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George Mason University’s Creative Writing Program joins Mason’s University Libraries and Watershed Lit in presenting the Spring 2023 Visiting Writers Series, which will feature two writers each in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Helon Habila talks with Mason President Gregory Washington about his process of combining compelling narratives and characters with current examples of oppression and exploitation, and how his factual account of the 2014 kidnapping in Nigeria of 276 young girls by the terrorist group Boko Haram forced him to confront his homeland as he had never seen it.

Jen Renart, BA ’21, began ExMo Candle Company as a pandemic project, but found more in the process: steps toward coming to terms with her past and another outlet for her creative writing.

Jaime Goh, a first-year MFA student in Creative Writing, has been named the recipient of this year’s Robert Raymond Scholarship, encouraging students who contribute to the MFA program’s diversity.

CHSS welcomes University of Maryland Global Campus President Gregory Fowler, MA English '95, back to the Fairfax Campus as featured speaker at George Mason University's Winter Commencement.

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.

The Folklore Roundtable, companion student organization to the folklore program, had a busy fall on campus and coordinated several events in the hopes to get to know the Mason community better.

Mason's new Lab for Writing and Communication brings together support for all university students on the writing and speech components of their work. Learn about the power of 'what if?' and how to make an appointment.

Former Mason professor Susan Tichy returns to campus to close out the fall Visiting Writers Series, in conversation with Mason professor Peter Streckfus in the Fenwick Library Reading Room.