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MAIS in Interdisciplinary Studies

The Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) program in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences consists of multiple established degree paths that exist in partnership with academic units and faculty across the University. It offers a home for students with broad academic interests who seek a master'...

War and the Military in Society concentration in the MAIS in Interdisciplinary Studies

UNDERSTANDING THE WAYS NATIONS CONCEIVE OF MILITARY APPARATUS, AND ITS BEARING ON FUTURE POLICY DECISIONS War and the Military in Society provides broad training in understanding the ways nations conceive of their military apparatus, and the bearing it has on future policy decisions, for careers in ...

Anu Aneja

Anu Aneja

Anu Aneja is Professor and Director of the Women and Gender Studies program at George Mason University.  She has research interests in the areas of transnational feminist theory and aesthetics, in particular their inventive crossings across South Asia and the west. She has explored these in her monog...

Social Justice and Human Rights concentration in the MAIS in Interdisciplinary Studies

IMAGINING AND APPLYING STRATEGIES FOR CREATING AND SUSTAINING A MORE EQUITABLE, JUST, AND HUMANE WORLD Social Justice and Human Rights focuses on racial injustice, educational rights, (dis)ability rights, indigenous rights, animal rights, and human trafficking in preparation for careers in education...

Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron

Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron

Dr. McCarron (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies in the School of Integrative Studies at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. She develops and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses focused on leadership theory, ethics and leadership, social change, and leadership and org...

Cher Weixia Chen

Cher Weixia Chen

Dr. Cher Weixia Chen is an Associate Professor in the School of Integrative Studies, the founder of the Human Rights and Global Justice Initiative, a Senior Scholar of the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being, and a faculty fellow of the Institute for a Sustainable Earth, George Mason University....

Social Entrepreneurship concentration in the MAIS in Interdisciplinary Studies

ENGAGING WITH REAL-WORLD ISSUES WHILE COMMITTING TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND TO CARING FOR HUMAN DIGNITY Social Entrepreneurship provides students with a theoretical and practical toolkit to engage with real-world issues in industry, nonprofits, government, public policy, and education while maintaining a...

Women and Gender Studies concentration in the MAIS in Interdisciplinary Studies

FOCUSING ON THE INTERSECTIONS AMONG GENDER, SEXUALITY, RACE AND CLASS Women and Gender Studies combines research, teaching, and activism, with a focus on the intersections of sex, gender, sexuality, and power in preparation for careers in education, public service and community organizing.