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Poet Phillip B. Williams will visit Mason virtually on Thursday, September 30, as part of the Fall 2021 Visiting Writers Series. In a Crowdcast event at 7:30 that evening, Williams will be in conversation with Mason MFA student Keene Carter. The series is hosted by Mason’s Creative Writing Program, University Libraries, and Watershed Lit.

Poet, fiction writer, and essayist Reginald Gibbons will visit Mason virtually on Thursday, September 23, as part of the Fall 2021 Visiting Writers Series.

The current director of the Northern Virginia Writing Project talks with the founder, English Professor Emeritus Donald Gallehr, and looks back at the organization's distinguished history.

Tope Folarin kicks off the Fall 2021 Visiting Writers Series on Thursday, September 9, at 7:30 p.m. on Crowdcast.

Mason's Honeybee Initiative, founded in 2013 and now housed in the School of Business, offers meaningful experiences for volunteers such as Debra Lattanzi Shutika, chair, Department of English, MA American Literature '93, and integrative studies alumna Alessandra Castaneda, BS Individualized Study '19.

The Fall 2021 Visiting Writers Series features six writers—two each in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Jessica Scarlata reflects on her experiences as one of the first fellows at Mason's Center for Humanities Research in Spring 2021.

In a Chronicle for Higher Education article on supporting teachers in fall 2021, E. Shelley Reid, associate English professor and Director of Teaching Excellence at the Stearns Center, emphasizes mixed modalities for teaching online.

The Summer Research Fellowships from Mason’s Office of the Provost support students' work on their thesis—with an eye toward professional development as well.