Psychology
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

George Mason University associate professor of psychology Tara Chaplin has been awarded a National Institutes of Health Independent Research Scientist Award for her research on understanding the role of parenting and emotional arousal in the development of substance use in adolescence.

For years, Saylor Bane longed to study abroad in Antarctica, only to have numerous trips canceled as an undergrad. Her dream finally materialized as a first-year graduate student in Mason’s Industrial Organizational Psychology program. Here, she writes about her long-anticipated trip to Antarctica.