Alumni News

This prestigious award recognizes the value of doctoral research to the profession of art education and its related disciplines, advocates on behalf of such research, and fosters continued support of doctoral research in art education.

When Walters spoke on campus in 1993, she asked that her speakers fee go to a Mason student. For the recipient, Mason alum Kami Watson-Huyse, that support made all the difference.

Danielle Badra, MFA ’17, has been named Fairfax Poet Laureate by ArtsFairfax, a two-year position serving Fairfax County, Virginia.

PhD alum Erin Stephens is a co-curator of Pen, Lens & Soul: The Story of The Beautiful Project, a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Mason Creative Writing Alumnus Rion Amlicar Scott returns to Mason as a visiting writer.

George H. Wilson, BA English ’69, was on Mason’s first basketball, rugby, and baseball teams. Patriot fans can see him walk across the basketball court during Homecoming games.

In a piece on the USNews & World Report's site, William Luther, MA Economics '11, PhD '12, faculty member at Kenyon College and Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, explains that bitcoin is no more a "criminal's currency of choice" than widely available $100 bills.

News Hub reports that Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco, a PhD graduate of the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, is researching the rationales of people convicted or terrorist-related crimes, by corresponding with them via mail. Her correspondents include "Jihad Jane" and Richard Reid.

Moved by the news coverage of the September 11 tragedy during her freshman year at Mason, Dianna Russini, BA Communication '05, went from being a Mason Patriot soccer player to working her way to her current position as an anchor and reporter at NBC News4's sports department.