2025 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 8, 2025 we will celebrate the newest cohort of our college’s change makers—alumni driven to improve the world around them—at our annual Community and Catalysts event.
The college is proud to present our 2025 award recipients:
CHSS Alumni Service
Steve Gladis
MA English '84, PhD Education '95
CHSS Alumni Service
Jonathan McElderry
BA Administration of Justice '06
CHSS Alumni Service
Karin Orvis
MA Psychology '01, PhD '07
G.O.L.D. - Graduate of the Last Decade
Karol Escalante
MA Communication '22
G.O.L.D. - Graduate of the Last Decade
Mido Hajaji
BIS '19
CHSS Faculty Civic Excellence Award
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - African and African American Studies
T. Garey Davis
BIS '19, African and African American Studies Minor
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Communication
Zach Eisenstein
BA Communication '14
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Criminology, Law and Society
David Huchler
BS Law Enforcement '91, CERG Administration of Justice '04, MPA '06
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Cultural Studies
Shauna Rigaud
PhD Cultural Studies '24
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Economics
Eileen Kiely
MA Economics '96
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - English
Michael Carrigan
BA English '98
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Global Affairs
Séléna Batchily-Amon
BA Global Affairs '17
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Higher Education
Sean McAlister
DA Education '99
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - History and Art History
Jay Trainer
MA History '95
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - MAIS
Christopher Johnson
MAIS '11
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Modern and Classical Languages
Dana Milyak
MA Foreign Languages '11
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Philosophy
Tannaz Haddadi
BA Philosophy '99, MS Conflict Analysis and Resolution '05
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Psychology
Raj Ratwani
MA Psychology '04, PhD '08
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Religious Studies
Mary Jo Duckwitz
BA Religious Studies '06, MAIS '09
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Russian and Eurasian Studies
Kira Clark
BA Foreign Languages; Russian Studies '03
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Sociology and Anthropology
John Robinson
MA Sociology '10
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - School of Integrative Studies/Bachelor of Individualized Study
Zavin Smith
BA Integrative Studies '00, CERB Leadership Studies '03, MA Telecommunications '03
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Women and Gender Studies
Casey Klemmer
BA Integrative Studies '21, MAIS '23, CERG Women and Gender Studies '23
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Staff
Rachel Lindsey
BA English '00, MA English '05, CERG Nonprofit Management '07, MEd Counseling and Development '14
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Staff
Shawn Camp
BA Sociology '21
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Staff
Robert Vay
BA American Studies '92, MA History '99
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Staff
Nena Rogers
BSEd Health Education '89, MAIS '19
CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Faculty
Laura Scott
MFA '93
CHSS Alumni Chapter Scholar
Aisun Abedinzadeh
BA Human Development and Family Science; Psychology ‘25
CHSS Senior of the Year Award
To be announced - October 2025