George Mason University holds its University Commencement on Thursday, May 18, 2023. CHSS holds two degree celebrations for our graduating students later that day. Learn more about each of these events.

Graduates and their guests attending the degree celebrations will have the opportunity to hear from two distinguished speakers with extensive professional experience and deep ties to George Mason University.

Each semester, CHSS nominates one undergraduate and one graduate student from each degree program as exemplars of Mason's core values. These students are honored for their academic achievement and contributions to their respective fields, and for their dedication to Mason's mission of building a more just and inclusive world. Learn more about our honorees.

Each year, the WGST program and the LGBTQ+ Resources Center collaborate on this event, offering the two units a wonderful opportunity to come together to celebrate the lives and accomplishments of Mason’s LGBTQ+ students, their allies, and WGST grads. 

A few kind words can go a long way! Share your words of wisdom and congratulate new CHSS graduates and newly admitted CHSS students. Drawing on your own experience, what advice would you give students? Let us know, and we might share your words of wisdom on our social media pages.

Mason has been part of Heather Moss’ life for as long as she can remember, but her journey—one of determination, hard work, and grit—to becoming a Mason graduate herself was not one she had predicted.

CHSS is pleased to announce that four of its faculty members, Richard Craig, Christopher Koper, Evan Louder, and Courtney Wooten, have been chosen to receive 2023 Presidential Awards for Faculty Excellence.

Cher Weixia Chen, associate professor in the School of Integrative Studies, Nathaniel Greenberg, associate professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, and Mills Kelly, professor of history and director of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM), will spend time abroad thanks to Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards.

CHSS proudly notes that eight of its faculty members have been recognized this year.

Students showcased their research at the 13th annual CHSS Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 20th.

Learn more about the many ways the Department of Psychology is engaged in supporting mental health at Mason and in the broader community.

Academic advisors in CHSS received multiple recognitions, including the V. Ann Lewis Academic Advisor of the Year award, during the annual Academic Advisor Awards Ceremony this May.

The Office of Fellowships is pleased to offer support to Mason students applying to the U.K. Graduate Study Awards, including the Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, and Gates-Cambridge.

On Saturday, April 15th, 2023 George Mason University's Early Identification Program (EIP) and Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) brought together over 20 high school students, graduate students, faculty, and staff to share conversation, food, and a moving performance of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's "The Jungle" thanks to the generous support of George Mason alum Sumeet Shrivastava.

The study will be a first-of-its-kind multi-method longitudinal study of a cohort of police officers.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) transitioned the subawarding, transferring or contracting out part of a NSF Award request functionality from FastLane to Research.gov and decommissioned this request in FastLane.

See here for funding opportunities from the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Justice. Interested parties should contact CHSS Pre-Award Research as soon as possible to secure Mason's submission for these opportunities. Proposals are due in early June 2023.

The new electronic Conflict of Interest (COI) Module is live as of May 8, 2023.

Please remember to assign Other Authorized User access to the RA working on the proposal and to grant OSP view/edit/submit access at the start of the proposal to avoid potential delays upon submission.

As of Monday, October 23, 2023 the use of SciENcv to prepare NSF compliant Biosketches and Current and Pending (Other) Support becomes mandatory. CHSS faculty have been strongly encouraged to use SciEncv for recent NSF submissions.

Dr. Carol Cleaveland is an Associate Professor of Social Work at George Mason University and is an Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) faculty affiliate. Her current research focuses on undocumented immigrants, asylum seekers, and how current policies governing both affect their lived experiences. On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, IIR GRA Charlie Meyer was privileged to sit down with Dr. Carol Cleaveland and ask her about her research in immigration studies and her time working at George Mason University.

In this annual communication competition, PhD candidates across disciplines present their doctoral research to a non-specialist audience using only one visual aid—a single, static PowerPoint slide—in three minutes.  

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!

Distinguished University Professor and Director of Mason’s Center for Climate Change Communication Ed Maibach speaks about how to expand the number of people who acknowledge climate change.

Tyler Cowen, Department of Economics, pens an op-ed about why Washington D.C.—or or any major urban center—would be the best place to wait out a cataclysmic event due to availability of resources.

Christine McDaniel, Mercatus Center, is quoted in an article about Biden's local climate law driving corporation production efforts.

Todd Kashdan, Department of Psychology, is interviewed about ways to effectively disagree in different contexts.

Will Hickman, doctoral candidate in the Department of Economics, is quoted for his studies on ChatGPT, which found the platform unreliable, inaccurate, and often utilizing misleading or false references.

Art Taylor, Department of English, and his book “The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions” are mentioned in Michael Dirda’s Spring Break Reading List.