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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interim Dean, College of Education and Human Development | Robert Baker | rbaker2 | 3-2004 |
| Division Director, Advanced Professional Teacher Development and International Education | Rebecca Fox | rfox | 3-4123 |
| Division Director, Child, Family, and Community Engagement | Julie Kidd | jkidd | 3-8325 |
| Division Director, Education Leadership | Farnoosh Shahrokhi | fshahrok | 3-2009 |
| Division Director, Educational Psychology, Research Methods, & Education Policy | Michelle Buehl | mbuehl | 3-9175 |
| Division Director, Elementary, Literacy, and Secondary Education | Amy Hutchison | ahutchi9 | 3-2166 |
| Division Director, Learning Technologies | Nada Dabbagh | ndabbagh | 3-4439 |
| Director, PhD in Education and Human Development | Margret Hjalmarson | mhjalmar | 3-4818 |
| Interim Director, School of Kinesiology | Amanda Caswell | aalleni | 3-9914 |
|
Director, School of Sport, Recreation, and Tourism Management |
Robert Baker | rbaker2 | 3-3727 |
| Division Director, Special Education and disAbility Research | Pamela Baker | pbaker5 | 3-1787 |
College of Health and Human Services
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean, College of Health and Human Services | Germaine Louis | glouis | 3-1918 |
| Interim Chair, Global and Community Health | Larry Cheskin | lcheskin | 3-6264 |
| Chair, Health Administration and Policy | P.J. Maddox | pmaddox | 3-1982 |
| Chair, Nutrition and Food Studies | Larry Cheskin | lcheskin | 3-6264 |
| Interim Chair, Rehabilitation Science | Rose Higgins | rhiggin | 3-1952 |
| Director, School of Nursing | Martha Kubik | mkubik | |
| Chair, Social Work | Emily Ihara | eihara | 3-2023 |
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Ann Ardis | aardis | 3-8720 |
| Director, African and African American Studies Program | Mark Hopson | mhopson | 3-4414 |
| Chair, Communication | Anne Nicotera | anicoter | 3-1090 |
| Chair, Criminology, Law and Society | James Willis | jwillis4 | 3-4387 |
| Director, Cultural Studies | Denise Albanese | dalbanes | 3-1160 |
| Chair, Economics | Daniel Houser | dhouser | 3-4856 |
| Chair, English | Debra Lattanzi Shutika | dshutika | 3-1170 |
| Interim Director, Global Affairs | James Blevins | jblevin6 | 3-9185 |
| Director, Higher Education | Daniel Chen | pchen23 | 3-6363 |
| Chair, History and Art History | Brian Platt | bplatt1 | 3-1253 |
| Director, Individualized Study | Kurt Lazaroff | klazarof | 3-4572 |
| Interim Director, Interdisciplinary Studies | Ben Gatling | bgatling | 3-1160 |
| Interim Director, Latin American Studies | Lisa Breglia | lbreglia | 3-9185 |
| Director, Middle East and Islamic Studies | Bassam Haddad | bhaddad | 3-5802 |
| 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 |
| Interim Director, Russian and Eurasian Studies | Steven Barnes | sbarnes3 | 3-5422 |
| Director, School of Integrative Studies | Kelly Dunne | kdunne | 3-1454 |
| Chair, Sociology and Anthropology | Amy Best | abest | 3-1426 |
| Interim Director, Women and Gender Studies | Tamara Harvey | tharvey2 | 3-1160 |
College of Science
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean, College of Science | Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm | fmiralle | 3-1362 |
| Chair, Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences | Jim Kinter | ikinter | 3-5773 |
| Chair, Biology | Geraldine Grant | ggrant1 | 3-1031 |
| Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry | Gerald Weatherspoon | grobert1 | 3-1456 |
| 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, Advanced Biomedical Sciences Programs (GeorgeSquared) | Bill Hahn | whahn2 | 3-7054 |
| 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 |
| Interim Director, Arts Management | Bill Reeder | wreeder | 3-9069 |
| Director, Computer Game Design | Sang Nam | snam5 | 3-4362 |
| Director, Film and Video Studies | Giovanna Chesler | gchesler | 3-1100 |
| Director, School of Art | Hasan Elahi | helahi | 3-8898 |
| Director, School of Dance | Karen Reedy | kreedy | 3-9767 |
| Director, School of Music | Linda Monson | lmonson | 3-5082 |
| Interim Director, School of Theater | Kevin Murray | kmurra3 | 3-2195 |
INTO Mason
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Director, INTO Mason | Todd Rose | trose2 | 3-2150 |
| Academic Director | Karyn Kessler | kkessle3 | 3-5014 |
School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution | Alpaslan Ozerdem | aozerdem | 3-1300 |
| 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 |
| Program Director, Biodefense | Greg Koblentz | gkoblent | 3-1266 |
| Program Director, Government and International Politics | Robert J. McGrath | rmcgrat2 | 3-4567 |
| Program Director, International Commerce and Policy | Ken Reinert | kreinert | 3-8212 |
| Program Director, International Security | Ellen Laipson | elaipson | 3-4161 |
| Program Director, Organization Development & Knowledge Management | Tojo Thatchenkery | thatchen | 3-3808 |
| Program Director, Political Science | Mariely Lopez-Santana | mlopezs1 | 3-9479 |
| Program Director, Public Administration - Undergrad | Robert J. McGrath | rmcgrat2 | 3-4567 |
| Acting Program Director, Public Administration - Master's | Jim Burroughs | jburroug | 3-2956 |
| Program Director, Public Policy - Master's | Bonnie Stabile | bstabile | 3-8566 |
| Program Director, Public Policy - PhD | Sita Slavov | sslavov | 3-3171 |
| Program Director, Transportation Policy, Operations, and Logistics | Laurie Schintler | lschintl | 3-2256 |
School of Business
| Title/Unit | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean, School of Business | Maury Peiperl | mpeiperl | 3-1880 |
| Chair, Accounting | JK Aier | jaier | 3-4546 |
| Chair, Business Foundations | Jackie Brown | jbrown39 | 3-2598 |
| Chair, Finance | Alexander Philipov | aphilipo | 3-9762 |
| Chair, Information Systems and Operations Management | Nirup Menon | nmenon | 3-3723 |
| Chair, Management | Claus Langfred | clangfre | 3-9662 |
| Chair, Marketing | Saurabh Mishra | smishra8 | 3-1880 |
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 | Huzefa Rangwala | rangwala | 3-3826 |
| Director, Undergraduate Cyber Security Engineering Program | 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 |
| Acting Chair, Statistics | Anand Vidyashankar | avidyash | 3-7151 |
| Chair, Systems Engineering and Operations Research | John Shortle | jshortle | 3-3571 |