George Mason University

Neural Correlates of Emotion Regulation in Substance Use

Abstract Purpose of Review Emotion regulation (ER) is a central process implicated in the development, maintenance, and escalation of substance use (SU) and substance use disorders (SUDs). Advances in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have enabled characterization of n...

Recognizing Excellence in Teaching and Service: The Society for the Teaching of Psychology's 2025 and 2026 Award Recipients

The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) recognizes Excellence in Service to faculty who have demonstrated significant contributions to civic engagement, teacher mentorship, and the promotion of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. STP also recognizes Excellence i...

Social Media Use, Sleep Quality, and Self-Rated Health Among First-Year Students at George Mason University Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Objectives: Young adults spend approximately 5 hours per day using social media, and some studies indicate that social media use can lower sleep quality and contribute to worse health. We examined the relationships between total and nighttime social media use and poor sleep quali...

Characterizing tree species richness in Indigenous Peoples’ lands: addressing often-overlooked data limitations and biases

Abstract Several studies have characterized species richness distribution in Indigenous Peoples’ Lands (IPL) using global biodiversity datasets. However, these datasets contain substantial limitations and biases which may compromise the accuracy of spatial biodiversity assessment...

Counterfactual Identification of Institutional Rupture: Evidence From Constitutional Transformation in Venezuela

How can institutional rupture be identified in settings where the treated unit is singular, interventions are composite, and institutional deterioration unfolds through mutually reinforcing constitutional, political, and legal transformations? We develop a counterfactual framewor...

Redox‐Active SnMoS x Chalcogels for Multi‐Electron Reductive Separation of Chromate and Pertechnetate

ABSTRACT High‐valent oxyanions, such as chromate (Cr VI O 4 2− ) and pertechnetate ( 99 Tc VII O 4 − ), are highly soluble, weakly coordinating, and exceptionally stable, making their removal from water and nuclear waste extremely challenging. Here, we report a redox‐coupled meta...

Ready to shift: Supporting goal transitions through self-assessment and calibration in middle school mathematics

Setting goals involves establishing standards that guide learners’ actions. A key aspect of effective goal setting is students’ ability to accurately assess their progress on the skills and steps, so they can shift attention toward learning outcomes. Middle school mathematics edu...

The Ultimate Legal Fiction: Knowing and Intelligent Guilty Pleas

Abstract Guilty pleas dominate the resolution of criminal charges in the U.S. criminal justice system. In entering guilty pleas, the law is clear that defendants must do so knowingly and intelligently (and voluntarily) for the plea to be deemed valid. The belief that defendants w...

Characterization of Anticholinergic Medication Use and Its Associations With Everyday Memory Problems and Cognitive Decline in Autistic Adults With Higher Support Needs

ABSTRACT Among older adults in the general population, medications with anticholinergic (AC) effects are associated with declines in cognitive functioning and with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Autistic people have high rates of co‐occurring medical conditions and polypharmac...

Quantitative analysis of binocular alignment by Hess screen testing in surgery for superior oblique palsy

Background/Aims: Conventional prism-cover strabismus measurement is compromised by nonstandard and poorly repeatable target locations. We developed a general method to quantify incomitant strabismus in repeatable, defined gazes and illustrate its application to commonly performed...

Can MPA programs legitimately signal training in public procurement? A curriculum analysis

Purpose This study aims to examine whether Masters in Public Administration (MPA) programs adequately prepare public administrators for careers in public procurement in the same manner that they prepare students for professional roles in human resources or financial management. I...

Well-posedness and semi-discretization of Maxwell’s equations with L 2 -data

Abstract We study Maxwell’s equations in conducting media with perfectly conducting boundary conditions on Lipschitz domains, allowing rough material coefficients and L 2 -data. Our first contribution is a direct proof of well-posedness (existence, uniqueness and continuous depen...

The Integrative Learning Design Framework Revisited: AI Affordances, Risks, and Guardrails for Learning Experience Design Research and Practice

The Integrative Learning Design (ILD) Framework (Bannan-Ritland, 2003) has informed and supported a quarter-century of design research methodology in education. This paper is authored by the framework's original architect, drawing on more than thirty years in the instructional de...

Quantifying the Sequence-Dependent Kinetic Protectionof Reduced Heme in Peptide Amphiphile Nanofibers

Abstract Replicating the protective dielectric environment of natural cytochromes within synthetic assemblies is essential for the development of air-stable bioelectronics. We report a redox-triggered “supramolecular gate” in self-assembled peptide amphiphile (PA) nanofibers that...

Covalently Integrated Amorphous Mn x Mo 3 S 13 –GO Chalcocarbogel for High Capacity and Long‐Life Sulfur Equivalent Conversion Electrodes

ABSTRACT Developing long‐life, high‐capacity sulfur‐based electrodes from earth‐abundant elements remains a major challenge because of structural degradation and polysulfide dissolution during multielectron conversion reactions. Here, we report a hybrid amorphous Mn x Mo 3 S 13 –...

Applicability of handheld laser scanning for nonmetric skeletal assessment in biological profile estimation: a preliminary two-case study

BACKGROUND: In forensic anthropology, skeletal materials are commonly assessed through morphological characteristics to estimate components of the biological profile. While traditional analyses relied on physical examination of skeletal remains, digital methodologies offer the po...

What Drives Army Fitness Testing Success? Analysis of Body Composition, Performance, and Predictive Measures Among ROTC Cadets

Abstract Shaul, Y, Sax van der Weyden, M, and Martin, J. What drives army fitness testing ACFT success? Analysis of body composition, performance, and predictive measures among ROTC cadets. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000–000, 2026—The Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) was introduce...

Examining the Validity of Message Evaluation Measures in the Context of Youth E-Cigarette Prevention

Despite the routine use of a variety of message evaluation (ME) measures (e.g., perceived message effectiveness) in formative research for tobacco education campaigns, studies assessing the validity of these measures for predicting actual message effectiveness (AME) (e.g., intent...

The Integrative Learning Design Framework Revisited: AI Affordances, Risks, and Guardrails for Learning Experience Design Research and Practice

The Integrative Learning Design (ILD) Framework (Bannan-Ritland, 2003) has informed and supported a quarter-century of design research methodology in education. This paper is authored by the framework's original architect, drawing on more than thirty years in the instructional de...

Multi-scale evapotranspiration and evaporative stress as indicators of vegetation health and drought response – an application in central Missouri, USA

Satellite estimates of evapotranspiration (ET) based on thermal infrared retrievals of land-surface temperature enable monitoring of vegetation water use and health/stress at sub-field to global scales. The information content of these products varies with pixel size, reflecting...