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The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Kathy Albarado, BS Psychology '87, MAIS '91, with the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award in MAIS and Alumni Service Award to Community. Albarado founded Helios HR, an award-winning human capital consulting and recruiting firm, with a commitment to aid leaders in solidifying strong human resource practices that build and enhance their corporate culture.

Mason's Center for Humanities Research has issued a call for papers for its interdisciplinary symposium, "Connecting/Not Connecting," seeking proposals from faculty and advanced PhD candidates. The symposium takes place April 27-28; proposals are due November 30.

Anamaria Berea, associate professor of Computational and Data Science,⁩ chosen for NASA team that will study unidentified aerial phenomena.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, has selected 21 universities to receive more than $3.7 million for the 2022 National Service and Civic Engagement Funding Opportunity. Selected organizations will research five priority areas, including volunteer management, societal and national understanding of national service, civic infrastructure in communities, and AmeriCorps VISTA and AmeriCorps Seniors programmatic interests. See the full list of newly funded AmeriCorps research projects.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences values our memberships in notable humanities societies and organizations, affirming our deep respect and understanding of the importance of the humanities.

Tom Wood, associate professor in the School of Integrative Studies, is one of the co-leaders of an interdisciplinary team of Mason researchers and students who are supporting the tribal sovereignty of the Upper Mattaponi and Chickahominy nations.

Kathy E. Hollinger, MAIS ’96, is being honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award. She is president and CEO of the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW). Since 2012, her visionary leadership has guided the regional trade organization representing thousands of restaurants and the foodservice industry.

CHSS alumni are amazing, and we have proof! Mason's Alumni Association has announced its 2022 awardees for the Celebration of Distinction and CHSS alumni have swept the field. Congratulations to all awardees! (Image by art_by_bigvee from Pixabay.)

In 1982,  in Plyler v. Doe, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas  law denying school enrollment to undocumented immigrant  school children, thereby ensuring a free K-12 public education for all students regardless of immigration status. Today, some Americans want to overturn Plyler, and some scholars believe that the official opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, laid a foundation for an impending Plyler challenge. The Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) just released a new paper that reviews the Plyler decision, focuses on continuing barriers to education faced by undocumented students, and examines the potential impact of overturning Plyler.