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Folklore faculty and director of the Institute for Immigration Research, Lisa Gilman has been selected as a recipient of Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards for 2026-2027.

Please join us in congratulating Nilima Mow on her reelection as the president of the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA)!

This coursebook is a crucial tool in planning your Fall 2026 classes. Inside, you will find descriptions for course offerings in all English and Creative Writing graduate programs.

Dr. Blair LM Kelly was installed as the seventh president and director of the National Humanities Center (NHC), located in Durham, North Carolina, in March of 2026. Additionally, the 2026 Summer Residents have been announced and include CHSS faculty Tamara Harvey and Jacqueline M. Burek.

In this interview, Kelby Gibson, a Writing and Rhetoric PhD student, discusses her dissertation “And it Really Has Changed My Perspective on Language as a Whole”: Students’ Perceptions of Linguistic Justice in the First-Year Writing Classroom.

Don Gallehr was one of the earliest and longest serving faculty members hired at George Mason University, with a career stretching from 1966, when the university was still a satellite campus of the University of Virginia, until his retirement in 2021.

2026 Spring Writing Contests Judges Announced. Seven writers sign on to judge seven contests as part of George Mason University's annual celebration of creative writing.

In this interview, Dr. Emily Sok, a Writing and Rhetoric PhD student who recently defended her dissertation Reading Identity in Composition Scholarship: A Content Analysis on Reading, discusses her dissertation and defense process.