The responsibilities covered by departmental leaders cover the gamut of operations in the academic environment.
Strong departmental leadership is vitally important to George Mason University. 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dean, College of Education and Human Development | Ingrid Guerra-López | iguerral |
| Director, Advanced Professional Teacher Development and International Education | Joan Shin | jshin23 |
| Director, Child, Family, and Community Engagement | Sam Steen | ssteen |
| Director, Education Leadership | Farnoosh Shahrokhi Regina Biggs |
fshahrok rbiggs |
| Director, Educational Psychology, Research Methods, and Education Policy | Michelle Buehl | mbuehl |
| Director, Elementary, Literacy, and Secondary Education | Kristien Zenkov | kzenkov |
| Director, Learning Technologies | Nada Dabbagh | ndabbagh |
| Director, School of Education | Audra Parker | aparke19 |
| Director, School of Kinesiology | Amanda Caswell | aalleni |
| Director, School of Sport, Recreation, and Tourism Management | Bob Baker | rbaker2 |
| Director, Special Education and disAbility Research | Pamela Hudson-Baker | pbaker5 |
College of Engineering and Computing
| Title/Unit | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dean, College of Engineering and Computing | Kenneth Ball | ball |
| Divisional Dean, School of Engineering | Ariela Sofer | asofer |
| Divisional Dean, School of Computing | Gurdip Singh | gsingh36 |
| Interim Chair, Bioengineering | Parag Chitnis | pchitnis |
| Director, Computer Forensics and Data Analytics | Bob Osgood | rosgood |
| Chair, Computer Science | David Rosenblum | dsr |
| Interim Chair, Cyber Security Engineering | Paulo Costa | pcosta |
| Director, Data Analytics Engineering | James Baldo | jbaldo |
| Interim Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering | Brian Mark | bmark |
| Chair, Information Sciences and Technology | Ozlem Uzuner | ouzuner |
| Chair, Mechanical Engineering | Leigh McCue | lmccuewe |
| Interim Chair, Sid and Reva Dewberry Dept. of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering | Elise Miller-Hooks | miller |
| Chair, Statistics | Jiayang Sun | jsun21 |
| Chair, Systems Engineering and Operations Research | John Shortle | jshortle |
College of Public Health
| Title/Unit | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dean, College of Public Health | Melissa Perry | mperry27 |
| Chair, Global and Community Health | Carolyn Drews-Botsch | cdrewsbo |
| Chair, Health Administration and Policy | P.J. Maddox | pmaddox2 |
| Interim Chair, Nutrition and Food Studies | Elisabeth de Jonge | edejonge |
| Director, School of Nursing | Margaret Rodan | mrodan |
| Chair, Social Work | Emily Ihara | eihara |
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
| Title/Unit | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Ann Ardis | aardis |
| Director, African and African American Studies | LaNitra Berger | lberger2 |
| Chair, Communication | Kim Meltzer | kimberlymeltzer |
| Chair, Criminology, Law, and Society | James Willis | jwillis4 |
| Interim Director, Cultural Studies | Roger Lancaster | rlancast |
| Chair, Economics | Daniel Houser | dhouser |
| Chair, English | Tamara Harvey | tharvey2 |
| Director, Global Affairs | Cortney Hughes Rinker | chughe13 |
| Director, Higher Education | Daniel Chen | pchen23 |
| Chair, History and Art History | Matthew Karush | mkarush |
| Director, Interdisciplinary Studies | Ben Gatling | bgatling |
| Interim Director, Latin American Studies | Lisa Breglia | lbreglia |
| Director, Middle East and Islamic Studies | Vacant | N/A |
| Interim Chair, Modern and Classical Languages | Karl Zhang | kzhang |
| Chair, Philosophy | Lisa Eckenwiler | leckenwi |
| Interim Chair, Psychology | Tim Curby | tcurby |
| Chair, Religious Studies | John Turner | jturne17 |
| Director, Russian and Eurasian Studies | Steven Barnes | sbarnes3 |
| Executive Director, School of Integrative Studies | Kelly Dunne | kdunne |
| Chair, Sociology and Anthropology | Dan Temple | dtemple3 |
| Director, Women and Gender Studies | Anu Aneja | aaneja2 |
College of Science
| Title/Unit | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dean, College of Science | Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm | fmiralle |
| Chair, Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences | Mark Uhen | muhen |
| Chair, Biology | Geraldine Grant | ggrant1 |
| Interim Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry | Andre Clayborne | aclaybo |
| Chair, Computational and Data Sciences | Jason Kinser | jkinser |
| Interim Chair, Environmental Science and Policy | Amy Fowler | afowler6 |
| Director, Forensic Science | Mary Ellen O'Toole | motoole2 |
| Chair, Geography and Geoinformation Science | Dieter Pfoser | dpfoser |
| Director, Advanced Biomedical Sciences Programs (GeorgeSquared) | William Hahn | whahn2 |
| Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience | Saleet Jafri | sjafri |
| Chair, Mathematical Sciences | Maria Emelianenko | memelian |
| Chair, Physics and Astronomy | Paul So | paso |
| Director, School of Systems Biology | Iosif Vaisman | ivaisman |
College of Visual and Performing Arts
| Title/Unit | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts | Rick Davis | rdavi4 |
| Director, Arts Management | Karalee Dawn | kdawn |
| Associate Director, Computer Game Design | Sang Nam | snam5 |
| Interim Director, Film and Video Studies | Cynthia Fuchs | cfuchs |
| Interim Director, School of Art | Zoe Charlton | zcharlto |
| Director, School of Dance | Karen Reedy | kreedy |
| Director, School of Music | Linda Monson | lmonson |
| Director, School of Theater | Djola Branner | dbranner |
Honors College
|
Title/Unit |
Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dean, Honors College | Zofia Burr | zburr |
| Assistant Dean, Faculty and Curriculum | John Woolsey | jwoolsey |
| Associate Dean, Honors College | Jan Allbeck | jallbeck |
| Associate Dean, Student Engagement, Admissions, and Administration | Anthony Hoefer | ahoefer |
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
| Title/Unit | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dean, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution | Alpaslan Özerdem | aozerdem |
| Director, Graduate Programs | Susan Allen | sallen29 |
| Director, Undergraduate Programs | Mara Schoeny | mschoeny |
Schar School of Policy and Government
| Title/Unit | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dean, Schar School of Policy and Government | Mark Rozell | mrozell |
| Director, Biodefense | Greg Koblentz | gkoblent |
| Director, Global Commerce and Policy – Master's | Ken Reinert | kreinert |
| Director, International Security and Center for Security Policy Studies | Ellen Laipson | elaipson |
| Director, Organization Development and Knowledge Management | Tojo Thatchenkery Penny Potter (Spring 2024) |
thatchen ppotter1 |
| Director, Political Science – PhD and Master's | Jeremy Mayer Bassam Haddad (Fall 2023) |
jmayer4 bhaddad |
| Director, Undergraduate Programs | Ahsan Butt | abutt4 |
| Director, Public Administration – Master's | Mirae Kim | mkim216 |
| Director, Public Policy – Master's | Justin Gest | jgest |
| Director, Public Policy – PhD | John Earle | earle |
School of Business
| Title/Unit | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dean, School of Business | Ajay Vinze | avinze |
| Chair, Accounting | Long Chen | lchenk |
| Chair, Business Foundations | Jackie Brown | jbrown39 |
| Chair, Finance | Alexander Philipov | aphilipo |
| Chair, Information Systems and Operations Management | Pallab Sanyal | psanyal |
| Chair, Management | Claus Langfred | clangfre |
| Chair, Marketing | Jessica Hoppner | jhoppner |