Administration and Faculty
- Board of Visitors
- Administration
- Vice Presidents
- Deans and Directors
- Academic Affairs
- Enrollment Services
- University Libraries
- University Life
- Faculty
Board of Visitors
Membership as of December 2005. Current Board of Visitors
Sidney O. Dewberry, Rector, BS, George Washington University; Arlington, Va.
Leonard M. Pomata, Vice Rector, BS, Brooklyn Polytechnic; MS, New York University; Great Falls, Va.
William Page Johnson, II, Secretary, BS, George Mason University; Fairfax, Va.
Katherine K. Clark, MBA, George Mason University; Oakton, VA
Kathleen deLaski, BA, Duke University; MA, Harvard University; Reston, Va.
Dennis Garcia, BA, George Washington University; MA, George Washington University; Alexandria, Va.
Nicholas Hamilton-Archer (student representative), student in the College of Arts and Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
Harry F. Hopper, III, BA, University of California at Berkeley; JD, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law; Alexandria, Va.
Carol Merchant Kirby, BA, University of West Florida; Washington, DC.
Nishant Kolaskar (student representative), student in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, George Mason University,Fairfax, Va.
Byron F. Marchant, BS, U.S. Naval Academy; JD, University of Virginia; Arlington, Va.
Charlie H. Mills, BS, U.S. Naval Academy; Sterling, Va.
Long Nguyen, BS, North Carolina State University; MS, University of Virginia; PhD, Iowa State University; McLean, Va.
Sudhakar Shenoy, BTech., Indian Institute of Technology; MS, MBA, University of Connecticut; Great Falls, Va.
J. Knox Singleton, BS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MS, Duke University; Oakton, Va.
William Soza, BBA, University of Texas, Austin, Annandale, Va.
Ernst Volgenau, PhD, University of California at Los Angeles; Fairfax, Va.
D. Jean Wu, B.S., University of Virginia;MA, George Mason University; Arlington, Va.
Administration
University President: Alan G. Merten, PhD
Chief of Staff: J. Thomas Hennessey Jr., PhD
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs: Peter N. Stearns, PhD
Vice Presidents
Senior Vice President: Maurice W. Scherrens, JD, EdD
Vice President for University Relations: Christine M. LaPaille, MA
Vice President for University Life: Sandra Hubler, EdD
Vice President for Information Technology: Joy R. Hughes, PhD
Vice President for University Development and Alumni Affairs and President, GMU Foundation Inc.: Judith Marshall Jobbitt, MS
Vice President Prince William: Lawrence D. Czarda, PhD
Vice President Arlington: Stanley E. Taylor, MArch
Vice President for Facilities: vacant
Vice President for Research: Matthew J. Kluger, PhD, MBA
Deans and Directors
Director, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution: Sara Cobb, PhD
Dean, College of Education and Human Development: Jeffrey Gorrell, PhD
College of Health and Human Services: Shirley Travis, PhD
Dean, Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering: Lloyd J. Griffiths, PhD
Director: Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study: James Olds, PhD
Dean, School of Law: Daniel Polsby, JD
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences: Jack Censer, PhD
Dean, School of Management: Richard J. Klimoski, PhD
Dean, School of Public Policy: Kingsley Haynes, PhD
Co-Deans, College of Science: Menas Kafatos, PhD, and Vikas Chandhoke, PhD
Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts: William F. Reeder, MA
Assistant to the President and Director of Office of Equity and Diversity Services: Camile Hazeur, MA
Academic Affairs
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs: Linda A. Schwartzstein, JD, PhD
Associate Provost for Personnel and Budget: David W. Rossell, DA
Associate Provost for Educational Programs: Marilyn Mobley, PhD
Associate Provost for International Programs: Yehuda Lukacs, PhD
Enrollment Services
Dean of Admissions and Enrollment Development: Andrew Flagel, MA
Director of Admissions: Eddie Kent Tallent, BFA
Director of Graduate Admissions: Daniel J. Robb, MBA, MS
University Registrar: Susan H. Jones, MS, MEd
Director of Student Financial Aid: Jevita deFreitas, BA
University Libraries
University Librarian: John Zenelis, MLS, MA
University Life
Vice President for University Life: Sandra Hubler, EdD
Dean of Students: Girard Mulherin, STL
Associate Dean, University Life, Judicial Affairs: Pam Patterson, MS
Associate Dean, University Life, Administration: Rose Pascarell, MA
Associate Dean, University Life Patricia Carretta, MA
Associate Dean,University Life, International Affairs: Kathy Trump, MA
Assistant Dean, University Life and Director, PW Student and Academic Services: Juliet Blank-Godlove
Assistant Dean, University Life and Director Student Activities: Amy Snyder, MA
Administrative Director, Student Health Services: Carol Filak, RN, MSN
Associate Dean, University Life and Director, Multicultural Research and Resource Center: Dennis Webster, PhD
Interim Director, Counseling Services: Adrienne Barna, PhD
Director, Student Services and University Life, Arlington Campus: Charvis Campbell, MA
Director, University Career Services: Janice Sutera, PhD
Director, Disability Resource Center: Deborah Wyne, MA
Assistant Director, Greek Life: Michelle Guobadia, MA
Director of Development and Community Relations: Colandra Coleman, BA
Director, Substance Abuse Programs and Services: Susan Strahley, MA
Director, Early Identification Program: Hortensia Cadenas, MA
Director, English Language Institute: John Pope, MA
Medical Director, Student Health: Wigida Abdalla, MD
Director, Health Education Services: Vacant
Director, Sexual Assault Services :Connie Kirkland, MA
Director, International Programs and Services: Julia Findlay, BA
Director, Student Media: Michele Braithwaite, MA
Director, Diversity Programs and Services: Vacant
Director Learning Services: Diane Knight, PhD
Director, Johnson Center and University Life Program: Alissa Karton, MA
Director, Peer Empowerment: Vacant
Director, Orientation: Chayla Haynes, MA
Director, Women’s Studies Research and Resource Center: Nancy Hanrahan, PhD
Faculty
Faculty Emeriti
Victorio G. Aguera, BST, MA, PhD 1971, Professor Emeritus of Spanish
Vassily P. Aksyonov, MD, Professor Emeritus of Russian Literature and Writing
John A. Allen, AB, MS, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Marjory Brown Azarowicz, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emerita of Education
Mary Catherine Bateson, BA, PhD, Professor Emerita of Anthropology and English
Barry Keith Beyer, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Education
W. Murray Black, BS, MS, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
John Blaha, BS, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology
C. Alan Boneau, BA, MA PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychology
John Bonfadini, BS, MEd, EdD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Education
Stephen J. Brown, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of English
James M. Buchanan, BS, MA, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics
Mary Kay Cabell, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emerita of Mathematical Sciences
Le Thi Cao, BS, MBA, DBA, Associate Professor Emeritus of Accounting
Rita M. Carty, BSN, MSN, DNSc, Dean Emerita, College of Nursing and Health Science
Ernest Cassara, AB, BD, PhD, Professor Emeritus of History
Arthur H. Chickering, AB, AMT, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Education
Jae W. Chung, BC, MC, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Economics
Evelyn Ellis Cohelan, BS, MS, EdD, Professor Emerita of Nursing
Virginia Collier, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emerita of Education
John H. Cooper, BA, MA, DPE, Chair Emeritus of Health, Sport, and Leisure Studies
Anne Cordero, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emerita of Modern and Classical Languages
Lloyd Martin DeBoer, BS, MBA, PhD, Dean Emeritus of the School of Business Administration
Edward Clark Dobson, BME, MS, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Education
Stephen T. Early, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Government and Politics
Albert Wesley Edgemon, BAE, MA, EdD, Professor Emeritus of Education
Michael G. Emsley, BS, ARCS, PhD Professor Emeritus of Biology
Carl H. Ernst, BS, MEd, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biology
Edwin A. Fleishman, BS, MA, PhD, DSc (Honorary), Professor Emeritus of Psychology
James J. Fletcher, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Arnald D. Gabriel, BS, MS, DMus (Honorary), Professor Emeritus of Music
Helen S. Garson, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emerita of English
Martha M. Giles, BMEd, MMEd, DMEd, Associate Professor Emerita of Music
Robert L. Gilstrap, BS, MEd, EdD, Professor Emeritus of Education
Joseph B. Gittler, BS, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Sociology
James Godfrey, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Accounting
Louis Golomb, BS, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Thomas Goodale, AAS, BS, MS, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Health, Fitness, and Recreation Resources
Vernon Gras, PhD, Professor Emeritus of English
Henry Hamburger, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
Joseph L. Harsh, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of History
Jayne Thompson Hart, BA, MS, PhD, Professor Emerita of Biology
Nand E. Hart-Nibbrig, AB, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Government and Politics
Peter R. Henriques, BA, BD, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of History
Thomas H. Hill, BM, MM, DMA, Professor Emeritus of Music
Robert Holt, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology
James Louis Jackson, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of English
Evelyn Jacob, BA, PhD, Professor Emerita of Education
Helen M. Jenkins, MSN, PhD, Professor Emerita of Nursing
Ronald Jensen, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of History
George W. Johnson, BA, MA, PhD, President Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of English
Hazel Johnson-Brown, BS, MS, PhD, Professor Emerita of Nursing
Joseph Michael Kanyan, BS, MM, DMA, Associate Professor Emeritus of Music
Robert Emil Karlson, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of English
Don E. Kash, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy
Jerome B. Kernan, BBA, MS, PhD, GMU Foundation, Professor Emeritus of Behavioral Analysis
Emelia-Louise Kilby, BS, MA, PhD, Professor Emerita of Health and Physical Education
Barbara Brant Knight, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emerita of Government and Politics
Robert Charles Krug, BS, MS, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Thelma Z. Lavine, AB, AM, PhD, Professor Emerita of Philosophy and American Culture
Raymond Gratian LePage, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of French
Jack Levy, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Education
Seymour M. Lipset, BA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy
Sara C. Looney, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emerita of Communication
Catherine Malloy, BSN, MPH, DrPH, Professor Emerita of Health, Fitness, and Recreation Resources
Bruce Borden Manchester, BS, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Communication
Michael James McDermott Jr., AB, PhL, Associate Professor Emeritus Philosophy and Religious Studies and Registrar Emeritus
William H. McFarlane, BA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Gustavo Mellander, AB, MA, PhD, DHL, Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School of Education
Henry P. Meyer, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of French
Eugenie Vorburger Mielczarek, BS, MS, PhD, Professor Emerita of Physics
Christopher R. Mitchell, BSc, PhD, Professor of Conflict Resolution Emeritus
Mary S. Montebello, BS, MS, PhD, Professor Emerita of Education
Walter Jennings Moretz Jr., AB, BD, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Josephine F. Pacheco, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emerita of History
James D. Palmer, BS, MSEE, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Information Technology and Engineering
Anthony F. Palmieri, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of English
Samuel H. Phillips Jr., BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Economics
Coleman Raphael, BCE, MCE, PhD, Dean Emeritus of the School of Business Administration
Georgine Redmond, BSN, MN, EdD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Nursing
Robert Rugel, BA, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Mian M. Saeed, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of History
Andrew P. Sage, BSEE, SMEE, PhD, DENGR, Founding Dean Emeritus of the School of Information Technology and Engineering
Ben F. Sands Jr., MBA, DBA, Associate Professor Emeritus of Management
David H. Schaefer, BS, Associate Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jay Charles Shaffer, BS, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biology
Betty Jane Schuchman, BS, MS, EdD, Associate Professor Emerita of Education
Carol Joyce Sears, BS, MS, PhD, Associate Professor Emerita of Education
Linda Seligman, AB, MA, PhD, Professor Emerita of Education
Mary Elizabeth Silva, BS, MS, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Nursing
Judith Ellen Skog, BS, MS, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biology
James G. Smith, BM, MM, DMA, Professor Emeritus of Music
Kitty Parker Smith, BSN, MSN, Associate Professor Emerita of Nursing and Health Science
William P. Snavely, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Economics
John P. Soder, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of History
Mark Spikell, BA, MEd, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Education
Melissa Stanley, BS, MA, PhD, Professor Emerita of Biology
Stephan R. Taub, AB, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biology
Nicholas John Tavani, AB, BD, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Anita Marie Grimm Taylor, BS, MS, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Communication
Hale Nuckolls Tongren, MBA, DBA, Professor Emeritus of Marketing
Wayne Thomas, BA, MEd, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Education
Zita Tyer, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Karen I. Vaughn, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emerita of Economics.
Irmgard Wagner, MA, PhD, Professor Emerita of German
Dorothy J. Walker, BSNE, MSNE, PhD, JD, Professor Emerita of Nursing
Gerald Wallace, BS, MEd, EdD, Professor Emeritus of Special Education
C. Robert Walter Jr., BA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
John N. Warfield, AB, BSEE, MSEE, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy
Keith Q. Warner, Professor Emeritus of French
Inge B. Wekerle, BA, AM, PhD, Assistant Professor Emerita of German
Louise White, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Public and International Affairs
William Scott Willis, BA, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus of French
Norman A. Yance, BS, BD, ThM, MAPhil, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Instructional and Administrative Faculty 2005-06
The faculty list reflects appointments as of the end of the fall 2005 semester.