Benjamin Gatling is a folklorist, Associate Professor in the English Department, and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Program (MAIS). He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from The Ohio State University and a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil...
Interdisciplinary Studies students should work with their concentration head to fill out the curriculum worksheet appropriate to their concentration. You can download a copy of your curriculum worksheet below. Which Curriculum Worksheet to Use Use the curriculum worksheet specific to the year you e...
Individualized Studies is your opportunity to design an interdisciplinary graduate program to develop expertise spanning multiple areas to meet your distinctive educational and professional goals. By crafting your own degree path you can leverage the courses and faculty strength of the entire univ...
To help students develop a plan of study, below are curated lists of classes in a variety of disciplines that can be combined to meet the degree requirements. Applicants can simply identify two fields and use the fields’ associated course lists to create an individualized MA degree. Within these fiel...
Dr. Lisa Gilman, Professor of Folklore and English at George Mason University and IIR Faculty Affiliate, has released the Dzaleka Art Project website. The art project is a community-based collaborative project by and about the arts and artists living as refugees in the Dzaleka camp in Malawi. Dr. Gi...
To maximize their time in graduate school, Interdisciplinary Studies students may wish to pursue a graduate certificate that intensifies their training and competency in a particular area. Through credit-sharing arrangements between Interdisciplinary Studies and other academic units, students may a...
As graduates of our program know, change is a constant in Interdisciplinary Studies. After a multi-year effort to get state approval, the Higher Education concentration has finally spun off into its own degree, a master of arts in Higher Education & Student Development, administered by the Higher...
