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Honors College student Abigail Mills graduates this spring with a second George Mason degree, capping a journey marked by resilience, mentorship, and creative discovery.

The winners of the 2026 Spring Writing Contests have been selected by seven judges, who awarded $8,750 to 10 student-writers. Rising 3rd-year MFA student Matti Ben-Lev, who is concentrating in nonfiction, took the top prize in three categories: the Rinehart Nonfiction Award, the Rinehart Poetry Award, and the Mark Craver- Virginia Downs Poetry Award.

At the Mason Writes symposium, students took their research beyond the classroom, showcasing projects shaped by Mason Core composition courses and driven by personal and academic curiosity.

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.