, deter, or stop the creation and spread of disinformation and misinformation. The objectives of the program are: to provide seed funding for multi-disciplinary teams to address a research question that requires the combination of technical expertise in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence with expertise in the social sciences, humanities, and/or law; to generate research findings that advance the state of the art on the topic; and to increase the competitiveness of the teams for extramural funding.

During summer 2020, PhD candidate Yamei Wang pursued her linguistics research into numeral classifiers in Chinese, considering how they collaborate with other parts of speech.

In The Hill, the Center for Climate Change Communication's Mona Sarfaty co-authors a piece urging the Biden administration to consider climate change a health emergency, lauding initial steps and suggesting further actions.

In Sapiens, Rick W. A. Smith, assistant professor of anthropology, identifies imperialism at the root of pandemic disease and racial violence, now and historically.

The article, co-authored by Andrew Peterson, assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy, discusses the need for a memorial to recognize the heroes, challenges, and tragedy of the public health crisis of Covid-19.