Welcome to The Robinson Professors of George Mason University.
Since 1984, a large bequest from the late Clarence J. Robinson has allowed George Mason University to appoint to the faculty distinguished professors in the liberal arts and sciences. Clarence J. Robinson Professors are outstanding scholars who are dedicated to undergraduate teaching and whose teaching and scholarship concern broad and fundamental intellectual issues. They have chosen to come to George Mason University from senior positions elsewhere to become closely involved with the education of undergraduate students. For further information, please use our contact form.
May Accolades
Robert Hazen, Robinson Professor of Earth Sciences, presented a keynote lecture at the first International Symposium of the Earth-Life Science Institute in Tokyo, Japan, and was named to the Board of Advisors. He presented the Qualline Lectures at the University of Texas, Austin, and the Naff Symposium Lecture at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. He also ...
April 2013 Accolades
Spencer R. Crew, Robinson Professor of American, African American, and Public History, spoke on “The Underground Railroad in Virginia” at the Prince William County three-day program “Lest We Forget,” a conference on enslavement and emancipation. He also spoke at the Trinity School in New York City on “The Work of a Public Historian” and “The Great ...
Professor Trefil Interviewed on Big Picture Science Radio Show
Robinson Professor of Physics James Trefil was recently interviewed on the Big Picture Science radio show, hosted by the SETI Institute about his new book, Space Atlas: Mapping the Universe and Beyond. Starting with our own solar system, the book then travels outward to the edge of the universe, stopping at important stages along the ...
Professor Hazen Releases New Book on Deep Carbon
The Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO), led by Robinson Professor of Earth Sciences Robert Hazen, has released a landmark book recounting their findings over the past three years and their plans for the future. The DCO is a 10-year, $500 million project investigating Earth’s deep carbon cycle. The book was released open access online as part ...
March 2013 Accolades
Spencer R. Crew, Robinson Professor of American, African American, and Public History, participated in the video segment “Underground Railroad: Network to Freedom,” which aired in the February “County Magazine” program on Channel 16, Fairfax County Government’s cable channel. Paul D’Andrea, Robinson Professor of Theater and English, had his play “The Einstein Project” presented in February at Montana ...
Professor Paden donates Book Collection to Mason Libraries
Robinson Professor of International Studies John Paden has donated over 4,000 books, maps, and other printed materials to the George Mason University Libraries. These texts, which focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, cover a broad range of topics including, economics, history, law, language and religion. The collection is currently being cataloged and will be available for general ...
February 2013 Accolades
Spencer R. Crew, Robinson Professor of American, African American, and Public History, presented “Abraham Lincoln’s Dilemma Concerning African American Soldiers Fighting in the Civil War” at a Chicago Teachers Symposium on the Living Constitution. He was a seminar leader on Public History at the Seminar for Historical Administration sponsored by the Association of State and ...
December 2012 Accolades
Robert Hazen, Robinson Professor of Earth Sciences, delivered the Condon Lecture on the origin of life and the Moore Lecture on mineral evolution, both at Oregon State University. He also presented the following: a keynote lecture on deep carbon mineralogy at the Geological Society of America’s Annual Meeting in Charlotte, N.C.; the keynote address on ...
October 2012 Accolades
Robert Hazen, Robinson Professor of Earth Sciences, presented lectures on the origin of life for Montana State University and on mineral evolution at the German Geosciences Institute in Potsdam, Germany. Laurie O. Robinson, Robinson Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, chaired a roundtable on translational criminology at the annual symposium of Mason’s Center for Evidence-Based ...
Professor Pearlstein asks “Can we Save American Capitalism?”
As the superiority of American Capitalism is being question by people everywhere, Steven Pearlstein examines the opinions of thinkers across the political spectrum to find a larger vision for American Capitalism and, in the process, save it from itself. Read the whole article here.
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