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This course booklet is a crucial tool in planning your Spring 2027 classes. Inside, you will find descriptions for course offerings in all English and Creative Writing graduate programs.

 Matthew C. Kelley, an assistant professor of linguistics in the Department of English, was recently selected for a Best Reviewer Award from the Technical Program Committee for the Interspeech 2026 conference.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Alaina Ruffin, BA English '23, with the 2026 CHSS G.O.L.D. - Graduate of the Last Decade award. Ruffin is a paralegal for the Human Rights Program at the American Civil Liberties Union.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Eric Johnson, MA English '05, with the 2026 CHSS alumni service to George Mason award. Johnson's career has bridged digital innovation, humanities scholarship, and service to his alma mater.

Three-time English alum Jessica McCaughey—MA English '05, MFA '11, and PhD Writing and Rhetoric ’22—has a new book coming out from Routledge end of September.

The Mormon Giant is a live documentary that explores the relationship between religion and professional wrestling in the twentieth century. Created and narrated by David Walker, it features live music by Timothy Albro.

Associate Director of Women and Gender Studies Holly Mason Badra recently published a nonfiction essay, Ez Kurdim: Meditations on Ritual, Gathering, and Being, in The Markaz Review's Kurdish Issue: Hawar. 

George Mason Creative Writing Program presents its fall 2026 Visiting Writers Series, bringing some of the best working artists in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to campus for readings, conversations, and book signings.

Alumna Jasmine Groce shares with us how her time as an English literature student at George Mason University shaped her approach as an educator working to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline.