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Prominent Faculty and Staff BiosThomas G. Calhoun, Vice President Facilities Thomas G. Calhoun was appointed as George Mason University’s Vice President of Facilities in February 2006. In this capacity, he is responsible for all planning, design, construction, facilities management at all four of the University’s Northern Virginia campuses. For the year prior, he served as Director of Facilities Planning. Prior to joining George Mason University, Mr. Calhoun served in the United States Navy for 26 years. He began his professional career in 1978 when he joined the Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps. He served for two years in the Seabees and deployed to Puerto Rico and Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territories. From 1980 to 1885, he served in construction and facilities management positions at Defense installations in the Washington DC area. Mr. Calhoun worked Naples, Italy in the later 1980’s as program manager for the planning and design effort associated with a $250 million relocation of the Naval Complex there. From 1989 until 1991 he served in the Pentagon as Aide and Administrative Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics). From 1991 to 1996, he led construction management offices in Quantico Virginia and Everett, Washington. In Everett, he oversaw the opening of the Navy’s newest base, a $450 million nuclear carrier homeport. From 1996 until 1998, he was the Executive Officer for Navy Public Works Center, Great Lakes, and Engineering Field Activity Midwest, at the Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois. In 1998, he reported as the senior Civil Engineer Corps officer on the staff of Headquarters United States Marine Corps. In that capacity, he led the Marine Corps’ development of an integrated, long-range infrastructure plan. Following this tour, he led improvement efforts in the Navy’s $2 billion facility support contracting program. In his final Navy assignment, he served as Commanding Officer of an engineering unit responsible for all planning, environmental, design and construction for Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force installations in the metropolitan Washington, DC area. He retired with the rank of Captain in 2004. Mr. Calhoun earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and a Master’s Degree in Construction Management from Stanford University. He also attended the Executive Management Program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Mr. Calhoun lives in Fairfax Virginia with his wife, the former Joy Audet of North Miami Florida, and their two children, Briana and Thomas. Dr. Jack R. Censer, Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. Censer is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at George Mason University. He earned his PhD at Johns Hopkins University. After three years at the College of Charleston, Dr. Censer came to George Mason in 1977. Beginning as an assistant professor, he was promoted to full professor in 1987. He served as the Chair of the Department of History & Art History for the last ten years. He served as the Chair for the last ten years. He has given numerous guest lectures and regularly presents his work at national conferences. He has held visiting professor appointments at Cornell University and the University of Maryland. Dr. Censer’s research has examined the French Revolution, intellectual history, and the press. Previous publications include: Exploring the French Revolution; Visions and Revisions in Eighteenth-Century France; The French Press in the Age of Enlightenment; and The French Revolution and Intellectual History. His current manuscript, Reporting the Sniper: Media and the Washington Region, turns to more contemporary issues in the media and press. Vikas Chandhoke, Dean, College of Science Education: Ph.D. University of Maine, Orono, 1987-1991, M.Sc. (Hons.) and B. Pharm. (Hons.) Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India, 1980-1986. Research: Interests– Interests are centered around the recent advances made in biological sciences and technology to investigate complex problems in an integrated manner using the system biology approach. Currently involved in development of medical and scientific research programs with molecular bioscience and informatics to exploit synergistic junctures of cutting-edge translational research. Current studies include cancer genomics, genomics of liver diseases, chondrocyte differentiation, and development of large scale relational database integrating clinical and gene expression data. Teaching: Over 15 years of teaching in biology programs both at the undergraduate and graduate level. Courses taught biochemistry, general biology, biology of ultrastructure, bioinstrumentation and research methods. Launched two new Ph.D. programs in the past 5 years enhancing the number of graduate students from around 50 to over 300. External Support: Grants and contracts as the Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI in topics ranging from cancer genomics to instrumentation grants from various federal and corporate sources. Director of Center for Biomedical Genomics and Co-Director of GMU-INOVA Translational Research Institute. External Collaborations: Developed linkages with several corporate and institutional partnerships including; GeoCenters (SAIC), Naval Research Laboratories, Univ. of Virginia, INOVA Health Care Systems among others. Publications and Presentations (for the past 3 years): 2 book chapters, 11 refereed papers and over 20 abstracts and presentations in professional meetings. Professional memberships:American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Human Genome Organization (HUGO), Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Sara Cobb, Director, Institute for Conflict Analysis and ResolutionSara is the Director of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR). In that capacity she is responsible for supporting the faculty and students in the continued evolution of the ICAR academic program; she also works actively to support the development efforts of staff and faculty, in an effort to create the funds necessary for the "Point of View Center," as well as the programmatic and intellectual initiatives that are core to ICAR’s strategic growth. Additionally, Dr. Cobb teaches and conducts research on conflict narratives; at present she is working toward the application of agent-based modeling to the study of conflict narratives in protracted conflicts. Sara came to ICAR from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, where she was the Executive Director; she has also taught at The Fielding Institute, University of California, University of Connecticut, and SUNY Albany. She earned her Ph.D. in Communication at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she specialized in the critical analysis of discourse. She earned her M.Ed. in Counseling from University of Puget Sound, and her B.A. in English from Albertus Magnus College. In the past ten years, Dr. Cobb has also consulted to a variety of organizations, within the United States, as well as in Europe and Latin America. Her consulting practice includes work on organizational change processes in family businesses; she also provides training for corporations in negotiation and conflict resolution processes. She has published widely in a number of journals on topics related to the transformation of meaning in conflict processes. Lawrence D. Czarda, Vice President, Prince William CampusDr. Lawrence Czarda is the Vice President for Regional Campuses for George Mason University. In this position Dr. Czarda is responsible for administrative and operational oversight in Prince William, Arlington, Loudoun and other sites such as Belmont Bay and Front Royal. He is responsible for coordination in the distributed campus system. He strives to continually promote growth and partnerships with economic development leaders, local developers, and productive relationships with the business community, legislators, and the media. He frequently serves on a variety of institutional management committees. Since coming to George Mason in 1983, he has held a series of positions, including Chief of Staff to the President, Assistant Vice President for Business Affairs, Associate Vice President for Finance & Planning and Vice President for the Prince William Campus. He has represented Mason in a broad variety of roles in the academic, governmental, and corporate communities in Northern Virginia, Richmond, and Washington D.C. Dr. Czarda is the administrative representative for the Prince William Campus Advisory Board. He serves on the Prince William Economic Development Council, the City of Manassas Economic Development Advisory Group. Since 1987, Dr. Czarda has also been an adjunct associate professor at George Mason, and regularly teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses, primarily in the area of public budgeting and finance. Prior to his service at GMU, he served as Finance Director for the Fauquier County Government (1979-1983) and as Senior Budget Analyst and Intergovernmental Grants Coordinator for the Prince William County Government (1976-1979). He continues to serve as a member of numerous professional and academic organizations. He is past Chair of the Fauquier Health Systems, Hospital, Foundation, Nursing Home, and Capitol Campaign Boards. He was active in civic affairs, serving as a member and past Chair of the Fauquier County School Board. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Didlake, Inc., and Highland School. Dr. Czarda holds a B.A. in History & Political Science from Bridgewater College; a M.P.A. in Public Finance from American University; and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from George Mason University. Andrew Flagel, Dean, Admissions and Enrollment DevelopmentDean Flagel became Dean of Admissions and Enrollment Development at George Mason University on July 10, 2001. Andrew was previously the Director of Admissions and Recruitment at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan. He also served as the Director of Enrollment Management for the Congressional Youth Leadership Council, a national leadership training organization providing programs for outstanding high school juniors, and an Assistant Director of Admissions at The George Washington University. Andrew has an undergraduate degree in philosophy and psychology and a master of arts in education and human development from George Washington, and is currently completing his dissertation towards a Ph.D. in Education from Michigan State University. He began teaching as an adjunct faculty member in Mason’s Communications Department in Fall 2002, is the academic advisor to Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, advisor to the Jewish Student Association, and chairman of the University Pep Band advisory committee. Andrew serves on the Educational Advisory Board for the National Young Leaders Conference, and former Chair of the Membership Committee of the National Association for College Admissions Counseling. He was the Chairman of the Enrollment Management Committee for the Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, and an executive board member and Chairman of the Joint Relations Committee for the Michigan Association for College Admissions Counseling. He has given numerous national presentations, including “Implications of the new SAT on high school curriculum,” “The Use of Demographics in Student Marketing,” and “Marketing in Higher Education,” at the national conference of the American Association for Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. He also served on the Blue Ribbon Commission on Admission Standards for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Mathematics, and was the 2006 commencement speaker for Robinson High School. Jeffrey Gorrell, Dean, College of Education and Human DevelopmentJeffrey Gorrell is Professor of Education and Dean of the College of Education and Human Development.Prior to coming to George Mason University in 2001, Dr. Gorrell was the Associate Dean for Administration and Research in the College of Education at Auburn University. He has also been Department Head in Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology at Auburn University. He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at the University of Florida in 1975, his master’s in English from the University of Florida, and his bachelor’s in English from Vanderbilt. Dr. Gorrell has published research studies extensively in the areas of teacher education, teacher efficacy, cognitive modeling in learning, and related topics. He has provided leadership to professional organizations such as the American Educational Research Association (AERA), The Holmes Partnership, the Mid-South Educational Research Association, and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). He currently serves as Chair of the Executive Board of the Organization of Institutional Affiliates of AERA; he is on the Professional Development Committee of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Administration and the Executive Board of the Virginia Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. He recently has been Editor and Executive Editor of The Professional Educator, and a reviewer or editorial board member for numerous education and research journals. In 1987, he was a Fulbright Scholar to Sri Lanka, which has led to his continuing research on teachers and on cognitive development of children in Sri Lanka as a research consultant for the Sri Lanka National Institute of Education. In recent years, he has also conducted studies in cognitive development and teacher efficacy in Brazil, Korea, and Taiwan. Most recently, he has been the principal investigator for a variety of evaluation studies related to school improvement and reform and served on several task forces related to education in Virginia. Lloyd J. Griffiths, Dean, School of Information Technology and EngineeringLloyd Griffiths was named Dean of the School of IT&Engineering at George Mason University in July, 1997. In that position, he oversees approximately 4,200 engineering students, 2,100 of which are undergraduates enrolled in a total of six undergraduate majors. The School has about 1,800 Masters and 300 Ph.D. students. The great majority of students in the IT&E School are employed in local IT industries throughout the year. Many of them, including undergraduates, are working full time. They are combining experience and knowledge gained from their work environment with their in-class education at George Mason. Several of these students are entrepreneurs or working in early-stage companies. Since joining the School in 1997, Dr. Griffiths has overseen significant increases in the School’s undergraduate enrollment and in total School research expenditures. In 1999, a new undergraduate degree program was in Computer Engineering was added to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. In the Fall, 2002 semester, a second new undergraduate major was added in Information Technology. The IT Major now has over 800 students enrolled and is the fastest growing undergraduate program at Mason. New Master’s degrees have been added in Computer Engineering, E-Commerce, Enterprise Engineering, and Information Security. A total of three Ph.D. degrees are available in the areas of Information Technology, Computer Science, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. The School of IT&Engineering currently consists of approximately 100 full-time faculty, and 30 full-time staff. Approximately 70 adjunct faculty from industry are employed each year by the School. Annual budget expenditures now exceed $28M. The School now has the largest graduate program at George Mason University and leads the University in its level of research expenditures. Prior to joining George Mason, Lloyd was Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Colorado in Boulder. His administrative experience also includes six years at the University of Southern California where he held the title of Associate Dean for Research and Administration in the School of Engineering. Dr. Griffiths’ undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering was awarded by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. His M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering were awarded by Stanford University. Dean Griffiths is a fellow of the IEEE and has been recognized with the IEEE Browder J. Thompson prize paper award. He currently sits on the board of directors for three privately-held companies and serves on the advisory boards of several other early-stage companies. Linda H. Harber, Associate Vice President, Human Resources/PayrollLinda Harber joined the Mason community in September 2003 as Assistant Vice President for Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer. She came to Mason with twenty-five years of experience at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) where she held a range of positions including Assistant Director of Career Planning, Training Coordinator, Employee Development Manager and Employee Relations Manager. Ms. Harber served as Executive Director of Human Resources at VCU for nine years before coming to Mason. Ms. Harber earned her bachelor's degree from Indiana University and her Master's degree from the University of Kansas. She has served on both the regional and national boards of directors for the College & University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Additionally, Ms. Harber served as Southern Region chair and has presented sessions at both national and regional conferences over the past ten years. She served as chair of the state-wide Council on Technology Services workgroup for Information Technology Recruitment and Retention and as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the State Commission on Reform of the Classified Compensation Plan. Ms. Harber was awarded the CUPA-HR National Creativity Achievement Award in 1992 and the CUPA-HR Southern Region Distinguished Service Award in 1998. In the fall of 2005, she will receive the national Distinguished Service Award for leadership and service to CUPA-HR. At Mason, Linda co-chairs the Quality of Worklife Committee and Chairs the Investment Policy Committee, the Benefits Committee and the Classified Compensation Committee. She and her husband, Harlan, have two sons, Adam and Joshua. Dr. Kingsley E. Haynes, Dean, School of Public PolicyDr. Haynes has been building academic programs for 30 years. He was a founding faculty and played a central role in the development of the LBJ School at the University of Texas, Austin, and was a major contributor in building the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University to its third place national ranking. At Boston University he took over a program with $150,000 in external support and built it to $9 million in three years while replacing half the faculty and expanding enrollment by 100%. After doubling graduate enrollments as Graduate Dean at George Mason, he abolished the Graduate School and sent those functions to the various schools and colleges. Haynes then reorganized and strengthened the Graduate Council into the primary policy body for supervising university graduate activity and started a graduate student organization. Since 1994 he has been full time Director of the Institute of Public Policy, increasing its externally funded research and graduate activities from zero to $7 million a year and from zero to 150 Ph.D. students and 800 MA students respectively. He is the founding Dean of the new School of Public Policy initiated by the GMU Board of Visitors on July 1, 2000. Dr. Haynes is also a prolific researcher and active participant in the field of regional economic development policy with over 200 articles, 150 professional reports and 10 books to his name. He has been an active participant in economic development activities in Texas, the U.S. Midwest and internationally in Malaysia, Brazil, Southeast Asia and the Middle East where he was awarded prizes for his work on the Nile and building regional development programs in the nations of the Pacific Rim. From 1995 to 1997 he was President of the seventy nation Regional Science Association International. His activities in Regional Science were recognized with the Boyce Award in 1997. He was awarded the Anderson Medal for work in applied research in 2000, was elected to the National Academy of Public Administration in 2002, and also in 2002 was awarded the Ullman Prize for his research contributions in transportation. J. Thomas Hennessey, Jr. Ph.D., Chief of Staff, Office of the PresidentDr. Hennessey is a career professional with more than thirty years of progressively responsible leadership and management experience in public service, University administration, organizational research, and the classroom. He received his bachelor’s degree in English and History and his Masters of Public Administration from Eastern Kentucky University. He was one of the first doctoral graduates of the Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University. His research and teaching center on public service, management of change in public organizations, and organizational theory. He has written and taught extensively on the “Reinvention of Government.” Since joining the faculty at George Mason he has been Grant Recipient, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Endowment for the Business of Government, Principle Investigator, Primary support to the Governor’s Task Force on Procurement Assessment, Principle Investigator, Department of General Services and Department of Juvenile Justice, Commonwealth of Virginia, Strategic Planning and Performance Measure Management. National Council Member, Region IV, American Society for Public Administration. 1998-2002.Chairman, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Regions III/IV, Program Director, Cooperative Research on High Performing Organizations, Prince William County, Virginia. On behalf of the University he has served as Director, Excellence in Government Program, Acting Executive Director, The Northern Virginia Business Roundtable, Executive Director, Congressional Institute for the Future and Program Director, Lead the Future. Prior to joining George Mason University, Dr. Hennessey served with the United States Army for 28 years in successively responsible leadership positions and retired as a Colonel from the Army’s Intelligence and Security Command. His most recent assignments included Deputy Chief of Staff, US Army Intelligence and Security Command. Chief, European Division. Political-Military Affairs, Joint Chiefs of Staff and US Military Attaché, American Embassy London, United Kingdom. Dr. Sandy Hubler, Vice President, University LifeDr. Sandy Hubler is Vice President for University Life at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She holds a doctorate in international and multicultural education from the University of San Francisco (1998). An internationally recognized leader in student affairs, Dr. Hubler has served on the Board of Directors for the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) based in Washington D.C. She is co-founder of two major global initiatives in the field: the International Symposium, which provides professional development opportunities for student affairs educators from around the world and the International Exchange Program, which facilitates faculty and administration exchanges for both US and international delegations. Dr. Hubler was also a J. William Fulbright Scholar in 2002 as part of the U.S. Administrators in International Education Program. The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators recognized Dr. Hubler with the 2003 Scott Goodnight Award for Outstanding Services as a Dean of Students and the Fred C. Turner Award in 2002 for exemplary contributions to professional development in student affairs. She was selected in 2001 to attend Harvard University's Institute for Educational Management, an intensive leadership forum for executives in higher education. In addition, in the spring of 2005, Dr. Hubler was the recipient of the George Mason University Administrator of the Year award. Prior to joining the Mason community in 2004, Dr. Hubler served as Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at Menlo College in Atherton, California. Her higher education career, which began in 1983, has included student affairs positions at San Jose State University, Mills College, and the University of Southern California. Joy R. Hughes, Vice President, Information Technology and Information OfficerJoy Hughes is the Vice President for Information Technology and the Chief Information Officer at George Mason University. She is also a member of the faculty of the School of Information Technology and Engineering and an advisor to the School of Management’s graduate program in technology management. Her area of administrative responsibilities includes the university libraries, computing and network services, instructional technology, GMU-TV, and two wireless television companies which provide specialized television services to the Washington D.C region. Her division is the home of the award winning Technology Across the Curriculum program. Dr. Hughes is the co-chair of the EDUCAUSE/Internet 2 Computer and Network Security Task Force. In 2004 she served on the subcommittee of the Corporate Governance Task Force of the National Summit on Cybersecurity, formed to develop a response to the White House’s National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. She is also a member of non-profit and for-profit governing boards. Dr. Hughes formerly held CIO positions at Oregon State University and SUNY-Potsdam. She earned her Ph.D. in information systems from the Union Institute, an MS in computer science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and an MS in mathematics from Rutgers University. Marc Broderick, Vice President, University Development & Alumni AffairsRichard J. Klimoski, Ph.D., Dean , School of Management , George Mason UniversityDr. Richard Klimoski is Dean of the School of Management and Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. Klimoski received his Ph.D. in Psychology and Management from Purdue University in 1970. Prior to coming to George Mason, Klimoski was on the faculty of the Ohio State University for twenty-five years, where he is a Professor Emeritus. He was named Dean of the School of Management in spring of 2002 after serving as interim dean since 2001. Klimoski came to George Mason University in 1995 to lead and strengthen the Industrial Organizational Psychology graduate program. In 2001, it became the university’s highest ranked program, at 8th in the nation, in the US News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings edition. Dr. Klimoski’s teaching and research interests center on performance management issues at both the level of the individual and the work team. He is currently investigating the role of leadership in project teams. His research has been published extensively and has appeared in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Journal of Conflict Resolution. He was the Editor of the Academy of Management Review (1990-1993) He has co-authored: Research Methods in Human Resource Management (1992), The Nature of Organizational Leadership (2002), Emotions in Work Organizations (2002). Dr. Klimoski is a Fellow of several scientific societies including the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Society, the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP). He served as President of SIOP from 1991-1992. He serves on the board of the Century Club, and of the Stevie Awards, an awards program for businesses. Through his leadership, the School of Management has launched a number of strategic initiatives that have enhanced SOM’s reputation, visibility and made the quality of program offerings. Central to this forward progression has been the recruitment of twenty-four new faculty from 2003-2005. Young scholars from across the county have been attracted to SOM and the opportunities to flourish in both teaching and research. Outreach to alumni has been another key priority. The School launched SOMTimes, a bi-annual magazine, which is distributed to over 22,000 friends, alumni and business leaders. SOM has re-energized its alumni chapter and created an active advisory board made up of business leaders from the region. Last fall, U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks the School of Management among the top 25% of undergraduate business programs in the world. Christine LaPaille, Vice President, University RelationsChristine M. LaPaille joined George Mason University after serving as the director of the Office of Communications at the National Governor’s Association (NGA) for 5 years. In her capacity as chief communication officer, she worked with governors and their top staff to develop and implement external and internal communication strategies to support NGA’s federal legislative priorities and research initiatives. Additionally, she served as the association’s chief spokesperson and was responsible for generating national, state, and local news coverage of the NGA and its priorities. Prior to her work with NGA, LaPaille spent 10 years as president of Agenda Communications, a Chicago-based public affairs firm. LaPaille began her tenure as vice president for university relations in May. At George Mason, she oversees units that help shape the university’s image and visibility, including media relations, events management, community relations, creative services, photography, electronic publications, and information services. LaPaille is a resident of Potomac, Maryland. Alan Merten, PresidentAlan G. Merten became president of George Mason University on July 1, 1996. Dr. Merten was previously the Dean of the Johnson Graduate School of Management of Cornell University. He was Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Florida and Associate Dean for Executive Education and Computing Services at the University of Michigan. Dr. Merten has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, a master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. degree in computer science from Wisconsin. He has held academic appointments in both engineering and business, and academic and business positions in Hungary and France. Dr. Merten was chair of the National Research Council's Committee on Workforce Needs in Information Technology. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the Center for Innovative Technology, INOVA Health System, the Northern Virginia Technology Council, a real estate investment trust, and a mutual fund trust. Dr. Merten was a member of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education and served as program chairman of the 1998 World Congress on Information Technology held at George Mason University. He has been recognized for his contributions to the Northern Virginia technology community, as a leader of the Greater Washington, D.C. business community, for promoting volunteerism and service to the community, and for his contributions to the use of information technology in the federal government. He and his wife, Sally, have two children and two grandsons. Rick Davis, Associate Provost for Educational ProgramsThomas M. Moncure, Jr., University Counsel, Office of University Counsel Tom Moncure was named as University Counsel for George Mason University by Attorney General Judith Williams Jadgmann in January of 2006. Prior to this appointment, he had served as Senior Counsel to two Attorneys General with the primary responsibility of managing Special (outside) Counsel throughout the Commonwealth. Additional duties as Senior Counsel involved the active representation of several state agencies - to include one educational institution - and the drafting of official legal opinions. He served as the Attorney General’s designee on the Virginia Military Advisory Council and the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. Admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1979, he began his legal career as a general trial practitioner in courts of the Commonwealth. He was also appointed by the Circuit Judges as Assistant Commissioner of Accounts with the responsibility for auditing and approving fiduciary reports. Additionally, he was appointed by the Supreme Court of Virginia to serve on Medical Malpractice Review Panels. Other significant legal experience includes employment as Assistant General Counsel for the National Rifle Association and election as Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Stafford. Legal publications include two law review articles and book reviews for “The Virginia Lawyer.” He is a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates where he served on the Courts of Justice Committee. He is currently in his second term as appointee of the Speaker of the House to the Virginia Code Commission. He is a retired career Military Police Officer in the Army National Guard and Army Reserves, following 26 years of commissioned service. Significant duty assignments were as Division Provost Marshal, Operations Officer (S-3), Physical Security Officer, Administrative Officer (S-1), and Company Commander. Decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Military Police Officer Basic and Advanced Courses. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the Virginia Military Institute and Master of Arts degree in History from George Mason University. He took and passed the Bar under the auspices of the Virginia Law Reader Program. Tom O'Connor, Assistant Vice President/Director of Athletics Tom O’Connor is currently in his 13th year at George Mason University and his fourth decade in NCAA Division I athletics after ushering in a new age in intercollegiate athletics upon his arrival in Fairfax. Named the athletic director at George Mason on November 1, 1994, he added the title of assistant vice president in 1999. O’Connor is widely regarded as an innovative, conscientious and visionary administrator whose bold leadership has advanced four Division I institutions. His major priority is to facilitate the University’s commitment to its student-athletes, both academically and athletically. He has helped create an administrative process committed to excellence in the areas of academic assistance, gender equity and compliance with NCAA rules and regulations. Under O’Connor’s guidance, George Mason was one of the nation’s first 15 schools to complete the NCAA certification process, and it completed a second cycle of athletics certification in February 2003. He also spearheaded an effort by the University to come into full compliance with Title IX. As a result, George Mason perennially ranks among the nation’s best in the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act survey. In addition, George Mason athletic facilities have improved greatly during O’Connor’s tenure. The Aquatic and Fitness Center, a first-class recreation and competition facility, opened on the Fairfax campus in 1998, while each campus athletics venue has received upgrades over the past decade. At the NCAA level, O’Connor completed his third year of his five-year term on the 10-member NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Committee and has been elected to serve as Chair beginning in September. O’Connor is the first representative in the Colonial Athletic Association’s 19-year history to be appointed to the committee, which has control, direction and supervision of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. He has held a seat on the prestigious Management Council and was a member of the Division I Strategic Planning Committee and the Selection Review Committee. He was involved with the NCAA restructuring process as a member of the business/finance cabinet and served a term as a member of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee. He has been a member of the Executive Council of the NACDA Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association. He completed a two-year term as the President of the Colonial Athletic Association on July 1, 2004. A couple of the athletic programs are coming off tremendous seasons where they were in the national spotlight. The men’s basketball team completed the best season in school history, making their first-ever trip to the NCAA Final Four and first by any Colonial Athletic Association school. Mason finished the season ranked eighth in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll, the highest-ever ranking for Mason. The men’s volleyball team, nationally ranked throughout the season, just missed making it to the top of their sport. The Patriots were unbeaten at home and senior Shaun Powell was selected a Division I-II First-Team All-American. He becomes the 10th Mason men’s volleyball player to garner All-American honors and the first since Mike Mauro in 1994. O’Connor previously served as athletic director at Loyola (MD) College (1976-86), at Santa Clara University (1986-92) and at St. Bonaventure University (1992-94). He was also the head basketball coach at Dartmouth College (1972-74) and at Loyola (1974-76), and his age of 25 when he became head coach at Dartmouth ranks him as the sixth-youngest head coach to ever take over a NCAA Division I program. A native of Union City, NJ, the 59-year-old O’Connor earned a B.A. degree in 1968 from Assumption (Mass) College, where he was a four-year basketball letterwinner. He is a member of the Assumption College Athletic Hall of Fame. He received the 2004 Pathfinder Award at the New England Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in September. Other than the recent success of the men’s basketball and volleyball teams at George Mason, the men’s indoor track and field team won the 1996 national championship and the outdoor squad placed second. In the annual Sears Directors’ Cup standings, the Patriots ranked first among Division I-AAA (non-football) institutions in 1995 and 1997. Under his leadership, Mason student-athletes have excelled in the classroom. Three Patriots have received National CoSIDA/Verizon Academic All-America recognition, most recently Chris Looze, who in 2005 became the first Mason student-athlete to garner academic player of the year in baseball. Art Kulans won the honor two seasons for men’s Volleyball, First Team (2003) and Second Team (2002). Keri Chaconas, who went on to play in the WNBA in the league’s inaugural season, was a Third Team (1996) Academic All-American in 1996 in women’s basketball. O’Connor’s teams have reached regional and national heights at other institutions under his guidance. Loyola won the 1976 men’s soccer national championship, while Santa Clara’s 1989 men’s soccer team was the co-national champion with Virginia and the 1991 squad was the national runner-up. The school also earned NCAA bids in men’s and women’s basketball, women’s soccer and baseball. Tom and his wife Barbara reside in Fairfax. The couple has four children and eight grandchildren. James Olds, Director, Krasnow InstituteJim Olds received his bachelors of arts degree in Chemistry from Amherst College in 1978 and a Ph.D. in neurosciences from the University of Michigan in 1987. He trained as a post-doctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology (LMCN), NINDS at the National Institutes of Health. Laboratory Chiefs of LMCN included, among others then, Dr. J. Craig Venter and Dr. Daniel L. Alkon. In 1994 Dr. Olds was appointed as a senior staff fellow in the newly formed Laboratory of Adaptive Systems (LAS), NINDS. He was Executive Director of the American Association of Anatomists from 1995 until the summer of 1998, when he accepted his current position as Director at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Concurrently he is Krasnow University Professor of Computational Neuroscience at George Mason University and Director of Mason’s doctoral program in neuroscience. He has additional academic faculty appointments in the School of Computational Sciences at George Mason University, and in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. In 2004, Olds was appointed to a five year term as editor-in-chief of The Biological Bulletin, one of this country’s oldest peer reviewed journals. Affiliated with the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, since 1978, he was elected a member of the MBL Corporation in 1991. In a volunteer capacity, Olds has served on many professional and governmental bodies most recently beginning a 3-year term on the Board of Directors of Americans for Medical Progress, where he serves on the Executive Committee. Dr. Olds' research is directed toward understanding and simulating the molecular mechanisms that permit neurons and neuronal assemblies to store and recall memories, both under normal and pathological conditions. At the cellular level, he is interested in the critical role protein kinase C, a multi-member enzyme family, plays in transformation with special emphasis on those changes associated with cellular memory. Daniel D. Polsby, Dean, School of LawDan Polsby is Dean of the George Mason University School of Law. His undergraduate studies were at Oakland University where he received a B.A. in 1964. He was graduated magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1971. Following law school Polsby clerked for the late Harold Leventhal of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was an associate of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering from 1972-1974 and Counsel to Commissioner Glen O. Robinson at the Federal Communications Commission from 1974-1976. Polsby joined the Northwestern University law faculty in 1976, where he remained until 1999 when he came to George Mason as Professor of Law and Associate Dean of the law school. From 1990 through 1999, Polsby held the Kirkland & Ellis chair in law at Northwestern. He has also been visiting professor at Cornell Law School, the University of Michigan School of Law and the University of Southern California. Torts, Criminal Law and Family Law are among the numerous subjects that Polsby has taught through his law school career. His scholarship on criminal law and criminology, family law and the constitutional law of federal elections is widely cited. William F. Reeder, Dean and Professor of Arts Management, College of Visual and Performing ArtsDean Bill Reeder has enjoyed a 30-year career in education, management, philanthropic administration and the arts. As Dean, he oversees the departments of Music, Dance, Theatre and Arts and Visual Technology, and serves as the general manager of the Center for the Arts, a regional performing arts facility at George Mason University. Bill teaches arts management to both graduate and undergraduate populations. Before joining George Mason, Bill was Vice President and General Manager of the Washington Performing Arts Society, the major presenter at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. For two years prior, Bill was with the Sallie Mae Corporation, for which he established the Sallie Mae Trust for Education. At Sallie Mae, Bill was responsible for the company’s corporate giving programs and volunteer management in five cities in Virginia, Washington D.C., Florida, Pennsylvania and Kansas. From 1993 to 1997, Bill was Executive Director of the Levine School of Music, in Washington D. C. Bill has served as President of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts; President of The Saint Louis Conservatory of Music; Executive Director of Opera Music Theatre International and the Newark Community School of the Arts. In addition, he has been on the faculty and administration of Indiana University, Bloomington, and Illinois State University. For 8 years, Bill was a leading operatic tenor engaged by the Zurich, Switzerland Opera Company. As a professional singer, he performed over 40 leading tenor roles in 15 major opera houses throughout Europe. Recognized for his strategic planning, management and fundraising technical skills, Dean Reeder appears in two training films produced by the National Center for Nonprofit Boards. He has conducted fundraising drives that have raised more the $80 million for arts and educations throughout his career. Bill has served on numerous non-profit boards of directors and State Arts and Humanities agencies, and is a frequent clinician on leadership, fundraising and strategic planning. He currently sits on the Boards of the National Center for Non-Profit Enterprise and the Manassas Center for the Arts. Maurice (Morrie) William Scherrens, Senior Vice PresidentDr. Scherrens has held the position of Senior Vice President since 1996. In this role, he retained all former responsibilities of Chief Business Officer and assumed expanded responsibility to include the direction and management of Facilities, Construction Management, Physical Plant, Campus Police, Institutional Planning and Research, and Support Service Operations. This new position includes increased visibility with state legislators and executive officials in Richmond, Virginia while sharing executive management responsibilities for the internal operations of the University with the Provost. Responsibilities also include increased coordination with business and community leaders within the surrounding local jurisdictions. Dr. Scherrens has previously served successively at George Mason as the Executive Vice President, (1985-1996), the Vice President for Finance & Planning, (1979-1985), the Assistant Vice President, Business and Finance, (1977-1979), and Budget Director (1973-1975). His service to the University and to the academic community across the country is reflected in hisfifteen years of participation in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools institutional assessment process as well as the NCAA re-certification process. His consultation and advice; assistance in performance measure evaluation; and review of potential “best practices” has been seen most recently at the following institutions: Southern Association of Colleges & Schools Dr. Scherrens has authored a best practices business book in 1999 entitled “Agile Archers; Moving Targets” which was published by the National Association of Colleges and University Business Officer (NACUBO). Dr. Scherrens received his Doctorate in Higher Education, (Ed.D.) from the University of Southern California in 1988, his Juris Doctor, (JD) from George Washington Univ. in 1976, a Masters in Business Administration, (MBA) Central Michigan Univ. in 1971, and a Bachelors in Business Administration, (B.S.) Central Michigan Univ. in 1970. Linda A. Schwartzstein, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Vice President for Enrollment ServicesLinda Schwartzstein is Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Vice President for Enrollment Services at George Mason University. Dr. Schwartzstein has been a member of the law faculty since 1979. In 1997, she became a senior fellow in the provost’s office and was appointed Vice Provost for Strategic Planning in 1998. Dr. Schwartzstein became the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs in 2000, and the Vice President for Enrollment Services in 2005. Dr. Schwartzstein received her A.B. degree magna cum laude with honors in psychology from Brandeis University and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan, and an LL.M in taxation from New York University. She also holds a Ph.d in Economics from George Mason University. She is a member of the bars of Maryland, the District of Columbia, New York and New Jersey. Dr. Schwartzstein has taught in the areas of taxation, business associations, dispute resolution, organizational conflict and higher education administration. She has written articles and book chapters on taxation, public choice and the Austrian School of economics. Dr. Schwartzstein was a recipient of the Virginia Women Attorneys’ Association Foundation Distinguished Faculty Award and of the Annual Student Award for Outstanding Second Year Professor. She was the Connolly Distinguished Visiting Professor in Business Ethics at Georgetown University. Suzanne Slayden, Chair, Faculty Senate Suzanne Slayden is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at George Mason University. She attended Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and graduated from the University of Tennessee. She received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Tennessee in 1976. Her earlier research interests were in the reactions of organoboranes and she now studies the thermochemistry and energetics of organic compounds. Her most recent publication (with J. F. Liebman, 2006) is the “The Thermochemistry of Peroxides”. She developed and was team leader for the “Computers in Contemporary Society” course in the PAGE program. In addition to teaching organic chemistry, for the last five years she has also taught “Computer Techniques in Chemistry” that fulfills the Information Technology requirement in General Education for chemistry majors. Peter N. Stearns, ProvostPeter N. Stearns was named Provost of George Mason University effective January 1, 2000. He also regularly teaches courses in world history and social history. Stearns received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, and previously attended Harvard College. Prior to coming to George Mason, Stearns taught at Harvard, at the University of Chicago, at Rutgers University (where he chaired the New Brunswick History Department), and Carnegie Mellon University, where we was Heinz Professor of History. He served as Dean of Carnegie Mellon’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences from 1992 to 2000. Past Vice President of the American Historical Association, in charge of the Teaching Division. Stearns currently serves as chair of the Advanced Placement World History committee. He founded and continues to serve as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Social History. Author or editor of over 82 books, Stearns published Anxious Parents: A History of Modern American Childrearing, and Western Civilization in World History during 2003. His book on the history of world opinion, Global Outrage: The Impact of World Opinion on Contemporary History, recently appeared, and his study, American Behavioral History, is in production. Stanley E. Taylor, Vice President for Metropolitan RelationsStanley E. Taylor joined George Mason University in June 1989 as the Associate Vice President for Operational Services. His responsibilities included programming the use for new and existing facilities, space management, overseeing the development and updating of University administrative policies and procedures and direct supervision of the University Police, Parking Services and the Offices of Fire Safety and Environmental Safety. In 1999, he was promoted to Associate Vice President for Operations for the George Mason University Arlington Campus. His responsibilities included the administrative and academic oversight and development, coordination and implementation of University policy, academic programs and support services for the Arlington Campus and serves as the University liaison with federal, state, and local government agencies, elected officials and the business community and civic organizations. In June 2002, Stanley E. Taylor was promoted to the position of Vice President for the Arlington Campus. Prior to joining George Mason University, Mr. Taylor worked in the field of architecture, which included doing both domestic and international projects. He later was employed by an international organization promoting and facilitating economic development initiatives between the U.S. businesses and foreign businesses and governments in Africa, the Caribbean and Central and South America. Stanley E. Taylor is a former member of the George Mason University Board of Visitors, appointed by the late Gov. Dalton in 1979. Some of his professional business, academic and civic involvements include: the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce – Board of Directors; the Alexandria Education Partnership – Board of Directors; the Arlington Chamber of Commerce – Board of Directors and Chairman for 2005; George Mason University Instructional Foundation – Trustee Emeritus; Leadership Washington – Board of Directors; Youth Leadership Washington, Inc. – Board of Directors; The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, appointed by President George W. Bush; Agenda:Alexandria; the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation – Undergraduate Scholarship Selection Review Team; BB&T Bank – Alexandria Advisory Board; National Conference for Community and Justice – Board of Directors; Latitudes Group – Advisory Board; and, Leadership Arlington, Board of Regents. Shirley S. Travis , Dean, College of Nursing and Health ScienceDr. Shirley Travis is Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Science at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from Georgia State University and her PhD in Human Development: Adult Development and Aging from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). She has held administrative, educative, and clinical positions in acute and long-term care, and is a certified Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist. Dr. Travis’ research and publications address the patterns of care that dependent older adults and their family caregivers require over time. Her research on end of life care focuses on transitions in care from active curative treatment to palliation modes of care in long-term care settings. Dr. Travis’ awards and honors include the 2002 Janssen Eldercare Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to the healthcare of older Americans, 2001 Academic Gerontologist of the Year by the Southern Gerontological Society for her record of applied research in long-term care, and the 2000 Springer Geriatric/Gerontological Nursing Research Award for her work on end of life research. From 2001 to 2004, Dr. Travis served as a Pope Eminent Scholar of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Human Development and currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Institute. Dr. Travis has authored or co-authored more than 100 articles, books, and book chapters on aging and long-term care. Dr. Travis maintains involvement in numerous professional organizations and service activities. In addition to committee appointments and advisory committee assignments, she is a Past President of the National Gerontological Nursing Association and current Chair Elect of the Clinical Medicine Section of the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Travis is a Fellow of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, the Gerontological Society of America - Clinical Medicine Section, the National Gerontological Nursing Association, and the American Academy of Nursing. John G. Zenelis, University Librarian & Associate Vice President for Information TechnologyMr. Zenelis has been at George Mason for eight years, starting as University Librarian in 1998 and then assuming additional responsibilities as Associate Vice President in 2001. He came to George Mason from Temple University, where he served for twelve years as Associate, then Deputy, and finally acting University Librarian. Earlier, he held administrative appointments (assistant director and department head) at Columbia University Libraries for eight years. He began his career in research librarianship at The Research Libraries, The New York Public Library, where he served for five years. In addition to his overall George Mason duties, which most recently included the faculty-based President’s Library Task Force, Mr. Zenelis represents Mason externally:
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In addition to these professional activities, Mr. Zenelis over the years has made various professional presentations and has a number of publications to his credit. He holds degrees from Temple University (B.A., Political Science), from the University of Pittsburgh (M.L.S., Library/Information Science), and from the Graduate School & University Center, The City University of New York (M.A., Political Science). He has also completed doctoral studies (all courses, passing comprehensive qualifying examination with distinction) in educational administration, Temple University. * A mid-Atlantic states multi-type library network, headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, of over 600 institutional members in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia. ** An international consortium of research libraries, archives, and related institutions headquartered in Mountain View, CA. |
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