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CML scholars published in leading slave history database

CML scholars published in leading slave history database

CML work appears twice in the newest Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation (JSDP). The journal's September 2025 issue (Volume 6 Issue 3) features articles by doctoral student David Armstrong, co-authored by CML Director George Oberle. and faculty affiliate Sheri Ann Huerta, PhD. From slaveholding data almost by definition dehumanizing, the authors hope "to restore some of the personhood to the generations of people enslaved" in Virginia. 

CML’s Manuel-Scott mentors student-advocates’ research

CML’s Manuel-Scott mentors student-advocates’ research

English major Amaiyah-Monet Parker and Integrative Studies major Alessaundra Shallal presented posters in OSCAR's Celebration of Student Research and Impact. Shallal expressed gratitude for Manuel-Scott’s “unwavering” support over nearly two years, crediting her mentorship for enabling her to pursue her research across semesters and “maintain faith in the progression of inclusion in academia.”

Attacks on academia call for "creative maladjustment"

Attacks on academia call for "creative maladjustment"

Education is under attack, say Cattaneo and Manuel-Scott, precisely because of its liberatory potential. Educators who are committed to the empowerment of those students are an obstacle for those in power who want their populace complicit or quiet. 

Constitution Day Forum: Whither Executive Power?

Constitution Day Forum: Whither Executive Power?

In the first of an annual Constitution Day series devoted to on our foundational document's impact and changing meanings, the Center for Mason Legacies drew more than one hundred guests to a for an informative and thought-provoking discussion grappling with questions of formation and change of the presidential role and current moves to expand it.

VR Electoral College Site on Show

VR Electoral College Site on Show

What if Americans could revisit the founders' debate over creating the electoral college? In a way, they now can, thanks to a new virtual reality history site recently presented by CML and Digital Scholarship Services.

CML Scholar's Talk Covers Black Educator Jennie Dean

CML Scholar's Talk Covers Black Educator Jennie Dean

Dobbins, a doctoral student at George Mason University and CML's community historian. can document her family's presence in Fairfax going back seven generations and is the author of a new book about county history, "The Lost Black Communities of Merrifield, The Pines, and Williamstown."

Two CML Seniors "Outstanding"

Two CML Seniors "Outstanding"

If an academic center's buttons could burst, CML's would pop with pride over the scholarly achievements and, now, graduation laurels racked up by two of our most active undergraduates, Shemika Curvey and Andrew Snowman, who both call CML central to their scholarly growth.

Journal Article cites Dr. King's call to academics

Journal Article cites Dr. King's call to academics

George Mason University faculty Lauren B. Cattaneo and Wendi Manuel-Scott are co-authors of "Martin Luther King Jr.’s Call for Creative Maladjustment Has Much to Offer Educators in the Modern Battleground." Newly published in the Harvard Educational Review, it examines King's 1967 challenge to social scientists to question disciplinary norms.

Fairfax Slavery Index Now Accessible Digitally

Fairfax Slavery Index Now Accessible Digitally

Fairfax Circuit Court's historic Slavery Index project now offers digital access to more than 40,000 documents tied to slavery in Northern Virginia. The project makes court-related experiences of the enslaved, enslavers, freed individuals, hirers, patrollers, and others all viewable on the court's website.

Blacks in the Revolution the subject of talk

Blacks in the Revolution the subject of talk

CML scholar Sheri Huerta looked at how the upheaval of Revolutionary War affected the lives and choices of enslaved and free Black people in Loudoun County. Huerta also studies the varied ways enslaved Virginians saw, in the war's turmoil, newfound opportunities to define liberty.