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This year, the Psychology Department would like to celebrate the diversity of our students and faculty members! We want to shed light on those of Hispanic Heritage in the field of Psychology who have left a lasting impression on the field! The month is reserved for the recognition and celebration of those with ancestry from Mexico, the Caribbean, Spain, and Central and South America comes at a particularly poignant and precarious sociopolitical time.

Allison Jack, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and a member of Mason's Institute for Biohealth Innovation, leads a team that is working learn more about how sex and gender relate to biology, behavior, and the well-being of autistic children, teenagers, and young adults.

Three CHSS faculty members, Lauren Cattaneo, Shannon Fyfe, and David Weisburd, were recognized by Mason's Office of the President with 2022 Awards for Faculty Excellence.

Psychology professor Todd Kashdan is noted in a Harvard Business Review article for the development of the skillset known as psychological flexibility, which is described as turning difficult emotions into greater focus and dedication.

The grant, part of the American Rescue Plan will allow the George Mason University Center for Psychological Services to extend its emotional support line to Spanish-speaking residents of the community.

Developed in response to the added uncertainty and pressures caused by the pandemic, the BASIC model reduces strain on therapists, provides a scalable model for addressing the needs of the community, and also has the potential to reassure people who may be nervous about therapy. “Taking baby steps toward longer-term therapy can reduce people’s fear of seeking support through long-term therapy,” said Keith Renshaw, PhD, chair of clinical psychology at George Mason.

In recent rankings of graduate programs in U.S. News & World Reports, Mason's Industrial-Organizational Psychology program and Department of Criminology, Law and Society received top-ten recognition, while other CHSS programs were in the top 100.

Mason's Center for Psychological Services is teaming up with the College of Health and Human Services program for psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners to offer a wider scope of affordable mental health services.

Dan Kingsly, a graduate student in the Department of Psychology and a graduate professional assistant in Mason's LGBTQ+ Resources Center, fosters the center's peer mentoring "buddy system" and co-advises the Queer Student Leadership Council.