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George Mason University

Interdisciplinary Studies

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Faculty and Staff

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  • Mark Addleson

    Mark Addleson

    Associate Professor

    Austrian economics, knowledge management, learning organizations, methodology of social inquiry, organizational change

  • Jan Arminio

    Jan Arminio

    Professor
    Director, Higher Education

    Multicultural issues, qualitative research, assessment, campus programs, leadership

  • Robert Axtell

    Robert Axtell

    Chair, Computational Social Science, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study

    Intersection of multi-agent systems computer science and the social sciences

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  • Maria M Dakake

    Maria M Dakake

    Associate Professor

    Islamic theology, Qur'an and hadith, Shi'ite and Sufi traditions, women's issues

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  • Robert Ehrlich

    Robert Ehrlich

    Professor

    Renewable energy, particle physics, science education, physics and society, energy and environmental topics.

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  • Joy Fraser

    Joy Fraser

    Assistant Professor

    folk narrative, foodways; folk custom and drama; cultural tourism

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  • Christopher H. Hamner

    Christopher H. Hamner

    Associate Professor
    Concentration Head, War and the Military in Society

    War and American society, the individual experience of combat, technological change and warfare

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  • Yevette Richards Jordan

    Yevette Richards Jordan

    Associate Professor
    Graduate Coordinator, Women and Gender Studies

    Women’s history, African American history, women’s labor in the global economy, labor history, Pan- Africanism, Cold War

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  • Meredith Lair

    Meredith Lair

    Associate Professor
    Director, Interdisciplinary Studies

    The Vietnam War, war and American society, collective memory, conflict tourism, post-1945 social and cultural history

  • Debra Lattanzi Shutika

    Debra Lattanzi Shutika

    Associate Professor
    Co-Director, Folklore
    Director of Undergraduate Programs, English

    Sense of Place, transnational migration, Latin American folklore

  • Cindy Lont

    Cindy Lont

    Director, Film and Video Studies Program

    Video-based production

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  • John S O'Connor

    John S O'Connor

    Professor

    Learning communities, integrative learning, community-based learning, civic engagement

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  • Ellen Rodgers

    Ellen Rodgers

    Associate Professor

    Human dimensions of natural resources, research methodology and evaluation, social psychology of leisure, demography, community and park planning

  • Paul Michael Rogers

    Paul Michael Rogers

    Director, Northern Virginia Writing Project
  • Todd Rose

    Todd Rose

    Student development and engagement, collaborative relationships in and among universities

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  • Sylvia K Vitazkova

    Sylvia K Vitazkova

    Assistant Professor of Integrative Studies (Conservation)
    Director, Zoo and Aquarium Leadership

    Nature and spirituality. Disease transmission between humans, domestic animals, and wildlife. Tracking the illegal pet trade with non-invasive molecular methods.

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  • Margaret Yocom

    Margaret Yocom

    Associate Professor
    Co-Director, Folklore

    traditional narrative; material culture; family folklore; gender studies

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  • Mary Zamon

    Mary Zamon

    Assistant Professor

    Assessment

  • Matthew Zingraff

    Matthew Zingraff

    Professor
    Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

    Crime and social control, police behavior, biased-based policing, racial profiling