Pamela W. Garner is Professor of Childhood Studies in the School of Integrative Studies and Human Development and Family Science at George Mason University. She conducts research on the social and emotional development of children from minoritized groups and studies the contributions of parents and t...
Kelly Dunne is an alumna of the College of William & Mary and George Mason University. She has been with SIS since 1996, serving as the Executive Director since 2016. She is also a faculty member in the Human Development & Family Science and Women & Gender Studies programs. Her academi...
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...
By choosing to pursue work in women and gender studies, students at all levels engage in an interdisciplinary exploration of gender in social, political, cultural, and economic life; gender in history; women and the media; feminist theory; the relationship between sex and gender; the impact of sex, r...
Jennifer Ritterhouse earned her B.A at Harvard University and her M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of Discovering the South: One Man's Travels Through a Changing America in the 1930s (UNC Press, 2017) and Growing Up Jim Crow: How Black and White Sou...
University Professor, Provost Emeritus World History, Social History, Globalization, History of Emotions Dr. Peter N. Stearns became Provost and Professor of History at George Mason University on January 1, 2000, serving as Provost until June 30, 2014. He was named University Professor in January ...
Amy L. Best is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University, where she also serves as the director of the Center for Social Science Research. Her research focuses primarily on the study of social inequalities, with specific interest in how gender, ...
Meet the Women and Gender Studies Staff! Dr. Anu Aneja (she/her), Director Anu Aneja has joined George Mason as Associate Professor and Director of Women and Gender Studies and is excited to work with faculty and students to lead this vibrant, diverse and welcoming program! She has most re...
This past Wednesday, September 27th, the Women and Gender Studies Center sponsored Show and Tell: Childhood Toys, Games, and Self, which was an in-center event to discuss the impact of childhood toys and games on people’s self-perception. For more information, check out the event on Mason360: https:/...
