Methods of Family Research by SOAN professor Shannon N. Davis and NC State University professor Theodore N. Greenstein is now available.

New ANTH Professor Rashmi Sandana wrote a series on the Delhi Metro (about urban space and design, governance, inequality, etc) for the Wall St. Journal's India site.

Getting Married Does Not Make You A Better Mother By Perry Threlfall

A record number of students from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at George Mason University walked across the stage in grand fashion during their convocations on May 17 and 18, 2012. More than 2,500 graduating students were recognized for their efforts in two distinguished ceremonies.

Mason sociologists descended on the DC Sociological Society's Annual Awards Banquet, and Sara B. Moore, SOCI PhD student, came away with the Irene Tauber Best PhD-Level Paper Award.

Andrea Rutan, who was the recipient of this year's Outstanding Graduate Student in Sociology award, also received a best graduate paper award from the International Journal of Zizek Studies.

John Robinson, MA Sociology 2010, was recently awarded a prestigious Ford Fellowship. He is a second year doctoral student at Northwestern University in Sociology.

The Mason Center for Teaching & Faculty Excellence has announced its 2012 Teaching Excellence Awards. The college is extremely pleased and proud to note that a number of its faculty members are among the award winners.

Prof. John Dale was interviewed by Kyaw Zan Tha of Voice of America (Burmese) on April 18th.

SOAN honored its award-winning students at the Outstanding Student Awards Ceremony April 18, 2012.