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Strong departmental leadership is vitally important to George Mason University.
The responsibilities covered by departmental leaders cover the gamut of operations in the academic environment.
Department heads:
- Oversee teaching quality
- Maintain and modify applicable educational programs
- Promote faculty governance
- Evaluate and support faculty performance
- Monitor budgets
- Manage staffing
- Provide input and suggestions to deans, directors, and the academic community.
George Mason University acknowledges and honors the hard work involved in the tasks of department leaders.
Department Leader Rosters:
College of Education and Human Development
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean, College of Education and Human Development | Mark Ginsberg | mginsber | 3-2004 |
| Division Director, Advanced Professional Teacher Development and International Education | Beverly Shaklee | bshaklee | 3-2388 |
| Division Director, Child, Family, and Community Engagement | Julie Kidd | jkidd | 3-8325 |
| Division Director, Education Leadership | Rob Smith | rsmithx | 3-5079 |
| Division Director, Educational Psychology, Research Methods, & Education Policy | Erin Peters-Burton | epeters1 | 3-9695 |
| Division Director, Elementary, Literacy, and Secondary Education | Anastasia Samaras | asamaras | 3-8154 |
| Division Director, Health and Human Performance | Dominique Banville | dbanvill | 3-3579 |
| Division Director, Learning Technologies | Nada Dabbagh | ndabbagh | 3-4439 |
| Director, PhD in Education and Human Development | Margret Hjalmarson | mhjalmar | 3-4818 |
| Division Director, Special Education and disAbility Research | Pamela Baker | pbaker5 | 3-1787 |
| Division Director, Sport, Recreation, and Tourism | Robert Baker | rbaker2 | 3-3727 |
College of Health and Human Services
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean, College of Health and Human Services | Germaine Buck Louis | glouis | 3-1918 |
| Chair, Global and Community Health | Robert Weiler | rweiler | 3-1920 |
| Chair, Health Administration and Policy | P.J. Maddox | pmaddox | 3-1982 |
| Interim Chair, Nutrition and Food Studies | Constance Gewa | cgewa | 3-2173 |
| Chair, Rehabilitation Science | Andrew Guccione | aguccion | 3-4650 |
| Director, School of Nursing | Carol Urban | curban | 3-2991 |
| Chair, Social Work | Michael Wolf-Branigin | mwolfbra | 3-4229 |
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interim Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Robert Matz | rmatz | 3-8715 |
| Director, African and African American Studies Program | Mark Hopson | mhopson | 3-4414 |
| Chair, Communication | Anne Nicotera | anicoter | 3-1090 |
| Chair, Criminology, Law and Society | David Wilson | dwilsonb | 3-4701 |
| Director, Cultural Studies | Denise Albanese | dalbanes | 3-1160 |
| Chair, Economics | Daniel Houser | dhouser | 3-4856 |
| Chair, English | Debra Lattanzi Shutika | dshutika | 3-1170 |
| Director, Global Affairs | Lisa Breglia | lbreglia | 3-9185 |
| Director, Higher Education | Jan Arminio | jarminio | 3-2310 |
| Chair, History and Art History | Brian Platt | bplatt1 | 3-1253 |
| Dean, Honors College | Zofia Burr | zburr | 3-1110 |
| Director, Individualized Study | Ken Thompson | kthomps4 | 3-2305 |
| Director, Interdisciplinary Studies | Meredith Lair | mlair | 3-8762 |
| Chair, Modern and Classical Languages | Rei Berroa | rberroa | 3-1228 |
| Chair, Philosophy | Rachel Jones | rjones23 | 3-3431 |
| Chair, Psychology | Keith Renshaw | krenshaw | 3-5128 |
| Chair, Religious Studies | Abdulaziz Sachedina | asachedi | 3-5449 |
| Director, Russian and Eurasian Studies | James Levine | jlevin2 | 3-1223 |
| Director, School of Integrative Studies | Kelly Dunne | kdunne | 3-1454 |
| Chair, Sociology and Anthropology | Amy Best | abest | 3-1426 |
| Director, Women and Gender Studies | Angie Hattery | ahattery | 3-2897 |
College of Science
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean, College of Science | Peggy Agouris | pagouris | 3-9265 |
| Chair, Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences | Jim Kinter | ikinter | 3-5700 |
| Acting Chair, Biology | Geraldine Grant | ggrant1 | 3-4292 |
| Acting Chair, Biology | Charles Madden | cmadden | 3-4040 |
| Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry | Gerald Weatherspoon | grobert1 | 3-1456 |
| Acting Chair, Computational and Data Sciences | Jason Kinser | jkinser | 3-3785 |
| Chair, Environmental Science and Policy | Alonso Aguirre | aaguirr3 | 3-7590 |
| Director, Forensic Science | Mary Ellen O'Toole | motoole2 | 3-5059 |
| Chair, Geology and Geoinformation Science | Dieter Pfoser | dpfoser | 3-6029 |
| Director, GeorgeSquared | Bill Hahn | whahn2 | 3-7054 |
| Interim Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience | Saleet Jafri | sjafri | 3-8420 |
| Chair, Mathematical Sciences | David Walnut | dwalnut | 3-1478 |
| Chair, Physics and Astronomy | Paul So | paso | 3-4377 |
| Director, School of Systems Biology | Iosif Vaisman | ivaisman | 3-8431 |
| Executive Director, Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation | Cody Edwards | cedward7 | 3-4564 |
College of Visual and Performing Arts
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts | Rick Davis | rdavi4 | 3-8624 |
| Director, Arts Management | Aimee Fullman | afullman | 3-8719 |
| Director, Computer Game Design | Sang Nam | snam5 | 3-4362 |
| Director, Film and Video Studies | Giovanna Chesler | gchesler | 3-1100 |
| Director, School of Art | Peter Winant | pwinant | 3-8385 |
| Director, School of Dance | Susan Shields | sshields | 3-3197 |
| Director, School of Music | Linda Monson | lmonson | 3-5082 |
| Director, School of Theater | Ken Elston | kelston | 3-1120 |
School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution | Kevin Avruch | kavruch | 3-3607 |
| Director, MS Program | Agnieszka Paczynska | apaczyns | 3-1364 |
| Director, PhD Program | Terrence Lyons | tlyons1 | 3-1366 |
| Director, Undergraduate and Graduate Certificate Program | Mara Schoeny | mschoeny | 3-9191 |
Schar School of Policy and Government
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean, Schar School of Policy and Government | Mark Rozell | mrozell | 3-8171 |
| Senior Associate Dean, Schar School of Policy and Government | Judith Wilde | jwilde2 | 3-3873 |
| Associate Dean, Government and International Affairs | Ming Wan | mwan | 3-2955 |
| Associate Dean, Public Policy and Public Administration | Robert Dudley | rdudley | 3-1412 |
School of Business
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean, School of Business | Maury Peiperl | mpeiperl | 3-1880 |
| Chair, Accounting | JK Aier | jaier | 3-4546 |
| Chair, Finance | Alexander Philipov | aphilipo | 3-9762 |
| Chair, Information Systems and Operations Management | Amitava Dutta | adutta | 3-1779 |
| Interim Director, Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security | Christie Jones | cjones62 | 3-4792 |
| Chair, Innovation and Entrepreneurship | David Miller | dmillerq | 3-1768 |
| Chair, Management | Richard Klimoski | rklimosk | 3-1828 |
| Chair, Marketing | Laurie Meamber | lmeamber | 3-1847 |
Volgenau School of Engineering
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean, Volgenau School of Engineering | Kenneth Ball | ball | 3-1500 |
| Chair, Bioengineering | Michael Buschmann | mbuschma | 3-3564 |
| Director, Computer Forensics and Data Analytics | Bob Osgood | rosgood | 3-5443 |
| Chair, Computer Science | Sanjeev Setia | setia | 3-4098 |
| Director, Cyber Security Engineering | Peggy Brouse | pbrouse | 3-1502 |
| Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering | Monty Hayes | hayes | 3-1569 |
| Chair, Information Sciences and Technology | Andre Manitius | amanitiu | 3-1570 |
| Chair, Mechanical Engineering | Oscar Barton | obarton2 | 3-4160 |
| Chair, Sid and Reva Dewberry Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering | Sam Salem | osalem | 3-1687 |
| Chair, Statistics | William F. Rosenberger | wrosenbe | 3-3645 |
| Chair, Systems Engineering and Operations Research | John Shortle | jshortle | 3-3571 |