Join us at the town hall on September 29 to review results from the recent Faculty Staff Engagement Survey and participate in a Q&A discussion.

CHSS is excited to introduce the new Faculty Affairs landing page and centralized resource site—a one-stop location designed to help faculty and academic unit leaders quickly find information.

Refresh your presentations with the latest CHSS PowerPoint templates! Available in the CHSS-Branded Templates section of the CHSS Creative Resources site, these templates include the most up-to-date logos, colors, fonts, and brand graphics.

George Mason's Creative Services Photography will be holding a free open photo session for new faculty, staff, and administrators on September 29 in Merten Hall. As a reminder, students are not eligible. This photo session is your opportunity to obtain a professional George Mason head shot for use on George Mason-affiliated websites and publications. Please sign up to reserve your slot.

The 2026 CHSS Community and Catalysts awardees will be celebrated on November 7 Horizon Hall. Faculty and staff are invited to attend and are encouraged to RSVP.

Let us know what's happening in your department and what moments or milestones deserve a spotlight. We welcome news about research, high-impact classroom initiatives, student and faculty achievements, career-readiness opportunities, and more! We'd love to hear from every department and program.

Study leave for tenured instructional faculty, funded by the provost, provides paid leave during one semester or academic year to support scholarly research, teaching, and/or creative activity during the faculty study leave. Applications for study leave for the 2027–28 academic year must be submitted by 5 p.m. on October 9.

ORIEI is inviting all George Mason faculty looking to transform their research into societal impact to submit their proposals to the Seed Translational Research Project (STRP) Program. Concept papers are due by September 30.

CHSS research took center stage on September 1 as leaders from the college’s chartered research centers and institutes showcased their work and achievements in three-minute, single-slide presentations for Provost and Executive Vice President Marion Underwood during her visit to the college.

George Mason held its first Grand Challenge Initiative (GCI) Exchange Day on September 15, bringing together more than 200 faculty members from across the university to talk about the GCI-related work being done and invite collaboration as the call for proposals in second year of funding launches.

As the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, history associate professor Meredith Lair is teaching a course that provides students with a chance to examine the event, not just as a turning point in U.S. history, but through the lenses of public memory, media literacy, commemoration, and civic responsibility.

Erin Eife, an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, will lead academic programming for CHSS' First-Year Residential Learning Community students.

The first Ideas on Tap, presented by the George Mason Alumni Association in partnership with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, featured Robyn Mehlenbeck from the Department of Psychology and Kevin Wright and Richard Craig from the Department of Communication as they addressed everyday topics during an evening of conversation at Commonwealth Brewing in Fairfax.

Welcome to our monthly compilation of good news, gathered from the college's faculty and staff!

Lair and students in her HIST 387 "Topics in Global History: 9/11 in History & Memory" course discussed what they remember or know about the day on the cusp of the 25th anniversary of the attacks.

Unruh discusses how AI might expand the domain of leadership.

Weisburd co-authored research with Badi Hasisi of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem evaluated the four main incarceration-based drug and alcohol treatment programs operated by the Israel Prison Service.

Howerton’s experience and new role are profiled in the article in Blooloop.

Geloso writes about Canada’s counter-tariffs during the Hoover administration.