Dr. Van Sant started this fall semester in a tenure-track position focusing on environmental justice issues, particularly surrounding food, agriculture, and land conservation.
Jarvis, who learned to sew from her grandmother as a child and has been making her own clothes for years, is now being commissioned to create wearable electronics for her friends who are circus performers.
The Bonner Leader program affords college students an opportunity to use their energy, talents, and leadership skills to engage in community service while providing developmental and financial support.
Read more about how access to clean beauty products is a social justice issue in the recent Allure Magazine article "How More Affordable Clean Beauty Products Mean a More Just Society"
Chase LaDue is an applied ecologist studying elephant behavior, physiology, and conservation. His study of elephant hormones and behavior in Sri Lanka was interrupted by bombings in spring 2019.
The stories gathered by the students have been compiled in an online archive, also called the Enslaved Children of George Mason (ECGM). The project has also sparked a number of classes at Mason that integrate this research and the ideas it explored.
