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Impact Fellows representing a diverse mosaic of sectors, geographies, and areas of expertise will advance an urgent agenda focused on the research, interventions, and strategies necessary to accelerate the access to and quality of youth leadership programs nationally.

Tom Wood, associate professor in the School of Integrative Studies, is one of the co-leaders of an interdisciplinary team of Mason researchers and students who are supporting the tribal sovereignty of the Upper Mattaponi and Chickahominy nations.

As one of the festivals featured speakers, David spoke on the importance of LGBTQ+ identities and histories in education.

In 1982,  in Plyler v. Doe, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas  law denying school enrollment to undocumented immigrant  school children, thereby ensuring a free K-12 public education for all students regardless of immigration status. Today, some Americans want to overturn Plyler, and some scholars believe that the official opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, laid a foundation for an impending Plyler challenge. The Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) just released a new paper that reviews the Plyler decision, focuses on continuing barriers to education faced by undocumented students, and examines the potential impact of overturning Plyler. 

Dr. Cher Chen co-authored a book International Human Rights: A Survey has been published by Cambridge.

The Social Action and Integrative Learning (SAIL) office is closing it's doors. It's sad to see them go, but the Office of Community Engagement and Civic Learning (CECiL) is here for you now!

School of Integrative Studies and our Field Studies office sent 20 students to Spain this spring to study leadership across differences.