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A Wallet Hub article on the best and worst states for working fathers features a Q&A with Rebecca Thompson, faculty member in the I/O Program, Department of Psychology, about issues such as childcare, work/family balance, health, and family leave.

Brand new Mason PhD Brittany Thompson took first place in Mason's Three Minute Thesis competition, with her project: “Pretend Play Across the Preschool Years.” Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the competition was held virtually this year.

June Tangney, University Professor in psychology, contributes to a CNN article about the inefficacy of public shaming of behaviors related to COVID-19. Though shaming is a natural response, she says, it does not work to change behavior.

CHHS faculty Drs. Amira Roess (Global and Community Health), Allison Evan Cuellar (Health Administration and Policy), and Lawrence Cheskin (Nutrition and Food Studies; Global and Community Health) with fellow Mason faculty Drs. Jerome Short (Psychology), Virginia Espina (Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine), and Lance Liotta (Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine) have received $35,000 for their study titled “How will COVID-19 affect the future of young American adults?

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences celebrates its graduates in the Class of 2020 with a message from Dean Ann Ardis, a musical tribute from the Green Machine, and more.

Putting a hold on community organizing and activism work to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology was not an easy decision for Kris Gebhard, but one that they felt was necessary.

As an international student from Vietnam, My Nguyen was drawn to studying bilingualism's impacts on education.

“The general idea is that people take certain events during the week that are cyclical, and they anchor themselves to it, and the farther you get out from that anchor, the harder it is to tell when it is,” says Martin Wiener, PhD, an assistant professor of cognitive and behavioral neuroscience at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.

Adaptable, curious, ambitious, and compassionate may be the best words to describe Master of Social Work (MSW) student Addie Solenberger. When Solenberger learned that her practicum placement – which was required to graduate on-time - was no longer open to students due to COVID-19 she quickly pivoted to join an interprofessional telehealth pilot program.