2023 Award Recipients
Celebrating our distinguished alumni, faculty, staff, and students
Each year the College of Humanities and Social Sciences celebrates individuals whose leadership, research, service, and contributions have made outstanding contributions to their fields, their communities, and to George Mason University.
These CHSS alumni, students, faculty, and staff showcase how the humanities and social sciences drive our community forward in advancing cutting-edge research, impactful service, and critical competencies for today's global and knowledge-based economy.
On November 4, 2023 we celebrated our college’s change makers—alumni driven to improve the world around them—at our annual Community and Catalysts event.
Enjoy and share our 2023 program through the GMU-TV video page.
The college is proud to present our 2023 award recipients:
CHSS Alumni Service Award - Community
Torey Carter-Conneen
BA Economics '06
CERG Accounting '07
CHSS Alumni Service Award - Industry
Dvon Williams
BA Communication '06
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - African and African American Studies
Xanthia Bianca Johnson
BA Biology '99; African and African American Studies Minor
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Communication
Brittany Sanders
BA Communication '14
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Criminology, Law and Society
Max Milien Jr
BS Law Enforcement '90
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Cultural Studies
Liz Andrews
PhD Cultural Studies '19
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Economics
Hassan Shahidi
BA International Studies '81, MA Economics '83
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - English
Jian DeLeon
BA English '08
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Global Affairs
Maggie Zargarpur
BA Global Affairs '19, MA '21
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Higher Education
Jacelyn L. Tyson
MA Higher Education and Student Development '21
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - History and Art History
Adriana Ospina
MA Art History '13
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - MAIS
Drew Johnson
BS Marketing '96, MAIS '99
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Modern and Classical Languages
Nicole Ann Chulick
BA Area Studies; Foreign Languages '93
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Philosophy
Laura Fox
BA Philosophy '08, MA '09
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Psychology
David Wallace*
MA Psychology '15, PhD '17
*Awarded posthumously
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Religious Studies
Natalie Shaver
BA Religious Studies '21
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Russian and Eurasian Studies
Michael D. Marino
BA Russian Studies '11
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Sociology and Anthropology
Olivia Blackmon
BA Sociology '99, MA '11, PhD '15
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - School of Integrative Studies/Bachelor of Individualized Study
Yves-Renée Jennings
BIS '05, MS Conflict Analysis and Resolution '07, PhD '12
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Faculty
Afra S. Ahmad
BA Psychology '08, MA '12, PhD '16
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Staff
Colleen Kearney Rich
MFA '95
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Staff
Maria Carabelli
BA Communication '09
CHSS Faculty Civic Excellence Award
CHSS Alumni Chapter Scholar
Liudmila Mischenko
BA Psychology '25
CHSS Senior of the Year Award
Amanda Magpiong
BA Anthropology ‘24