Our Story

Study spaces in Horizon Hall. People studying are seen as shadowed silhouettes, while the drama in the photo comes from the blue sky and fall foliage that shows through the tall glass windows behind the students. It makes for a sharp and dynamic contrast of color.
Horizon Hall
The Narrative Transformation Lab
at the Carter School

Cite

We compile cutting-edge, critical, and innovative resources to help academics, students, and storytellers develop deep understanding of narrative transformation.

Create

We provide activities and tools to help all manner of storytellers, from journalists and politicians to artists and activists, to tell better stories for peace and justice.

Collaborate

We bring together people from all over the world, helping them pool together their skillsets, networks, and unique viewpoints to build a more just and peaceful world.

Van Metre Hall as seen in early evening, a darkening sky behind its sharp edges, with bright lights illuminating the library on the second and third floors of the building. The trees and plaza of Mason Square, George Mason University's Arlington campus, are also illuminated.
Van Metre Hall
Innovation and Imagination
Mason Square, Arlington, VA

Located at the Carter School at Mason Square, The Narrative Transformation Lab is home to a community of scholars, students, and storytellers seeking to deepen, expand, and disrupt our understandings of how narrative shapes possibilities for peace and justice.

MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES

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MEET OUR TEAM

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WHY NARRATIVE?

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NARRATIVE AT THE CARTER SCHOOL

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Narrative provides both the conscious language that justifies actions when these actions are subject to direct reflection and the primitive and structuring symbols that work on us at the level of our moral intuitions when they are not.

SOLON SIMMONS
(Root Narrative Theory and Conflict Resolution, 2020)