Sheryl A. Friedley is currently Professor Emerita at George Mason University. She earned both a B.S. and M.A. in Speech Communication at Ball State University as well as a Ph.D. in Communication from Purdue University. She has developed and taught such courses as Public Speaking, Interpersonal Commun...
My research focuses on Black women’s maternal mental, perinatal, and behavioral health experiences and the intersectional racism contextualizing and driving these experiences. I engage directly with Black women and their advocates within the communities where they live, eat, play, and pray. I utilize...
Dr. Anita Taylor is professor emerita of communication and member of the gender and women studies faculty at George Mason University. She coached debate, taught or did administration at university level for more than 45 years, 25 of which were at George Mason where she chaired the Dept. of Communicat...
Heidi Y. Lawrence teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in professional writing and rhetoric. Her research focuses on the rhetorics of medical and scientific controversies, specifically public debates about vaccinations. She studies the role that professional communication produced by physicians...
Dr. Muir teaches courses in Political Communication and Rhetoric and has written several articles on presidential campaigns and political activism. Her courses tend to be highly interactive -- from taking students to New Hampshire to follow presidential candidate campaigns, to involving them in conve...
Krystalyn J. Morton, M.A. is the Office Manager of the Global Affairs Program at George Mason University. She is also a graduate student in the Department of Communication, where she is working on her PhD in Health Communication. She taught undergraduate courses in Oral Communication, as well as assi...
Michelle LaFrance (Ph.D., University of Washington, 2009) is a feminist critical ethnographer, who teaches courses on community writing, feminist methodologies, writing studies, and critical pedagogy. Michelle has published on institutional ethnography, the materialities of academic labor, e-portfoli...
The Center for Humanities Research is pleased to announce its fall 2023 and spring 2024 cohorts. All were chosen to work on research projects related to CHR's 2023-24 annual theme, "Democracy, Disposability, and Repair." Congratulations to all of our new faculty and graduate fellows! Learn more abou...
David is an assistant professor in the School of Integrative Studies and teaches courses for Women and Gender Studies, the Composition program, and the Honors College. Most of their courses focus on gender and sexuality in popular culture, friendship studies, rhetoric, and LGBTQ+ studies. They also s...
Sharon Doetsch-Kidder completed their PhD in English and Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and their BA and MA at Georgetown University. Their research focuses on antiracist feminist scholarship, activism, and pedagogy. They teach courses on academic research and commun...
