Accolades

 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.

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.

Janalyn Miklas, PhD candidate in linguistics, recently won Best Student Poster Award in Speech Communication from the Acoustical Society of America.

This award recognizes a member of the English department staff for exceptional performance in their position while honoring the 25+ years of dedication Barb has put into the department.

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

Each year, the Women & Gender Studies and the African & African American Studies programs confer special honor with the Sojourner Truth faculty award. We are excited to announce that Dr. Carol Cleaveland, Dr. Deborah Kwak, and Dr. Stefan Wheelock are the 2025 Sojourner Truth Faculty Award recipients! We appreciate their remarkable work.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Jian DeLeon, BA English, '08, with the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award in English. DeLeon is the men's fashion director at Nordstrom, where he oversees all aspects of the menswear business.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Allen Johnson, BA English '99, with the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award in African and African American Studies. Johnson has been a dynamic and proven expert in the Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia Real Estate community for more than 20 years. 

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Gregory W. Fowler, MA English '95, with the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award in English. Fowler is a distinguished scholar and administrator, he is a leader in developing innovative learning models and experiences for adult and nontraditional populations around the world.

A team of composition faculty at Mason was awarded the CCCC Research Initiative Grant for a project focused on investigating student perceptions and experiences in hybrid courses, and as a result of that grant, the team has debuted a website with resources and evidence-based materials that support faculty who design and teach hybrid courses.