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What does it mean to support Mason’s linguistically diverse students? Teams from the Composition Program and Writing Center are working to address this question. 

Two Mason PhD students—Benjamin Hunt in Linguistics and Jonathan M. Marine in Writing & Rhetoric—have ­relaunched the online journal Working Papers in Language and Linguistics, a reworking and broadening of an earlier Mason journal, Working Papers in Linguistics, which began in 1992 and was published through 2013.

Mason's new Lab for Writing and Communication brings together support for all university students on the writing and speech components of their work. Learn about the power of 'what if?' and how to make an appointment.

Sindya Bhanoo’s Seeking Fortune Elsewhere, Daphne Palasi Andreades’s Brown Girls, and Aamina Ahmad’s The Return of Faraz Ali have been named finalists for the Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award.

Learn about how to apply to the Professional and Technical Writing Programs at George Mason University in fall 2022. Applications are due August 1.

Mason's Commencement will be in-person on Friday, May 20, at 10:00 am. The college's Degree Celebration for the Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies, including the School of Integrative Studies, takes place May 20 at 2:00 pm; the Degree Celebration for the Social Sciences takes place May 20 at 6:00 pm.

As George Mason University recognizes 50 years as an independent university, the College of Humanities reflects on how it has been an important part of Mason from the very start.

Tanya Boucicaut is an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and a student in Mason's Writing and Rhetoric PhD program. She is using her studies to advance the dreams of her students, as well as her own professional ambitions.