If you chose to make a donation to your favorite CHSS or Mason cause last week on Vision Day 2024, thank you. Mason Vision Day nets a record wave of support for the university.

Stop by the Horizon Hall atrium starting at 1:00 p.m. today to see the impressive scholarly work of our undergraduate students on display. An award ceremony will be held at 3:45 p.m.

George Mason University holds its University Commencement on Thursday, May 9 at 10:00 a.m., in the EagleBank Arena, and the CHSS Degree Celebration for our graduating students will be held on Friday, May 10 at 2:30 p.m., in the EagleBank Arena. Learn more about each of these events.

As Founder and CEO of Helios HR, an award-winning human capital and talent acquisition consulting firm, Kathy Albarado, BS Psychology '87, MAIS '91, is passionate about helping leaders discover what is possible with a talent strategy that seizes opportunities.

Mason's Faculty and Staff Experience Survey, administered by Gallup, is now underway and closes on April 23. Your participation is instrumental shaping Mason's future initiatives. Please take a few minutes to respond.

May 1 through May 15 is open enrollment season: the time each spring where you can make changes related to your health plan and flexible spending account for the new year. Learn what's new for 2024!

Congratulations to the seven CHSS award recipients who were celebrated at the 2024 Celebration of Teaching Excellence ceremony on April 15.

On April 16, seven CHSS faculty and staff were recognized with George Mason University Outstanding Achievement Awards, which celebrate the hard work, dedication, and achievements of Mason’s faculty and staff across several awards categories.

CHSS is pleased to announce that four of its faculty members—Xiaomei Cai, Rachel Lewis, Lincoln Mullen, and Gabrielle Tayac—have been chosen to receive 2024 Presidential Awards for Faculty Excellence.

The Kaduna Books and Arts Festival has honored Mason creative writing professor Helon Habila with the KabaFest Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented at the festival's opening ceremonies on Thursday, April 25.

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!

Mason placed 2nd out of almost 60 schools, edging out teams from the University of Alabama, Bradley University, University of Illinois-Chicago, Cornell University, and the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

Whether your research is in progress or completed, Mason Libraries welcomes the opportunity to share your insights and experiences on the Research Remix podcast.  

Mason plans to unveil new university branding and graphic elements—including updates to the current logo—during Mason Day on April 26. If you haven't listed all digital and print items in your department, unit, or center that will need updating on this Excel spreadsheet, please do so promptly. Thank you!

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.

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.

This video showcases how the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at George Mason University leads teaching and research that drives action—action that makes an impact on solving some of the most pressing challenges of our time, safeguarding our future for generations.  

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.

Jennifer Leeman, professor of Spanish linguistics in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, will spend the fall semester at the Universidad de Murcia in Spain, where she will lecture on topics in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics as well as aid in the supervision of doctoral students. She will also carry out a research project, an empirical study of language attitudes among international university students studying in Murcia.

Mills Kelly, professor of history and RRCHNM senior scholar, and RRCHNM have been awarded two separate NEH awards—one in support of Worlds Turned Upside Down, a narrative documentary podcast series about the history of the American Revolution, and one in support of the digital preservation of Civil War graffiti houses.

Zachary Schrag, professor in the Department of History and Art History, has received an NEH grant for his research on the history of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project to help understand the possibilities of the ambitious efforts to reshape daily transportation choices.

Congratulations are in order for the six CHSS graduate students recently selected by Mason's Institute for a Sustainable Earth (ISE) and the Graduate Division as Sustainability Summer Research Fellows.

Since 1989, more than 3,000 people have been exonerated after being wrongly convicted. In his new book, "The Politics of Innocence: How Wrongful Convictions Shape Public Opinion," Robert J. Norris, associate professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, and his coauthors explore the political dynamics that shape the innocence movement.

A multidisciplinary, multi-year effort will use immersive virtual reality to examine ways in which high-stress conditions may influence law enforcement officer decision-making and utilization of equitable policing strategies.

The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) will be hosting an online (Zoom) Workshop: “NSF’s New Mentoring Requirements for Graduate Students” on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. The 90-minute workshop is designed to help Principal Investigators (PIs) and grant applicants understand the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) new requirements for graduate student mentoring.

The Department of Justice application season is here! Prepare early to ensure your registration and users are up to date in the systems involved in the application process.

WUSA9 cites the Institute for Immigration Research in an article about how the Key Bridge collapse is pushing immigrant workers to call on President Biden for further relief services and better work regulations.

Amanda Warner, doctoral student in sociology, is quoted in an article discussing how the case that ensured undocumented children’s education is at risk of being overturned.

Todd Kashdan, Department of Psychology, is quoted in a New Scientist article about how, at moderate levels, nervous feelings can make us smarter problem solvers and fuel original thinking.

In Bloomberg, Tyler Cowen, Department of Economics and Mercatus Center, writes that Canada's liberal policies may be causing tension now, but in the long run they will make it stronger.

In Yahoo! Finance, Jeffrey Lacker, Mercatus Center, says we may not see rate cuts at all this year.