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For Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, Women and Gender Studies wanted to highlight students who identify as Hispanic and/or Latinx. This highlight features an interview with Claudia Bermúdez, a psychology major, immigration studies minor, and women and gender studies minor at Mason

Women and Gender Studies faculty Angie Hattery and Earl Smith spent 2 days in Flint Michigan (October 24 and 25) giving a presentation on their book Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives are Surveilled

In the 1960s, a French artist named Jean-Pierre Sudre began experimenting with an obscure 19th-century photographic process, creating dramatic black-and-white photographs with ethereal veiling effects. Since then, other photographers have used and refined it to create unique works of art. Now, researchers have unveiled the mysterious chemistry behind the process.

The Immigrant Stories Project includes information about immigrants from Pakistan living in the Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD metro areas. In addition to a fact sheet and analysis, there is also a new inspirational interview with a Pakistani immigrant.

Sarah “holds herself and others to a high standard as agents of change and is willing to reflect on her own activism to better serve populations that are underrepresented.” On Thursday, October 17th, The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is hosting an annual Celebration of Achievement where Sarah will be highlighted for her accomplishments as a successful member of the Mason community.

The Institute for Immigration Research's Second Annual New American Voices Award was presented to Melissa Rivero, author of The Affairs of the Falcóns.

October 10th, Center for Arts, George Mason University, 7-8:30 pm. The Second Annual New American Voices Award will be presented by IIR and Fall for the Book. Celebrate immigrant authors!

Wendi Manuel-Scott, faculty member in the Department of History and Art History, School of Integrative Studies, African and African and African American Studies, Women and Gender Studies, and Cultural Studies, discussed the complicated legacy of George Mason IV with radio station WRVA.

It’s important for me to contribute to the well-being conversation at Mason by bringing cutting-edge, real-world science to bear on our discussions of the intersections of diversity, inequality and well-being. - Dr. Angela Hattery

Please read Kristina's interview and stop by the center to get to know our new fellow!