Jack Dando is a first year student in the Sociology MA program. he completed a bachelor's degree in National Security at Liberty University in 2021. He's currently employed as a policy analyst at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. His primary interest in the theory and practice of democratically ru...
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) is the academic home to six of this year’s summer Sustainability Research Fellows, sponsored by Mason's Institute for a Sustainable Earth (ISE) and the Graduate Division. Unique among summer research opportunities, this fellowship pairs Mason docto...
Elizabeth Newman is a Sociology PhD student. Her research interests include identity/culture and behavior in groups, emotions, and social dynamics. She completed her Master of Art degree in Psychology, focusing on Organizational Leadership from the Chicago School for Professional Psychology. Her appl...
Ismail Nooraddini received his PhD in Sociology from George Mason University (GMU) in fall 2022. He is a survey and methodology consultant for the Department of State (DOS). He received his B.A. in Sociology from the University of Maryland College Park in 2009 and earned his M.A. degree in Sociology ...
Tony Samara is the Director of Land Use and Housing at Urban Habitat (http://urbanhabitat.org/). Tony has conducted extensive research focused on the politics of development and the marginalization of low-income communities, with an emphasis on housing, gentrification, and displacement. Since 2007 he...
The Sociology of Human Rights only recently has emerged as a formal sub-field within the discipline. But what are human rights? Where do they come from? And how do we study them? Are there other important values aside from human rights (for example, “national security,” “national sovereignty,” “good ...
The process of globalization is widely recognized as profoundly reshaping social structure—the rules, practices and institutions of society—and transforming the lives of practically everyone across the globe. In its current phase, globalization is described as the process of increasing political, eco...
Past Event
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Johnson Center, Meeting Room A
Angelica "Jelly" Loblack is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Maryland and a current Ford Foundation Fellow. She earned her B.A. in International Security Studies and Criminology at the University of Oklahoma and her M.A. in Sociology at the University of South Flor...
I am a forth-year Sociology PhD student and Graduate Teaching Assistant at George Mason University, and a first generation college graduate with working-class origins in Covington, Louisiana. I obtained my B.A. in Sociology in 2016 from Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU) while working full-time...
