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When We See Us: Vicarious Trauma in Black Populations

Upcoming Event
Thursday, April 11, 2024 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Horizon Hall, 6325

Tia M. Dickerson, MS is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Howard University. Her research bridges social inequality, family sociology, sociology of race, mass incarceration, and mental health. Tia’s research focuses on the role of structural racism on the health and ef...

Emma Vetter

Emma Vetter

Emma Vetter is a sociology doctoral candidate and Graduate Research Assistant at the Center for Social Science Research (CSSR) in the Education & Health Research Hub. She served as the President of the Public Sociology Association (PSA) for graduate students during the 2022-2023 academic year. He...

Learn more about next year's fellows!

Learn more about next year's fellows!

The Center for Humanities Research is pleased to announce its fall 2023 and spring 2024 cohorts. All were chosen to work on research projects related to CHR's 2023-24 annual theme, "Democracy, Disposability, and Repair." Congratulations to all of our new faculty and graduate fellows! Learn more abou...

Cortney Hughes Rinker

Cortney Hughes Rinker

Cortney Hughes Rinker is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Director of the Global Affairs program. She earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Irvine with emphases in Feminist Studies and Medicine, Science, and Technology Studies. ...

Lili Deveneau

Lili Deveneau

Lili Deveneau is a sociology master’s student with a passion for social justice and human rights. Through research, policy, and collaboration, her goal is to eliminate child sexual abuse via collaborative education and multi-pronged preventive efforts. She received a bachelor’s degree in Sociology fr...

Thomasina Borkman

Thomasina Borkman

Thomasina Borkman retired from GMU in 2007 as Professor Emerita after serving in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology for 32 years.  In “retirement” she has continued many professional activities part time. These include editing a specialty quarterly journal in her area of specialization—the ...

Intimate Spaces in Carceral Places: An Examination of Black Doula Care with Incarcerated Pregnant and Postpartum Women

Upcoming Event
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Johnson Center, Meeting Room A

Denae Bradley-Morris (she/her), MA, is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Howard University, USA. She is also a Health Policy Research Scholar (HPRS), a national leadership program supported by the Roberts-Wood Johnson Foundation. Her research is guided by Black feminis...

Tracy Corley: Transformative Science for Transitional Times

Upcoming Event
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Van Metre Hall (formerly Founders Hall), #121

Dr. Tracy Corley is the second Next System Speaker for 2024. Please be certain to register here: https://forms.gle/4a6AaUZSWi7yVWqM9 Scientists have engaged everyday people in research for centuries. But, in recent decades, community-engaged and participatory practices are engaging researchers in...

CHSS research projects receive 2023 ORIEI Seed Funding awards

CHSS research projects receive 2023 ORIEI Seed Funding awards

In February 2023, The Office of Research Innovation and Economic Impact (ORIEI) released a call for proposals for two new seed funding opportunities: Building the Foundation – Early Stage Research to stimulate the development of new research and scholarship initiatives Take It to the Next Level -...

Amy L Best

Amy L Best

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, ...