2024 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 industries, 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 2, 2024 we celebrated the newest cohort of our college’s change makers—alumni driven to improve the world around them—at our annual Community and Catalysts event.
Watch our 2024 program online.
The college is proud to present our 2024 award recipients:
CHSS Alumni Service
Kristina Rose
BA Sociology '84
CHSS Alumni Service
Juan Pacheco
BSN '06, BS Biology; Psychology '13
G.O.L.D. - Graduate of the Last Decade
JeanPaul Figueroa
BA Global Affairs '17, MA '21
G.O.L.D. - Graduate of the Last Decade
Merone Hailemeskel
BA Economics '15, MPP '17
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - African and African American Studies
Rashid Kwame Shabazz
BA Biology '99; African and African American Studies Minor
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Communication
Brian van de Graaff
BA Speech Communication '97
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Criminology, Law and Society
Cody Telep
PhD Criminology, Law and Society '13
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Cultural Studies
Elaine Cardenas
MBA '88, CERG Women's Studies '12, PhD Cultural Studies '13
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Economics
Ofori Boateng
BS Economics '09
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - English
Bradford Vivian
BA English '96
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Global Affairs
Jawaad Ali
BA Global Affairs '14
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Higher Education
Sharrell Hassell-Goodman
PhD Education '23, CERG Research Methods '23
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - History and Art History
Miriam Enriquez
BA Foreign Languages; History '01
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - MAIS
Michael Kostrzewa
MAIS '95, PhD Education '02
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Modern and Classical Languages
Carla Burns
BA Foreign Languages '04, MA '05
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Philosophy
Steve Bodmer
BA Philosophy '03
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Psychology
Jeff Williams
MA Psychology '93
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Religious Studies
Becky Wilson
BA Religious Studies '12, MS Conflict Analysis and Resolution '15,
MEd Special Education '22, CERG Special Education '22
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Russian and Eurasian Studies
Leena Halabi
BA Global Affairs; Russian and Eurasian Studies '14
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Sociology and Anthropology
Christopher Stokes
BA Sociology '03
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - School of Integrative Studies/Bachelor of Individualized Study
Brian Kearney
BA Integrative Studies '02
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Women and Gender Studies
Nikita Fernandes
BA Psychology '19; Women and Gender Studies Minor
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Staff
Heather Aleknavage
MAIS '22, CERG Women and Gender Studies '22
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Faculty
Janet Ha Poirot
MFA '14
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Faculty
Blake Silver
BA English '11
CHSS Faculty Civic Excellence Award
CHSS Alumni Chapter Scholar
CHSS Senior of the Year Award