This February, MFA students Chelsea Lebron and Jaime Goh will be teaching creative writing courses for the Mason Community Arts Academy, the community arts education division of George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. For the first time at George Mason University, MFA teachin...
As I designed a lesson on Artificial Intelligence and Writing, an email popped onto my screen. It was my friend and colleague, Liz Paul, reminding me and everyone in our Composition program about that afternoon’s Teachers Need Teachers (TNT) session.Thank goodness! The AI and writing lesson was more ...
Past Event
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Center for the Arts, Monson Grand Tier, 3rd Floor
"LOOKING FOR JIMMY" with David Leeming A lecture & conversation: 1:30-2:45 pm, Center for the Arts, Monson Grand Tier 3rd Floor, GMU, Fairfax, VAProf. Keith Clark will host David Leeming. David Leeming met James Baldwin in Istanbul in 1961. In 1994, Knopf published Leemings “James Baldwin: A B...
The Kaduna Books and Arts Festival has honored Mason creative writing professor Helon Habila with the KabaFest Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his "exceptional writing and significantcontributions to the development of literature globally." The award will be formally presented at the festival...
Sophia is a third-year MFA candidate with a concentration in fiction. After graduating with a BA in English and Writing, she moved to Seattle where she worked for a literary arts nonprofit, and later in higher education. She has been short-listed for Room’s fiction contest, attended the Banff Centre ...
Ann Ardis (PhD, University of Virginia, 1988) is a distinguished scholar and academic leader. She is known for her interdisciplinary research on late nineteenth and early twentieth-century British literature and culture. That work focused on the formation of the modernist canon, and the voices, part...
Take some time to browse through the pages of this booklet, where you'll find detailed descriptions of the fall course offerings within each concentrations, plus information about what Mason Core and major requirements they satisfy. You'll see why studying English is the perfect way to illuminate you...
Great careers are built by creative people, and in Mason’s English department, illuminating your creativity is our specialty. We are dedicated to helping you become a researcher, a scholar, and an artist. Why is our brand of creativity so effective? Ask any professional in science, humanities, or b...
Tell us about your career. My career has spanned the technology and publishing industries with a strong focus on writing and communication in both sectors. In the technology field I helped start and manage Internet companies in the web-hosting and web-hosting applications field. From there I helpe...
Jen Renart, BA ’21 with a focus in creative writing, took her creativity in a new direction during the pandemic. With her husband Adri furloughed from his job and Jen out of work as well, the two of them created the ExMo Candle Company—ExMo referring to "Ex Mormon," as they explain on the company...
