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Holly Mason Badra recently published a multi-genre anthology showcasing the work of contemporary Kurdish women and nonbinary writers living all over the world. Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora (The University of Arkansas Press, 2025) was recently featured in The Kurdistan Chronicle and elsewhere. 

Dr. Anu Aneja wrote the afterword for the recently published anthology Trigger Warnings: Teaching Through Trauma (Lever Press, 2026).

Congratulations to associate professor Dr. David Powers Corwin on their newly appointed role as the co-editor of the Journal of Appalachian Studies. 

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.

Women and Gender Studies and African and African American Studies are accepting nominations for the Sojourner Truth Faculty Award, due December 5. All members of the George Mason community are welcome to put forward nominations.

The call for proposals for the 2026 LGBTQ+ Student Showcase is now open. The final deadline for presenters to submit their abstracts electronically is at 5 p.m. on November 5.

On Monday April 28th, 2025, the Women and Gender Studies department met for our 15th annual Scholar’s Lecture. This event honors one of our faculty members and gives them a chance to discuss their current research. Dr. Yevette Richards Jordan was our lecturing scholar for this year.