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The pursuit of research, the celebration of scholarship. Here the faculty:
- Conduct research that expands theoretical and applied knowledge on local, national, and global levels
- Engage in productive research collaborations with each other and with undergraduate and graduate students
- Provide service to their scholarly communities through leadership positions in scholarly organizations, editorships of academic journals, service on review panels, and public presentations
Knowledge from the scholarship of our faculty enriches the lives of individuals, meets national and international research needs, and responds to global challenges and opportunities.
Center for History and New Media Receives $7M Award
Mason has been awarded a contract — valued at $7 million if fully funded over five years — by the U.S. Department of Education to create an online National History Education Clearinghouse. The online project, which will be housed in Mason's Center for History and New Media (CHNM), will focus on historical thinking and learning. It will also help K-12 history teachers become more effective educators and show their students why history is relevant to their daily lives. Read More >>
Private Speech Improves Performance
Parents and teachers shouldn't worry when preschoolers talk to themselves; in fact, they should encourage it, says Adam Winsler, a Mason psychology professor. His research on the way children talk to themselves — "private speech" — is trying to change the way teachers and parents approach this issue at home and in the classroom. Winsler’s recent study published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly showed that 5-year-olds do better on motor tasks when they talk to themselves Read More >>
Walter Rankin
The publication of Rankin's new book on fairy tale archetypes in horror films leads to scary conversation. Read More >>