Jill Bowen, the college's curriculum and space manager, is a 2021 recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award. Mark your calendars for April 13 and the virtual awards ceremony.

U.S. News & World Reports’ latest rankings for graduate programs include high marks for the graduate programs in criminology, law and society, as well as history, economics, sociology, and English.

It's awards season! Despite the virtual nature of many Spring Commencement events, we are now collecting information about student awards and we ask departments to enter awardees' names in the CHSSWeb system (photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash).

The multistory Word Wall feature in the atrium of Horizon Hall, in the center of Mason's Fairfax Campus, is a striking representation of the concept of a crossroad where faculty and students in many disciplines can meet and exchange ideas. Learn about how it works and how you can contribute to its conversation.

The Stearns Center wraps up its continuing development program with a final workshop during spring 2021 semester, Alternative and Authentic Assessments: Student Perspectives. Learn more about the program and register for the workshop.

On March 23 and 25, representatives from NEH, NEA, NIH, NSF, and LoC discussed fellowships and career development opportunities offered by their organizations as well as best practices for competing for these opportunities; CHSS faculty discussed their experiences competing for these types of awards.

Applications are due April 9 for summer research funding from the Center for Humanities Research. Grants of up to $5,000 will be made to support humanities related research. Learn more about application requirements.

The Center for Humanities Research is welcoming applications for CHR fellows for fall 2021 and spring 2022. Next year's theme is Pasts/Presents/Futures. Applications are due April 16.

Institute for Digital InnovAtion affiliates is a dynamic multidisciplinary faculty network focused on digital techniques and technologies to advance fields as diverse as finance, education, science, economics, agriculture, health, transportation, entertainment, national security, and social justice.

IDIA is excited to announce their first cycle of seed funding to the Mason research community. This funding is aligned with their mission to connect members of the Mason community internally and with businesses, organizations, and agencies so that, together, they can collaborate on disruptive digital innovation (DDI). These innovations should help organizations reduce costs, improve services, or bring a paradigm shift.

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends support advanced research of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. They provide $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing for projects beginning as early as May 2022. Tenured and tenure-track faculty members teaching full-time who wish to apply for an NEH Summer Stipend must be nominated.

Join a live virtual workshop with National Endowment for the Humanities program staff to hear about NEH grant opportunities, deadlines, and application information.

Qualtrics is an cloud-based platform for creating and distributing web-based surveys, to which Mason has a university subscription. CHSS “Departmental Administrators” work with researchers to create logins, and follow departmental preferences on surveys, etc.

Webex is being phased out and the service will no longer be available through a Mason license beginning on May 31. ITS has already begun closing accounts and will not be reactivating users.

Richard Hardesty, a PhD candidate in the Department of History and Art History, describes his efforts to research the impact of the Baltimore Orioles on their city, and the challenges of doing so during the COVID-19 shutdowns of 2020.

In an opinion piece in the Washington Post, philosophy faculty Shannon Elizabeth Fyfe and Andrew Peterson discuss lingering lockdown conditions at the District of Columbia Jail and argue for prioritizing inmate welfare.

Christy Pichichero, associate professor of French and history and CHSS director of faculty diversity, coins the term "discriminatory gaslighting" in the context of the British royal family and its response to allegations of discrimination.

On a Fox5DC broadcast, Justin Ramsdell, forensic psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Psychology, discussed empathy, rehabilitation, the pandemic, and "fight or flight" response in relation to a recent deadly carjacking in Washington, DC.

In an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Earl Smith, faculty member in the Department of Sociology, and Marissa Kiss, PhD Sociology '20, discuss research on the reasons why American-born Black athletes are underrepresented in Major League Baseball.

CommonHealth, the Virginia employee wellness program, offers wellness tips on stress reduction, better sleep, and healthy recipes. Each week, Mason HR updates its website to share CommonHealth's latest information. Check it out!