In an effort to hit the ground running this semester, we have reenergized and added to our web presence not only through our College of Humanities and Social Science Department (CHSS) website, but also through Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr in order to increase visibility on as well as off campus.

Marisa Allison, a sociology Ph.D. student at George Mason University, is struggling with the scattered nature of the adjunct work force in her efforts to help them.

A class challenge incites Joy Tharrington, a Mason women's basketball team member, to kick off a donation campaign for a women's shelter in partnership with the Women and Gender Studies Center.

If you have come into our office recently, you have probably seen the “Warning: Program Coordinator in Training” signs posted around the center.

On November 29 at 6pm “The Well” at the Mason Inn Conference Center and Hotel inducted Women and Gender Studies faculty members, Dr. Paula Ruth Gilbert and Dr. Angela Hattery, along with a member of our affiliated faculty, Dr. Susan Tichy.

The American Association of University Women hosted a live webcast panel discussion on pay gap issues and invited viewers to take part in watch parties throughout the country. Its blog features the watch party hosted by Mason’s Women and Gender Studies Center.

On November 13, 2012 more than 30 people filled the Meese Conference Room in Mason Hall for the Women and Gender Studies’ Annual Scholar’s Lecture with featured guest speaker Ricardo Vivancos-Perez, PhD, from Modern and Classical Languages.

"Nearly two and a half years after University of Virginia senior Yeardley Love was murdered in her off-campus apartment by her former boyfriend, her mother and sister are speaking out in support of efforts to raise young women’s awareness of relationship violence." A new smart-phone app targeting women 16-26 has been designed to help assess the risk of relationship violence

Angie Hattery, associate director of the Women and Gender Studies Program, was quoted extensively in a Christian Science Monitor story exploring the domestic violence implications of the Oct. 21 spa shootings in Brookfield, Wis.