Three College of Humanities and Social Sciences alumni were among this year's Fulbright scholarship winners. Patricia Rivera (BA government and international politics ’03 and MS conflict analysis and resolution ’07), Lauren-Claire Kelley (BA English '10) and Carol Petty (BA sociology '10) will study abroad this academic year.

Anthropology professor Linda J. Seligmann recently spoke at length about her book, Peruvian Street Lives: Culture, Power, and Economy among Market Women of Cuzco to Nicholas Crowder of nicholascrowderbooks.com.

Sociology and Anthropology professor Dale's work appears in the latest issue of Global Studies Review.

Andrew Bickford, a professor of anthropology at George Mason University, is featured in The Huffington Post on Sept. 30. His story explores societal and political narratives of combat heroism, and centers on the death of Pat Tillman and the Army's portrayal of him afterward.

Jeffrey Mantz, a faculty member in the sociology and anthropology department, is teaching a course meant to explore the representation of zombies through historical and current media and references. The Mason Spirit wrote a blog entry about the course.

Dr. Michael Wesch will present, “The World Remixed: How New Media Mediate Our World”. Wesch is a cultural anthropologist exploring the effects of new media on society and culture.

The George Mason University Field House is an on-campus social hub where friends can get together and enjoy organized or quick pickup games of basketball. For John Robinson, MA sociology ’10, it was also a classroom and research facility.

Originally a marketing major, Shana De Jahrling returned to school to pursue a career in counseling with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Her internship with the Tragedy Assistant Program for Survivors has allowed her to pursue her passion for counseling and fill a void left by her cousin's tragic death in Afghanistan.

In less than one month, about 2,600 freshmen and 2,300 transfer students will call George Mason University their new home. Hundreds will join the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Nayantara Sheoran, a cultural studies PhD student, recently won a highly competitive Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation. The award will give her up to $15,000 for research in India.