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The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Kimiko Lighty, MAIS '10, with the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award in MAIS. Lighty is the founding executive director of Restorative Arlington.

SIS Professor Dr. Al Fuertes has just returned from Cape Town, South Africa, after conducting and facilitating a trauma healing and resilience seminar from September 3 to 10, 2026.

School of Integrative Studies (SIS) professor Dr. Al Fuertes has been appointed Commissioner to the Philippine Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a 100% civilian-led and independent Commission to advance public accountability, uphold the right of truth, and support national healing by producing an authoritative, evidence-based public record of extra judicial killings and related patterns of lethal violence that have undermined human dignity and the rule of law, of the former President Duterte’s war on drugs, which escalated in 2016.

We had the opportunity to honor our 2026 MAIS and HEP Graduate and Doctoral students on May 14th.

This academic year, Samantha “Chevi” Chung has had a research opportunity that few have had by participating in a yearlong workshop at the Folger Shakespeare Library. The theme of Chung’s workshop is “Shakespeare and Black Performing Women,” which ties in perfectly with her thesis. 

George Mason's Center for Mason Legacies hosted its fourth Black Lives Next Door symposium on February 10 with the African and African American Studies Program as a celebration of Black History Month.

November 7 through November 14, GMU joins many others across the Americas for the Next System Teach-Ins.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Casey Klemmer, MAIS '23, with the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award in women and gender studies. Klemmer is a humanitarian aid worker and LGBTQ rights advocate supporting refugees in Samos, Greece. Klemmer has worked across Europe and on the border in Greece, Serbia, and Morocco, providing psychosocial support and essential services to displaced communities.