Military Monday: Building Our Military and Veteran Community at Mason
Monday, February 8, 2021
1:00 p.m.
Zoom
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About
Join us for the launch of Military Mondays a partnership with the Mason Military, Veterans, & Families Initiative and the Office of Military Services. Approximately 10% of Mason’s student body self-identifies as a member of the military, veteran, or dependent, and a number of faculty and staff are also military-affiliated in some way. In light of this, Mason has launched the Military, Veterans, & Families Initiative, which aims to leverage our strengths as a public research university in serving this important population. Join us for our inaugural “Military Mondays” discussion, where we will give a brief overview of the Initiative, and then have a discussion about how we can strengthen our sense of community among military-connected students, alumni, faculty, and staff here at Mason, particularly during the pandemic.
Our Speaker
Keith Renshaw, PhD
Department Chair and Professor of Psychology
Director, Military, Veterans, & Families Initiative
George Mason University
Keith D. Renshaw, Ph.D. is Department Chair and Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003. He was an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah from 2005-2009, before joining the faculty at George Mason University in the fall of 2009.
Dr. Renshaw specializes in anxiety, stress/trauma, and interpersonal relationships, with a particular focus on romantic relationships. Much of this work has focused on the experiences of service members/veterans and their families. He has received over $2 million in extramural funding as PI or co-I to support his research. In addition, he has more than 80 peer-reviewed publications and 150 conference presentations, and he has given numerous invited talks on these and other topics.
Dr. Renshaw has also won multiple teaching awards, including the George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award (2015). In addition to classroom teaching, he is heavily devoted to the mentorship of doctoral students. Under his supervision, his students have received over $250,000 in extramural funding, published over 30 peer-reviewed publications, and made over 50 presentations at national conferences. Further information about his work with graduate students is here.
Dr. Renshaw is the Director of Mason's newly launched "Military, Veterans, & Families Initiative," which focuses on leveraging Mason's strengths as a large, diverse, public research university to give back to those who have given to our nation. The initiative has four primary pillars: education, research, training, and direct services. The ultimate aim of the initiative is to raise the visibility of all that Mason already does for service members, veterans, and their family members, and expand and grow these efforts.
Series Moderator
Troy Lowery
Director of Student Outreach, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
George Mason University
Troy Lowery is the Director of Student Outreach within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS). He serves as the primary point of contact for prospective student visits and orientation of incoming CHSS students at events planned by our Mason partner offices (Admissions, New Student and Family Programs). He also works alongside the Associate Dean and the College’s development team to coordinate the selection of recipients for several merit and need based scholarships, as well as the planning and coordination of small and large-scale events. Troy is a United States Marine Corps veteran.