College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Katie Richards, BA ’12, MFA ’21, senior graduate program coordinator in George Mason University’s Higher Education Program, was recently named poet laureate of Prince William County. Richards’s proposal for the role focused on making poetry accessible to community members with disabilities.

Three George Mason alumni discussed transforming their military experiences into works of art during a panel discussion at the 2026 International Writers Festival presented by George Mason’s Alan Cheuse International Writers Center.

From Halloween decorations to Hollywood horror, skeletons have a reputation for being creepy. But George Mason anthropologist Kimberly Foecke knows there's much more beneath the surface.

PBS News Hour co-anchor Geoff Bennett recently visited with communication students, offering career advice before his appearance at George Mason’s Fall for the Book Festival.

The George Mason University Alumni Association’s annual Celebration of Distinction recognizes outstanding alumni, faculty members, and students.  Since 1975, the George Mason University Alumni Association has recognized alumni, faculty, and students for outstanding achievement, service, and leadership at its annual Celebration of Distinction.  

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ada Ferrer received the ninth annual Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award for her memoir, Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter, at the Fall for the Book Festival at George Mason University on October 8. 

Guylaine Saint Juste, BA International Studies ’94, understands education’s power. Raised in Haiti and the first in her family to attend college, Saint Juste put herself through college while working full-time, attending class two nights a week. It took her seven years to graduate. One generation later, she was able to give her daughters a very different experience—the opportunity to attend college full time with their education paid for.

This summer, classrooms gave way to labs, field sites, and data sets as George Mason University faculty and students partnered to tackle some of society's most pressing challenges.

4-VA@Mason, part of the 4-VA state network, has announced 20 collaborative research awards for George Mason University faculty members for the 2026-27 academic year. The selected proposals were chosen from the largest number of submissions received since the program’s inception more than a decade ago. 

George Mason University senior Mehmood Shajih has built his college experience around one goal: creating better mental health outcomes for young people.