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1 Email events articles Questions? Questions? with CHSS!with Comments? Comments? Get involved Get involved MasonCHSS of Humanities Like the CollegeLike chss.gmu.edu/ chss.gmu.edu/ CORNERSTONE For college news Follow the college and Social Sciences [email protected] @MasonHumSocSci www.facebook.com/ CONTENTS - - - 13 14 16 18 19 20 28 ...... Fallfor the Book has,for nearly 20 years, broughtthe Like the best scholarship, we continue to strive toward With Patriot Pride, As in every edition of the magazine, you will meet gioncould be not more relevant. Religious belief shapes pleased to be a part of your “before.” identifying with a religious identity. the study Yet of reli faculty members, one of whom is discerning new mean lives and grounds choices, large and small. present We you the work of two of our Department of Religious Studies ing from ancient Mayantexts, andthe other forging new, intrafaith relationships between youth in Iraq. In distinct festival is changing as it moves forward. amazing students who are making the most of their days at Mason, as well as alumni who bring the Mason spirit before.hope that We you aredoing the same, and we are ing. look at the We many authors who have visited Mason through this program, and learn about the ways that the into their communities to make a difference. Maybe you in their stories. offer We this magazine as a reminder that move from Mason to make changes in the world. the new while recognizing the importance of what came campus and community together around the joy of read Social Sciences. And we welcome your own stories as you ways,each expands our sense of human values and culture. willsee someone you know? Maybe you will see yourself Robert I. Matz, Interim Dean 20 Years of Fall for the Book 20 Years Fall for the Book photos...... Faculty Research: Garry Sparks...... Faculty Outreach: Abdulaziz Sachedina (Culture of Toleration) Student Profile: Katrina Gagliano Honor Roll...... ’97. . . Creative Piece: Allison Cobb, MFA College of Humanities and Social Sciences you always have at home a the College of Humanities and , - 2 3 4 7 8 11 12 . . . .

...... , we offer what is new, with a ...... Each year, we offer a look alumni and friends news of inside the college, to bring our the scholarship,people, and the magazine of the College of changes that make up the day- Humanities and Social Sciences. It ismy pleasure to present to Dear friends, you this editionof Cornerstone In this edition of Cornerstone We followWe with a conversation about religion. A 2016 And there isbig news for thecollege. InDean fall 2017, proceeds to findher successor. In the summer of 2018, past. begin We with an excerpt from a new book, released anddepartments, will begin the three-year process of being replaced modern by a new, for home the humanities and social sciences. honor tohonor serve as interim dean while a nationwide search ing to design the next generation of augmented reality measure of understanding of what we have learned from the in April from 2018, economics professor Christopher J. that history for policing in American communities. to-day life of learning here at Mason. career at Mason and embarked on an adventure help devices (think Google Glasses, It has but better!). been my economicsprofessor Abigail R. Hall, consider the history of law enforcement technology and the consequences of consistent downward trend on the number of Americans Robinson Hall, to home many of the college’s classrooms Deborah Boehm-Davis closed her long and distinguished cornerstone.gmu.edu In Memoriam: Yoonmee Chang...... In Memoriam: Yoonmee New Minor Crosses Disciplines New Minor Crosses Disciplines to Meet Student Needs Comes Home (Book excerpt) Tyranny Alumni Profile: Atif Qarni New Programs...... Student Profile: Ferris Samara Faculty Profile: Bill Miller...... Coyne, in which and he co-author, University of Tampa Gallup report on religion in the United States found a IN MEMORIAM 2 SPRING 2018 English Department and the Cultural Studies Program. Program. Studies Cultural the and Department English Northwestern University. at fellowship postdoctoral aMellon awarded was and University Indiana at studies American and English of professor assistant an as served she graduation, her Following program. studies American Asian its founding in instrumental was she where 2003, in Pennsylvania of Kappa. Beta Phi in membership as well as English, and history art in degrees arts of bachelor earning graduated She New York. in Jericho, settled family her where States, Program. Studies Mason’s Cultural with I Memoriam:In Yoonmee Chang Arriving at Mason in 2005, Chang taught in the the in taught Chang 2005, in Mason at Arriving University the from English in PhD her received Chang United the in up grew Chang Korea, South Seoul, in Born fessor in the Department of English and was affiliated affiliated was and English of Department the in fessor pro assistant an was Chang Yoonmee Chang. member faculty of passing the mourned college the n January, from Tufts University in 1992, in 1992, summa Tufts University cum laude from -

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to Meet Student Needs NEW PROGRAMS

he college is working with the College of Visual new ways to consider some of the most critical issues fac- and Performing Arts and the Volgenau School ing society. In fall 2017, 23 proposals were advanced; of Engineering to offer a web design minor. This 16 were selected for funding, and 11 of these involved fac- Tshared project brings together related courses in web design ulty from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and development that are now distributed across Mason, acting in concert with other units on Mason’s campus. The resulting in a curriculum where students can investigate web design minor is among the first to be ready for stu- each of the contributing disciplines and explore new fields dents to enroll. complementary to their majors. The minor also affiliates “These interdisciplinary programs recognize that prob- faculty working in similar areas across colleges, thereby lems don’t always come in neat disciplinary boxes, and enriching their own scholarship. employers constantly tell us they are looking for students “The strength of this program is that it takes the distinct whose skills and knowledge cross multiple and diverse elements of good web design—visual, technical, and writ- domains of instruction,” said Robert Matz, interim dean of ten content—and offers students the option to study these the College Humanities and Social Science and the orga- very specialized aspects with experts in each field,” explains nizer of the project. “I’m so glad to have such productive Lisa Kahn, CVPA associate dean for academic affairs. conversations across campus, and terrific collaborators in Douglas Eyman, director of Mason’s doctoral program the colleges of engineering and visual and performing arts.” in writing and rhetoric, noted that each of the units contributing to this program offered a course that could be considered an intro to web design course. The new minor combines the work and gets students to think in a different way on the subject. “Think about writing,” he says. “To be effective in a web context, you need all of the different skillsets: tech, inter- activity, and how text and images work together.” This combined specialization promises another benefit as well—meeting demand for skilled professionals in web design, development, and management. “This interdisciplinary program recognizes that technical, communication, and design tools each underlie effective web design, and mastery of these skills will contribute to students’ success,” said Y. Diana Wang, information sciences and technology faculty member in the Volgenau School of Engineering. This project is one of the first to result from Curriculum Impact Grants, an initiative of Mason’s Provost’s Office designed to encourage innovative programs that rely on interdisciplinary, cross-unit curriculum, offering students

CORNERSTONE 3 An Excerpt from Tyranny Comes Home: The Domestic Fate of U.S. Militarism

By Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall

ark Twain, most celebrated as the author of government and erodes citizens’ liberties from state coer- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, cion. The underlying logic of the boomerang effect is as fol- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was also an lows. Preparing for and engaging in foreign intervention astuteM political commentator. One issue that particularly provide a testing ground for intervening governments to concerned Twain was the U.S. government’s foreign inter- experiment with new forms of social control over distant vention and imperialism. He worried that U.S. military populations. Under certain conditions, these innovations adventures were unjust because they significantly and in social control are then imported back to the intervening RESEARCH often brutally harmed innocent people abroad. But Twain country through several channels that expand the scope also emphasized that foreign intervention had real effects of domestic government activities. The result is that the on the social fabric of America as the intervening country. intervening government becomes more effective at con- These concerns are apparent in two fictional essays from trolling not only foreign populations but the domestic Christopher J. Coyne the early 20th century written in response to the U.S. gov- population as well. Under this scenario, the preparation ernment’s occupation of the Philippines. The essays dis- and execution of foreign intervention changes domestic cuss a hypothetical “Great Republic” that had adopted an political institutions and the relationship between citizen aggressive foreign policy of intervening in distant societies. and government. Domestic freedom from interference Twain warned that the methods associated with this policy and coercion by others erodes or is lost altogether as the would return home and destroy the Great Republic: state gains power over citizens.

But it was impossible to save the Great Republic. THE BOOMERANG EFFECT She was rotten to the heart. Lust of conquest had At its very core, coercive foreign intervention relies on long ago done its work; trampling upon the help- external state imposition and enforcement. A third party, less abroad had taught her, by a natural process, the intervening government, attempts to achieve its ends to endure with apathy the like at home; multi- in another society. This requires the imposition and tudes who had applauded the crushing of other enforcement of rules aimed at changing the behavior of the people’s liberties, lived to suffer for their mistake target group to align with the preferences of the interven- in their own persons. ing government. By its very nature foreign intervention is What if Twain’s scenario was not fictional but real? at odds with the status quo in the target society. If it were What if foreign intervention undermines liberties at not, the coercive intervention would not have been neces- home? The purpose ofTyranny Comes Home is to answer sary. Because of the difference between the status quo and these questions by exploring how both preparation for the state of affairs sought by the interveners, the social con- intervention abroad and intervention itself affect domestic trol imposed through foreign intervention requires force institutions in ways that threaten or reduce the freedoms in order to raise the cost of resistance. The result is that an of individuals living in the intervening country. Many aggressive, militaristic foreign policy allows members of believe that interventions overseas by the U.S. govern- an intervening government to experiment with new forms ment protect domestic liberties. We argue that this view of state-produced social control. But domestic persons is incomplete, if not entirely mistaken. When a society ruled by the intervening government are not immune from adopts the values of an aggressive empire, it runs the risk innovations that are hatched to control those overseas. The of adopting imperial characteristics at home. boomerang effect demonstrates why. Widespread fear of a To explain why, we develop a theory of the “boomerang threat, combined with consolidated power in the hands of effect” to understand Twain’s “natural process” through the central government create an environment favorable which foreign intervention increases the scope of domestic to the importation of techniques and tools of social control

4 SPRING 2018 first used abroad. Fear of enemies creates space for government to increase the scope of its activities at home in the name of “protecting the people.” Consolidation weakens the checks created by political subunits and private individuals while empowering the national government to expand its broadcast of power over citizens. The importation of innovations in social control takes place through three related channels. First, those involved in coercive foreign interventions accumulate unique human capital in designing and implementing social control over others. These experiences and skills become a part of the person and remain with them well after the intervention has ended. Second, this human capital leads to change in the organizational dynamics of domestic life. As those involved in coercive foreign interventions partici- pate in domestic life, some are able to leverage their com- parative advantage as specialists in state-produced social control. In doing so they can influence private and public institutions at home. Still others reassimilate into civil- ian life but with a changed view of the appropriate scope of state activities. Finally, the physical capital developed to control those abroad often returns home, enhancing the ability of the intervening government to engage in domestic control. In conjunction, the cumulative effect of these three channels is that the intervening government becomes increasingly efficient at controlling not only distant populations but also the domestic population as well.

AN ILLUSTRATION: THE ment developed a surveillance apparatus to suppress dis- SURVEILLANCE STATE sent by rebels, local political players, and Filipino citizens. Beginning in June 2013 the Guardian and the Washington Behind this flourishing surveillance apparatus was Post began to publish information leaked by Edward Captain Ralph Van Deman, who would earn the informal Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) honorific of “father of U.S. military intelligence” and who contractor, regarding the U.S. government’s global sur- would formally be enshrined in the U.S. Army’s Military veillance operations. Snowden’s disclosures included Intelligence Hall of Fame in 1989. During his time in the numerous insights into the vast range of post-9/11 activi- Philippines Van Deman oversaw the Division of Military ties undertaken by the government as part of the broader Information (DMI), which meticulously collected mas- War on Terror. The Snowden revelations shined a global sive amounts of counterintelligence on Filipino citizens, spotlight on the scope of the surveillance activities of including information on physical appearances, attitudes, the NSA and U.S. government more broadly. To truly personal finances, property holdings, networks of fami- understand the modern surveillance state, however, it is lies and friends, and political affiliations and associations. important to appreciate two things. First, the U.S. sur- These data were vital to U.S. government control of the veillance of citizens and foreigners is not new, but instead Filipino population. has a long history. Second, the evolution of the modern Van Deman returned to the United States in 1902 and surveillance state is directly linked to earlier U.S. coer- set out to recreate a surveillance apparatus at home mod- cive foreign intervention. eled on his experiences abroad. He was eventually suc- Today it is common to associate U.S. surveillance with cessful and, in May 1917, the Military Intelligence Section the NSA. This association makes sense given the Snowden (MIS) was formed with Van Deman at the helm. The MIS revelations, which exposed the extent of the NSA’s opera- eventually evolved into the Military Intelligence Division tions. But the story begins over a hundred years earlier with (MID), which reflected the fact that the MID was now the U.S. occupation of the Philippines where the govern- one of the four central divisions of the War Department continued on next page

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General Staff. The new organization involved 12 divisions, will continue to pervade all aspects of our lives. For one, including MI-8, the codes and ciphers division, which was the surveillance state is as expansive and powerful as it has known as the “American Black Chamber.” The American ever been. Moreover, there are weak constraints on those Black Chamber acted covertly as a commercial business in that possess the significant power associated with the gov- New York City with the mission of breaking the codes and ernment’s surveillance apparatus. The various political monitoring the communications of foreign governments. actors have no incentive to tie their own hands or those of Among many other activities, MI-8 entered into a secret their colleagues. Technological advances will continue to agreement with major telegraph companies to allow mem- lower the cost of government exerting social control over bers of the division to monitor and review almost all com- domestic and international persons. Finally, the U.S. gov- munications passed over American cables. ernment is involved in two open-ended wars—the War on Over the following decades the U.S. surveillance state Drugs and the War on Terror—which are being carried out continued to expand and go through a number of reorga- both internationally and at home. This makes both foreign nizations resulting in the founding the National Security and domestic persons suspects that must be monitored and Agency (NSA) in 1952. The founding of the NSA coin- controlled by the U.S. government. These reasons provide

RESEARCH cided with an unprecedented expansion in the scope of good reason to expect the continued erosion of Americans’ government surveillance of the daily lives and activities freedoms. If this happens, the loss of liberty, ironically and of American persons. The prevalence of unconstrained sadly, will result from government actions undertaken, at government surveillance is evident in the four main least rhetorically, in the name of protecting liberty. concurrent operations undertaken at the time: Project SHAMROCK and Project MINARET, both operated by WHY THIS MATTERS the NSA; COINTELPRO, implemented by the Federal Domestic life is not immune to the foreign policies under- Bureau of Investigations; and Operation CHAOS, which taken by a country’s government. Preparing for and engag- fell under the purview of the Central Intelligence Agency ing in coercive foreign intervention leads to refinements (CIA). The success of Van Deman’s vision and influence and innovations in state-produced social control that often would emerge in the 1970s, when the scale and scope of return home to destroy liberties, as per the logic of the the national surveillance state, and the American gov- boomerang effect. While some of the domestic effects of ernment’s abuse of the power derived from controlling foreign intervention are direct and immediate, others seep that machinery, were publicly revealed due to the report- into domestic life in a slow and unpredictable way, erod- ing of Seymour Hersh. The subsequent investigation ing individual freedom over time. Foreign intervention by the Church Committee revealed the extent of the can create institutional possibilities that lay dormant for abuses by U.S. intelligence operations and made clear years, if not decades, until they are revived and exploited in that the unchecked surveillance apparatus had unleashed new and previously unforeseen ways by the political elite. an unconstrained leviathan that undermined the lib- Because the specifics of this process are unpredictable erty of American persons. In response to the commit- and take time to unfold, the full consequences of foreign tee’s findings, Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence intervention on domestic life are not immediate or readily Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978, which was intended to observable by citizens. As Mark Twain cautioned, when a oversee and place judicial constraints on the government’s society adopts the values of an aggressive empire, it runs surveillance activities. The act created the secret Foreign the real risk of adopting imperial characteristics at home. Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). However, as the Americans would do well to heed Twain’s warning, as it Snowden revelations made clear, these reforms were inef- suggests that if they do not give up their empire, they will fective with the members of the security state acting with come to live under it in their own daily lives. With this in few if any real constraints on their behavior. mind, we offer the following four implications: The thriving U.S. surveillance state clearly illustrates 1. The costs of coercive foreign intervention tend to be the logic of the boomerang effect. The centralized appa- understated. ratus of social control that the U.S. government first When considering intervention, focus tends to be on the developed in the Philippines in the late 19th century has immediately observable benefits and costs. The boomer- boomeranged to the United States, where it is flourishing ang effect, however, is long and variable. This means that over a century later. There is every reason to expect that it the full extent of the expansions of state power, and the continued on page 27

6 SPRING 2018 From Teaching History to Making History

By Anne Reynolds

tif Qarni, MA History ’09, has made public service a announced the appoint- ALUMNI PROFILE ALUMNI Afocal point of his career. ment on December 21, I From serving as a U.S. Marine in Iraq in 2003, to work- received many, many mes- ing as a middle school teacher, to the role he has held sages through social media, since January, as Virginia’s Secretary of Education, he has even at my school work worked for the benefit of his community. email. Many messages from Qarni earned his master’s degree in history as well as hundreds of teachers across his teaching license at Mason. As an adult learner, he val- the commonwealth, who ued the university’s support for his career goals as well as are very excited.” the opportunity to exchange big ideas with his classmates Qarni is making plans to and learning from their perspectives. “You’re having those immediately impact on pub- intellectual conversations in class settings and you’re look- lic education in Virginia. ing at the big picture globally,” he recalls. “You talk about Beginning with Teacher inequities, you talk about social justice; that’s something Appreciation Week, May that I valued going into the program.” 7-11, his office recruited The university’s diversity made a difference in his expe- General Assembly mem- rience. “One of the great things about George Mason was bers, the governor’s cabinet, that you have a lot of varying perspectives in a classroom and even the governor and setting of 30 people or so. It’s the different perspective of first lady Pam Northam to folks who have served in the military, like myself, or folks step into classrooms across who might be from another country, might be taking a pro- Virginia and substitute teach. gram… for their own personal growth,” he adds. “It was In addition, he is traveling very interesting to engage in conversations with folks from the state “to identify best Virginia Secretary of all different backgrounds, and that it really … expanded practices that school divisions are already doing and share Education Atif Qarni my intellectual ability with those perspectives. I was able that model statewide.” to apply that in my teaching and in the other things I do in In the longer term, he has broad objectives for ensur- the community.” ing that education across Virginia, at all levels, leads to In January, Qarni was sworn in as Virginia’s 19th edu- outcomes that match Virginia workers with jobs that are cation secretary, appointed by Governor Ralph Northam. available in the commonwealth. He wants students— Even among this small group, he is unique. “I did some supported by their schools—to begin to consider their research,” he says. “The position has been around since futures at an earlier age: “See what kids are passionate 1972, when it was put into the code, and of the eighteen about, what are the jobs of the future … talk to the local folks who’ve served in this position before me, they have school divisions. Are they offering courses that are going been university presidents, or professors, one high school to address all areas, the humanities and the arts and sci- administrator … But this is the first time a K-12 teacher ences, and have a good balance as well?” has come away from the classroom to go into the cabinet, He continues, “[We want to be] having that conversa- it’s the first time it’s been done.” tion that everything is equally important, but what are He is aware of the impact of his background on his new your individual values, where do you want to go in your role. “Having that fresh perspective from the classroom is future? And have good planning, so you’re being as pro- very critical,” he says. “It does multiple things, but the first ductive as possible.” thing it does for teacher morale is that when the governor

CORNERSTONE 7 College’s New Programs Are Designed to Meet Student Needs The college has a number of new programs planned to launch in the fall semester 2018, reflecting our commitment to offering courses of study that serve the changing needs of our students.

NEW PROGRAMS NEW multidisciplinary faculty and the university’s proximity to many justice organizations at the federal, state, and local levels in the National Capital region, graduates will be well prepared to assume leadership roles in organizations that develop and implement criminal justice policy. MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE/ Hand in hand with the new MS in criminal justice, CLS ACCELERATED MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE is also offering an accelerated master of science degree IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE in criminal justice. Lisa Newmark, director of the CLS The Department of Criminology, Law and Society (CLS) undergraduate program, notes that demand for an acceler- will be offering a new master of science degree in criminal ated master’s degree has been high from undergraduates justice. The program is designed to advance the knowl- in its BA and BS programs, and that the accelerated MS is edge, skills, and career prospects of early-to-mid-career available to any Mason undergraduate as long as they have professionals as well as those seeking their first jobs in earned 75 to 100 credit hours and meet the GPA and other the criminal justice system. “The degree curriculum gives admission requirements. students the skills to interpret research and write policy briefs, as well as giving them hands-on and practical experience that they can take with them directly into their careers,” says Allison Redlich, director of the department’s graduate programs. This degree program is designed to prepare students to ACCELERATED MASTER’S DEGREE evaluate the strengths and limitations of existing crimi- IN COMMUNICATION nal justice policy and practice, and to develop pathways for improvement. The last few decades have seen tre- In fall 2018, Mason’s Department of Communication will mendous growth in the availability of scientific evidence begin accepting applications for its first accelerated mason which tactics, strategies, policies, and practices work ter’s program. Successful completion of the program will and which do not. Indeed, the department’s faculty have allow a student to obtain a bachelor’s degree and a master been national and international leaders in the generation of arts degree in communication in five years. of high quality scientific evidence that can be used to Richard Craig, director of the master’s program in com- devise, select, and implement policies and practices with munication as well as the new accelerated master’s degree the greatest prospects for success. With this distinguished program, is pleased that this educational path is available

8 SPRING 2018 to Mason’s students. Citing the variety of successful accel- • Individualized concentration allows students to erated programs on Mason’s campus, as well as the interest consider and plan a concentration of study across time that the Communication Department has seen among its periods and geographical lines as appropriate, using the own students, Craig said that the department began map- diverse offerings of history courses available at Mason. ping out the program with Mason’s Office of Admissions The concentration in U.S. history grew from the “sense in the summer of 2017. that students might like to concentrate in U.S. history and “The benefit to students is that they will have access have their transcript reflect that work,” says Ritterhouse. to master’s level theory while they are still working at the “The concentration offers a depth of content in U.S. his- undergraduate level,” he explained. tory but also some training in digital or public history, or The program will be open to any Mason student with an internship, something that will connect with making a qualifying GPA, who has completed between 75 to 100 that movement from college to career.” It is a strong choice credits. “We think that a communication MA can be a for students who wish to work in public service or law, or complement to any number of degree programs,” says move on to graduate education. Craig. “Though any student can apply, we make sure they Each of the concentrations is designed to give students have a strong communication foundation.” a plan of coursework that helps them understand the work Parallel to the structure of the traditional master’s of a historian in roles inside and outside academia, with an program in communication, the accelerated MA includes eye to career paths that follow from the study of history. coursework in four specializations: strategic communica- “In advising, I tell students that they are putting tion/public relations, health communication, science com- together a package to take to the world,” Ritterhouse munication, or individualized communication studies. explains. “This puts a name on your package.”

CONCENTRATION IN U.S. HISTORY FOR THE MINOR IN BRAIN, BODY, AND BEHAVIOR BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN HISTORY The Department of Psychology will be offering a new The new concentration in United States history, planned minor, Brain, Body, and Behavior, that considers the for fall 2018, is part of a comprehensive overhaul of the behavioral components of understanding brain health. undergraduate history program, designed to help majors This minor is intended to complement the biology and neu- better articulate their career readiness, says Jennifer roscience majors housed in Mason’s College of Science, by Ritterhouse, faculty member and director of undergradu- extending the students’ area of competence to emphasize ate programs in history. Beginning in fall 2017, the bach- the behavioral consequences of both normal and abnor- elor’s program has offered four distinct concentrations for mal neuronal and physiological processes. These in-depth history majors: courses will broaden students’ knowledge in understand- • Public history, which considers the issues related to ing brain and behavior, specifically but not exclusively the preserving historical materials and presenting his- cognitive aspects. torical information to a broader public. Public history Psychology professor Jane Flinn notes that what distin- institutions include libraries, museums, archives, and guishes this minor from neuroscience coursework is that historic sites. it includes a solid understanding of the behavioral aspect • Global history emphasizes the interconnections of brain health. Understanding the chemistry is vitally between the histories of major world regions, offering important, she notes, but equally so is the consideration insight that will benefit students considering careers in of cognition and behavior. This minor looks at the body as government, business, or with nongovernmental orga- an integrated whole, a big picture view with an emphasis nizations in the international arena. on behavior. • Digital history introduces students to digital methods for research, analysis, and presentation of history. Students learn how technology enhances the work of the researcher and opens new avenues for organizing and sharing information.

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MINOR IN SOCIAL INNOVATION MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES (MPS) DEGREE The School of Integrative Studies (SIS) is offering a new IN APPLIED INDUSTRIAL/ minor in social innovation, an approach that meets social ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY and environmental challenges by integrating across business, government, and nonprofit sectors to develop solu- The field of applied industrial/organizational (I/O) tions that balances a triple bottom line of people, profit, psychology uses evidence-based psychological prin- and the planet. The minor grew from a concentration in ciples and interventions and applies them in professional social innovation that SIS currently offers to complement and organizational settings. In response to evidence of its bachelor of arts in integrative studies degree. increasing demand for professionals with these skills, “The faculty associated with the concentration asked if the Department of Psychology is expanding its offerings they could create a minor to make the curriculum open to of graduate degrees to include a Master of Professional more students in the university,” says SIS executive direc- Studies program in applied industrial/organizational psy- NEW PROGRAMS NEW tor Kelly Dunne. “To concentrate in social innovation you chology along with the already popular I/O concentration had to be an integrative studies major; to minor in social in the psychology MA program. innovation you can be any major.” The two programs are complementary, says Psy The minor was developed in consultation with Mason’s chology Department chair Keith Renshaw, in the pro- School of Business and the Schar School of Policy and gram’s proposal to add the MPS degree. While the current Government, to ensure that it does not compete with pro- MA focuses on training in both basic and applied research, grams offered by those schools, but instead expands the its emphasis is primarily on training students in the gen- possibilities for students. eration of new knowledge. The new program will train pro- “Social innovation would be a good minor for any fessionals primarily in the consumption and application of student who has an interest in being an agent of positive research-based information in various settings. change,” says Dunne. “To solve problems, you have to be Moreover, the format of the new program will be fully interdisciplinary and integrative, you can’t just look at the online, to meet the needs of working professionals and profit line. You’ve also got to look at the nonprofit, you’ve adult learners, whose work schedule may not allow for the got to look at policy and procedures … and take on the face-to-face coursework and mentorship of the traditional underlying issues that a foundation or philanthropy is try- MA program. It is anticipated that the students’ ability to ing to address.” complete coursework on their own schedules and move She continues, “That’s what social innovation is: through courses in up to six 7.5-week modules per year It’s looking for a sustainable solution with a tri-sector will allow students to complete the program in a two- approach to address the root of the problem.” year period.

10 SPRING 2018 Using Language to Make International Connections Ferris Samara travels to Kazakhstan to represent the United States at Expo 2017 Astana. STUDENT PROFILE By Laura Powers

t’s a warm day in Astana, Kazakhstan. The streets are dent from China. With English as his primary language, buzzing with visitors heading to Expo 2017: Future and Chinese as hers, the only way for them to communi- Energy, the latest world exposition celebrating inter- cate was through Russian. Samara said they spoke about Inational innovation and collaboration. This marks the the Expo, their likes and dislikes, the challenges each 166th year of the quadrennial tradition that made its debut faced in college, why they elected to study Russian, and in 1851 in London, England. so on. It was in that moment that Samara saw how much Pavilions surround the large globe-like center structure another language opened the door to conversing with and on the Expo’s campus, with representatives from several understanding individuals he never thought he’d be able Ferris Samara countries showcasing their latest advances in sustainabil- to speak to directly. ity and green technology. Among those representing the Samara originally decided to learn Russian because of United States is Ferris Samara, a Mason economics major his love for chess, a game popular within, and often domi- with minors in Russian language and data analysis. nated by, Russia. He learned how to play from his father at Samara found himself at the 2017 Expo last summer a young age, went on to play in high school, and now serves after a friend sent him the application to serve as a student as a coach for elementary school students. ambassador for the event. Interested in immersing him- This spring, Samara completed an internship with self in the Russian language more fully, Samara applied. the global consultancy APCO Worldwide, the company He had already spent a little more than two years learn- responsible for managing the American Pavilion at Expo ing Russian but didn’t realize just how vast the Russian- 2017, in the office of its executive chairman. Fluent in speaking world was until traveling to Kazakhstan for the Arabic and proficient in Russian, he worked on Russian- first time. and Arabic-specific projects that required him to moni- “It was really great to go to a country and speak the tor the news, compile media contacts, and develop client language that I’ve been learning in school. Applying it in a proposals, among other responsibilities. There, he says he formal setting was very, very rewarding,” he says. was able to combine his language skills with his studies in With about 5,000 visitors at the United States pavilion economics and data analysis. per day, Samara says he was able to meet people from all Samara recently received the Critical Language over the world and discuss American culture and what Scholarship, a highly competitive, national scholarship daily life is like. In his spare time, Samara says he and the that fully funds overseas study-abroad programs for other ambassadors would travel around the city of Astana undergraduate and graduate students seeking fluency in to experience the food, the people, and other elements of languages deemed critical to national security. He will Kazakh society. spend the summer studying at an intensive Russian lan- Of all the experiences he had while abroad, his most guage institute. Of all the places Samara hopes to visit one memorable moment was a conversation he had with a stu- day, he will finally be able to cross Russia off his list.

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recognition ofhis SPRING 2018 Wood Award in leadership with the Fallfor Miller receives the 2016Jack Book festival. of Mason’s Creative Writing Program in 1980, he enrolled, he enrolled, 1980, in Program Writing Mason’sof Creative inception the after years Three University. Mason George students. his on has Miller Bill that effect kind of the is This nevertheless. moving flow the quickly—keep gently—but must dean’s office the year, Every reader. theother to directed be to reluctant often are they name, their announcing one the be might voice Miller’s that realizes graduate asoon-to-be If readers. the critical. is timing this ceremony, each at graduates 2,000 about celebrates college the Because across. marches she he or as name graduate’s each announce will who readers two of one to them directs quickly person this advance, students the As it. cross to about graduates happy the ing organiz stage, the of edge the at standing with charged Keeping MasonKeeping (and Creative Fairfax) T By AnneReynolds Miller cultivates ofthe the written word art for Mason’s manycommunities. For 35 years, Miller has been part of the creative life of of life creative the of part been has Miller years, For 35 MFA’87, of one is Miller, William when comes snag The staff dean’s office the of amember is there event, that At tion ceremony. tion celebra degree Sciences Social and Humanities of College the during spring every snag alittle is here - - to the grad program, but more for the benefit of the under the of benefit the for more but program, grad the to a pipeline make to “It’s much not so writers. undergraduate with working faculty graduate-level more programs, cial spe Communities, Learning Living include to expanded has program the inception, its Since level.” undergrad the at them with more do to ability the developed gram—we pro the in teaching are who writers energetic very younger, faculty— in “As we’ve brought Miller. says level,” grad the at offering were we quality concentrated of kind the level writing. creative in Arts Fine of aBachelor ing offer began theprogram 2012, in and fiction, and poetry beyond expand to track, anonfiction added it 1990s, word. written the of world the in aplace for students its prepares program the that ensure to worked he has role, this in years 26 his of course the Over 1992. in director program the became he Mason, at duties other some 1987 and in graduation his Following student. full-time as a then part-time, first “What we wanted to do was to offer at the undergrad undergrad the at offer to was do to wanted we “What the In demands. to meet expanded has program The specific response to a call from University University from call to a response specific a faculty, the among diversity increase to sought has program the Miller, explained Mason, orleft retired have members ulty fac As includes. it voices the of terms them.” for more alot do would degree writing grad under oriented avocationally thought we So, back. come they before experience life some get to want they life—and of afact that’s down—unfortunately, debts their of some pay to want students times of Lots awriter. as school grad goto you when and undergrad your finish you when now gap of a kind “There’s he says. do,” writers work what and work, writing publications, of terms in world changing “It’s avery writing. for market the to he says. themselves,” writers grad The program also has expanded in in expanded has also program The response direct in is this that He notes continued on page 26 page on continued ------FALL FOR THE BOOK THE FOR FALL

20 Years of Fall for the Book

By Suzy Rigdon, MFA ’17

ver the last two decades, Fall for the Book has emerging writers. Novelist Chloe Benjamin spoke about her grown from two dozen writers over two days, New York Times bestselling novel The Immortalists, which to four days packed with panels, readings, and follows the lives of four siblings after they learn the dates of Operformances featuring more than 150 writers at venues at their death from a fortune teller. Free for Mason students George Mason University and around Northern Virginia. and Fairfax County Public Library cardholders, it was an To celebrate our 20th anniversary, Fall for the Book is evening that brought campus and community together. expanding in a number of ways, both on Mason’s cam- The 2018 festival is also the inaugural year for the new pus and in the community. In 2018, the festival, planned Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices for October 10-13, will continue to grow the connection Award. The prize recognizes recently published works that with the City of Fairfax’s Fall Festival on our Saturday illuminate the complexity of human experience as told by Community Day. By offering a series of interactive chil- immigrants, whose work is historically underrepresented dren’s events in Old Town Hall, a book fair at Mason featur- in writing and publishing. ing local publishers and literary magazines, and a diverse In anticipation of awarding the prize, head judge and lineup of readings, this full day of events has a writer for Mason English professor Helon Habila spoke about the every reader. importance of the award, saying, “If America is a country In spring 2018, Fall for the Book began a series of of immigrants as it is often described, then the quintessen- Pop-Up Lit Nights in the City of Fairfax as a way of tial American literature would be the literature of immi- extending its offerings year round. Each of the four events gration…. Hopefully these new voices will make us step brought local writers and community members together back and look at ourselves with new eyes, and new hope, for fun and dynamic evenings. Readers enjoyed a night of and new meaning.” Habila will be joined by two other poetic and literary transformations; learned Appalachia’s judges, novelists Maaza Mengiste and Madeleine Thien. Secret through theater, food, and trivia; crafted the next Fall for the Book will continue to pursue its goals of sup- great young adult novel; and took a stroll through cin- porting writers at every stage of their careers, from every ema history. background, thanks to the generous support of sponsors, On April 6, Fall for the Book launched a new annual community members, and readers like you. Here’s to 20 Spring Reading Series at Mason featuring buzzworthy more years!

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CORNERSTONE 13 S T U D E N T P R O F I L E 3 award from Fall for the Book from award 1. Director Bill Miller getting his service Bill Miller getting his 1. Director 2. Neil Gaiman 3. Stephen King 7 2 5 6 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4. Kwame Alexander 5. Angela Davis 6. 7. Chinua Achebe 4 1 Fall for the Book, continued SPRING 2018 SPRING

14 S T U D E N T P R O F I L E 15 CORNERSTONE 9 10 11 Jodi Picoult Alice Walker Alan Cheuse & Amy Tan Colson Whitehead 8. 9. 10. 11. 8 2012 Neil Gaiman 2012 Neil Chabon 2012 Michael Dove 2012 Rita Walker 2012 Alice 2013 Dave Barry 2013 Cheryl Strayed 2013 David Baldacci 2013 Dave Barry 2014 Jodi Picoult 2014 Richard Russo O’Brien 2015 Tim 2015 Ernest Gaines 2015 Diana Gabaldon 2016 Diane Rehm 2016 Sandra Cisneros 2017 Lev Grossman 2017 Colson Whitehead 2000 Lorrie Moore 2000 Lorrie Almond 2002 Steve Wolff 2003 Tobias Carol Oates 2004 Joyce 2005 Khaled Hosseini 2005 Pat Conroy 2006 Dave Eggers Ngozi Adichie 2006 Chimamanda 2006 Angela Davis 2007 Mitch Albom 2007 Jonathan Lethem 2008 Chinua Achebe 2008 Michael Cunningham 2009 E. L. Doctrow 2010 Ann Patchett 2011 Amy Tan 2011 Stephen King 20 YEARS OF FALL FOR THE BOOK HEADLINERS BOOK THE FOR OF FALL 20 YEARS RESEARCH 16 Sparks Garry

SPRING 2018 National Endowment for the Humanities, that has gath has that Humanities, the for Endowment National Maya culture and religious worldview.” religious and culture Maya in features affirming and from drawing of aresult as also but Maya Highland the for specifically theology Christian his written have to seems Vico de Domingo as correct, for or ‘Theology of ‘Theology the either “to mean translates fact, in thedocument, of name The says. Sparks Maya,” the to Christianity of concepts translate to effort his in tices prac and beliefs religious Mayan of elements and aspects related Mayan languages.” other into only translated then and language a native in Theologia Indorum the “Instead, Department. Studies Mason’s Religious in teaches who Sparks, says language,” indigenous an into translated then and Spanish or say,Latin in, written originally document Christian European a Western of not a translation was Theologia Indorum the languages, American Native in ten writ texts Christian most “unlike that is distinction The today. Guatemalans million one than more by spoken still language indigenous an K’iche’, in composed initially was Theologia Indorum the Vico, de Domingo friar Dominican by the 1550s in Written catechism. translated and World. New the to spread empire their of religion the that ensure to order in encountered they people the of languages the to lessons their translated missionaries Dominican and Franciscan songbooks, and catechisms, sermons, with Equipped Christianity. spread to amission them with brought they Americas, the of land 1500s. the World New in the in faith their shared missionaries Spanish first the how on light shed will Spanish and English to K’iche’ of language Indorum the Theologia text, ancient an of remnants scattered the ered Understanding from an Ancient Document Ancient Understanding from an Demonstrates Sparks New Garry P By AnneReynolds Equally important is that Vico’s text “incorporated “incorporated Vico’s text that is important Equally The main the and West Indies the explored Spanish the As rently working on a research project, funded by the the by funded project, aresearch on working rently cur He is language. and culture, history, of section inter the at religion studies Sparks Garry rofessor Theologia Indorum . His team’s translation of that text from the Mayan Mayan the from text that of team’s translation . His the Indians.’ I’ve argued that both are are both that argued I’ve Indians.’ the goes beyond a simple imported imported asimple beyond goes was originally composed composed originally was the Indians’ Indians’ the ------

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Chicago. His research included determining how extensive ment, “and then a much more fluid, idiomatic English each surviving manuscript was, which language it was in, translation that will be much more accessible,” explains determining when it was written, and where it came from. Sparks. Though the emphasis will be on the English trans- In 2016, Sparks and a team of researchers received a lation, the team hopes to make the document accessible to National Endowment of the Humanities grant to prepare Spanish-speaking researchers as well. a critical edition and English translation of the first volume With help from the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History of the Theologia Indorum. The funding award notes that and New Media, the team will develop a website that will although the Theologia Indorum is acknowledged as the first make the Theologia Indorum digitally available. Working original Christian theology written in the Americas and is with the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, the longest single text written in a Native American lan- this site will include full-color, high-resolution scanned guage—close to 900 pages for both volumes combined—it images of its K’iche’ manuscript of Volume I along with had never been translated into any non-Mayan language. the scholarly transcription and translation. Sparks is one of four scholars on the project—all flu- “For the first time since the 16th century, someone can ent in K’iche’ and Spanish, and representing a variety of read Volumes I and II and get the entire architecture of the academic fields and universities. Sparks, who specializes argument,” says Sparks. “The whole idea is to really just get in the history of religions and Christian theology, is one it out there so a whole host of other scholars across the dis- of the translators and a coordinator for the project. Other ciplines can begin playing with it.” team members include Frauke Sachse, a linguistic anthropologist at the University of Bonn in Germany; Sergio Romero, a Guatemalan socio-linguist at the University of Texas at Austin; and Saqijix Candelaria López Ixcoy, a linguist at Rafael Landívar University in Guatemala City and a native K’iche’ speaker. All have done extensive fieldwork in Guatemala, as well as archival research on colonial-era Mayan documents. The project’s initial goal was to tran- scribe the first volume of theTheologia Indorum. Working remotely, with yearly week-long, face-to-face meetings every March, the team has actually been able to make a complete transcription of both Volumes I and II and work has gone much more quickly than they had predicted would be possible. “We’re actually ahead of schedule,” says Sparks. “We were supposed to have done a full transcription of Volume I [and it] actually went so quickly that we managed to do a full transcription of Volume II.” Their next step will be to produce an English and Spanish translation, both in terms of a literal translation of the docu- In March Garry Sparks and the team visited the Library of Congress to take a look at the “Guatemalan Priests Handbook,” a rare and important manuscript in the library’s Jay I. Kislak Collection. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress

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SPRING 2018 politics, the role of women’s rights, and ethics, and prepare prepare and ethics, and women’s of role the rights, politics, and religion between relationship the justice, restorative retributive/ pluralism, of concepts about learn students the periods, two-week Over nonbelievers. and Christians, Yazidis, Muslims, Shia Muslims, Sunni including people, Iraqi the of backgrounds religious of variety the represent resolution. conflict and building peace in them train and backgrounds Shiite and Sunni with leaders youth aged university- together bring that Iraq, Najaf, in camps youth conduct University Rutgers from colleagues he and nization, understanding. intrafaith and interfaith increasing to dedicated students university of acohort with meet to Iraq to regularly traveling Program, Partnerships Education Higher U.S.-Iraq the in part taken has Sachedina years, five past For the project. challenging Tower.” Ivory the in themselves restrict to not simply are “Professors Studies. Islamic Global for Maydan with interview an in said he society,” general the benefit Institute. Language Foreign the at taught and Defense and State of Departments U.S. the for a consultant as worked He has Department. Studies Religious versity’s uni the of chair the and Studies, Islamic in Chair IIIT the aprofessor, as he serves where Mason, to came Sachedina English. and in Swahili fluency native his to Persian and Urdu, Hindi, French, Arabic, added and dence, jurispru and theology of understanding his further to Iran in amadrasa at trained way, Sachedina the Toronto. Along of University the from studies Islamic and East Middle in degrees doctoral and master’s his he earned where Canada, and Iraq, Iran, to on he moved there, From University. Muslim Aligarh from studies Islamic and science, political in philosophy, BA a awarded was he where India, to first ney a Culture of Tolerance of Culture a Helping Iraqi Students Create I By AnneReynolds The team works to ensure that they engage students who who students engage they that ensure to works team The orga nonprofit international an IREX, through Funded current, his drives that service of spirit this is it And to academia the gobeyond to needs work “Academic Virginia, of University the at tenure a35-year From jour academic his he began 1942, in Tanzania in Born Mason University. University. Mason George of Campus Fairfax the to way along come has Sachedina Abdulaziz professor Studies slamic , a publication of Mason’s Ali Vural Ak Center Center Ak Vural Mason’s of Ali , apublication - - - - change minds overnight.” minds change home. to closer hope he sees Iraq, in students his with results his on Based Mason. at same the do to hope great his is It universities. respective their through back understanding of culture the spread to but same, the do not only to students the help and understand, listen, to effort an demonstrate to academic, beyond goes choice.” a needed They needed. they what that’s think “I says. he you,” to listen to willing are who people have you sudden, this?” don’t why use you texts, your in it have you Bible, the in it have you Quran, the You in it have have you look, them, showing and seriously resources their taking from only come can “That he says. legitimacy,” cultural need you communities, native the in influence an have to want really you if that understanding this I have process. the to ment ele avital brings background well-traveled own his that senses he resolution, conflict and building team in ground toleration.’” of aculture of foundation ‘a Icall what build to slowly, years, three about us took It that? negate we do “How he says. building,” community or tolerance toward not are sermons “The leaders. gious house.’” your to come aShia have to going you are no way Sunnis, the with relationship any have to going you are say, way ‘No parents the and homes their to go They them. influencing are who ones only not the are “We he says. challenges, changing.” were minds that [W]e confident became agency.... moral human and dignity human of basis the on relations human strong building of vision the toward moving camp the saw leaders youth time, first the “For IREX. to classmates. own their with conversations the continue to universities respective their to back lessons these bring to “It’s working,” he says. “It takes a while. You can’t awhile. takes “It he says. “It’s working,” Iraq in pursues team his and Sachedina that work The a of “All through. getting is message the that He stressed so West Bank, the and Palestine in worked have also “I back colleagues’ his recognizes Sachedina While reli the of authority the notes Sachedina Moreover, significant without not was students the with work The report his in wrote Sachedina amazing,” was result “The

this. this. - - - Impacting a Child’s Success Psychology master’s student Katrina Gagliano helps research developmental interventions for young children and applies them to the classroom.

By Laura Powers STUDENT PROFILE

hile working as a nanny for a set of twin babies, tion, she was excited by the research happening in Mason’s Katrina Gagliano remembers when they began Psychology Department and the experience of its faculty. noticing their surroundings and reacting to She says that the size of the program is ideal for a high Whuman interactions. She became deeply interested in the level of support and is grateful to the professors who have developmental processes of children and decided to pursue guided her toward a number of experiential opportunities. a degree in psychology. Today, she works with children on In additional to her full course load and work at the their development daily and has her master’s degree all but AppleTree Institute, Gagliano works part-time at Autism in hand. Outreach Inc., a company in Sterling, Va., that provides Gagliano is a master’s student in the Applied applied behavior analysis therapy for children with autism Developmental Psychology Program, and works as an and other developmental disorders. She works as a behav- Katrina Gagliano independent contractor for the AppleTree Institute for ior therapist to do both in-home and center-based sessions, Education Innovation, an organization dedicated to sup- using mainly play-based programs to teach children social porting the development of children in the Washington, norms like taking turns and making eye contact. D.C., area before they reach kindergarten. She started Gagliano says that it’s important for families with spe- working there for her program’s practicum in summer cial needs kids to have therapists who know how to recog- 2017 and was hired shortly after completion. With a long- nize the needs of their children, analyze behavior data to term goal to close the achievement gap between students support those needs in program planning, and relay that based on socioeconomic status, Gagliano’s work focuses information back to teachers and parents. on research in early childhood education and the applica- After graduation, she plans to continue using develop- tion of that research within the curriculum of community- mental research in working with young children, either as based early childcare centers around Washington, D.C. a specialist in a center that supports young students who Part of her position requires her to travel to these cen- need assistance catching up to their peers academically, or ters and assess students’ development throughout the in a research setting aimed at improving local early child- school year, as well as the overall classroom environment, care programs. in order to provide early childcare teachers with data tai- “I feel I’m a good bridge between the research world and lored to their classrooms’ needs. Preschool and pre-K the applied world,” she says. “Because I have on-the-ground teachers then use the assessment data, along with addi- family, parent, and childcare experience, plus my academic tional informational resources, to inform their curriculum studies and research background, I think I’m going to be and provide more individualized instruction for helping able to make a big difference in our communities.” kids reach kindergarten well prepared. Gagliano says that this experience has made a powerful impact on her, as she sees the research she helped to collect put into action. “I’m happy to be working with a place that is evidence- based,” she says. “I’m really excited to be able to take what I know and help teachers make the most of their kids’ earli- est education experiences.” Graduating in May 2018, she will join her father as one of the many Mason alumni making an impact in their community. Inspired to look at Mason on her father’s sugges-

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COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Honor Roll JULY 1, 2016—JUNE 30, 2017

Entities are listed alphabetically by last name. Gifts, pledge payments, and matching gifts to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017, are credited toward Honor Roll recognition.

ALUMNI Maureen ’86 and Ian Campbell ’16 Patricia Devlin, MFA ’11 Marianne Floyd ’01 Lynn ’86 and Dave Abbot Terence Blackwood Olive Campbell ’73 Suzanne ’82, MS ’85, Travis Floyd ’01 Blen Abdi ’02 Margaret Blasinsky ’93, Dorothy Cannon ’88, MA ’96 and Paul Devlin Linda Foreman ’77, MA ’79 Leah Adams, MA ’10, PhD ’14 MAIS ’97 David Cantor, MFA ’85 Margherita DiCenzo ’82 Peter Forkner, MA ’06, PhD ’09 Kamar Ahmed ’95 Oheneba Boateng ’09 Maria Carabelli ’09 Coty Dickson ’69 Rebecca Forkner ’00, MA ’05, Buchi Akpati ’03 Christine Bobal, MA ’12 Charlene Carey, MA ’74 Harry, DA ’09, PhD ’10 Susan ’91 and Victor Alessi Gail ’70, MPA ’82, Robert Carlisle ’90, MA ’97 and Elizabeth Dinella Craig ’03 and Cindy Fox Nolde Alexius, MFA ’99 and David Bohan Bridget Carlson, MA ’98, Christine Doner ’79 Evelyn Fox ’99 Lucy Alibaruho ’97 Amy Bolling ’03 PhD ’01 Patricia Donini, MAIS ’12 Stephen Foye ’84 Ana Alonso, MA ’99, Kenneth Bombara, MA ’00 William, MA ’94, Thomas Donohue ’86 Patrick ’87, MBA ’91, and Rei Berroa Karen Bontrager ’11 and Susanne Carnell Mary ’90, MA ’95, and Kathleen Frank HONOR ROLL HONOR Shana Alterman ’10 Behnam Bonyadian ’13 Linda Carpenter ’01 and John Donovan Myrna Frantz ’77 Karen Amendola, MA ’91, Yvonne Boston ’87 Betsy Carr, MA ’89 Mary Donovan, MA ’97, Ronald Frappier ’79 PhD ’96 Whitney Botsford Morgan, David ’96 and Amy Carrier and Stephen Wiley Brian Fratus ’84 Gloria Anderson ’72 MA ’06, PhD ’09, Emily Carroll ’10 David Dorsey ’15 Jason ’03 and Cindy Frederick Claude Archambault, MA ’09 and Ryan Morgan Susan Cary-Strickland, MA ’87 Kathryn Draper ’70 Rathild Friedrich ’06 Matthew Arnett ’06 Karla Bradley ’76 Amy Casey, MA ’08 Joan DuBois ’80 Teresa Fries ’93 Steven Askin ’84 Gary Braswell ’93, MA ’91 Michiko Casey ’00 Kathleen Dugan ’77 Lawrence Gale, MEd ’95 Margarita Astorino ’89 Amy Breedlove ’76, MA ’83 Wendy Casper, MA ’96, PhD ’00 Jeffrey Dunson ’78, MEd ’88 Mary Gallagher ’91 Martha Atkins JD ’98 Sheila Brennan, PhD ’10, Norma Castro ’11, MEd ’13 Linda Edquist ’90 Melisa Gallagher ’85 Raymond Atkins, JD ’98 and Ian Bird Grace Chae ’98 Brian Ehret, MA ’93, PhD ’00 Mary Gallion, MA ’89 Hannelore Averna ’90, MA ’95 Susan ’78 and David Brennan Tiffani Chen, MA ’11, PhD ’14 Sandra Eichorn ’84 Bernadette Gambino, MA ’96 Marlene Aylor ’90 Jane and Chris Brewster Julie Childers ’93 Michele Eldredge ’83, MA ’89 Krista Ganela ’05 Maria Bachman, MA ’91 Carrie ’92 and John Bright Kathryn Chornyak ’06 Beverly Ellis ’74, MA ’93 Jeanne Garant ’76 Carrington Bailey ’79 Clay Brittle ’71 Chauncia ’09 Jaclyn Elsberg ’06 Patricia Garrett ’93 Kathleen Baker, MA ’00 Patricia Broadwater ’78 and Anthony Collins Norbert Erickson ’73 Alison Gavin, MA ’04 Kevin ’89 and Lisa Baker Abigail Brown, MA ’03 Sylvia ’89 and B. Cook Marta Escobedo, MA ’14 Doris, MA ’78, Jim Ball ’87 Christine ’89 William Corey ’81 Jennifer Eule ’84 and Daniel Gearing Charles ’71 and Lyn Ballenger and Michael Brown and Kathy Umbdenstock Jack Fahey ’94 Nassir Ghaemi ’86 Sandra Barreda ’04 Dennis Brown, MA ’13 Bruce Cork ’97 Barbara Falcone, MEd ’82 Paul ’71 and Pam Gibert Jane Barrow, MA ’08, PhD ’13 Julian Brown ’04 Susan Coryell, MAIS ’90 Rachel Farbman ’09 Jen Gibson, MA ’03, PhD ’06 Scott Barton, MA ’13 Kevin Bryan ’07 Jason Creque ’03 Wendy Farzan ’90 Randall ’87 and Lore Gibson Mary Bauer, MA ’90 Mark Bucci ’85 Catherine Cruise, MFA ’93 Lisa ’84 and Tom Faust Vernette Gilbert ’82 Brian Baugus, MA ’07, PhD ’09 Alice Buchanan, MA ’01 Maria Cussianovich ’97, MA ’01 Susan ’03 and Joseph Faxlanger Michael Gilham ’95 Charles, MA ’09, Michael ’87 Kerry Cutlip ’92 Susan Ferguson ’88 Kathleen Gilhooly ’98 and Nora Bauland and Florence Bucierka Gerard D’Alessandro ’70, Jimmy Fernandes ’95 Susan Gilmour-Sage ’89 Marie Baxter ’94 Anthony ’07 MA ’76 Selena Fernandes ’02 Stephen, MA ’84, PhD ’95, Janina Bayne ’95, MEd ’97 and Amanda Budny Lanie D’Alessandro ’90 Lourdes Fernandez and Donna Gladis Joseph Bear, MA ’79 Michael ’75 and Marcia Bull Suzanne Dalch ’76 Gonzalo Ferro, MA ’03, PhD ’14 Barbara Glover ’83 Carole Bencich ’71 Joel Burns ’72 Linda ’01 and Charles Daniels Panagiota Ferssizidis, MA ’09, Carolyn Gomez-Foronda, MEd Stephen Beretzky ’05 Charles, MA ’04, and Patsy Byrd Carlton Darby ’06 PhD ’13 ’73, MA ’79, PhD ’95 Debra Bergin ’93 Doreen Cadigan ’98 Christopher Daub ’94, MA ’97 Alyson Fickenscher ’03 Cynthia ’76 and William Gordon Alexandra Berman ’13 Casey Cain ’77, ’78 Samuel Dawson ’76 Naomi Fields ’96 Inez Graetzer ’70 Frances Bernhardt, MA ’92 Drew Calhoun, MA ’88 *Michelle DeCou-Landberg, Lindsay Fiesthumel Michaleski, John Granfield ’78 Melihate Binaku-Johnson ’11 Brenda Callaghan ’03 MA ’76 MA ’11 Patricia Grant, MA ’96, PhD ’01 Ellen ’12 and Reagan Black Joan Cameron ’97 Alexis Del Duke ’15 Mark Filiatreau ’89 Burton ’95 and Yardly Gray Evan Del Duke ’15 Eric Fill ’11 Daniel Gray ’14, MS ’15 Patrick ’07 Christopher Finch ’76 Flora Green ’98, MA ’99 Benjamin Fink ’05, MA ’06 Gisella Green ’90, MA ’94 Bold—Denotes President’s Circle giving and Kathryn Delaney John Delbridge ’90 James Fisher-Thompson, MA ’80 Kenneth Green, MA ’90 * Deceased Gloria Denig ’82 Virginia Fissmer ’94 Matthew Green ’08, MSW ’11, Robert Denig ’75, MA ’79 Lucile Fleming ’81 and Alice Magelssen-Green Amy Dent ’87 Kathleen Flood ’99 Carter Greene ’84 For online giving, visit Sandhya Deshetty ’05 Jacobo Flores-Sanchez ’15 Jessica Greene ’06 Alice DeVille ’87 Liz Flores ’14 Bernadette Grigonis ’77 chss.gmu.edu/give. John Devlin, MEd ’82 Andrea Floyd ’04 Rondene Grinam ’16

20 SPRING 2018 Elizabeth Grisham ’02, ’13, Sheri Huerta, MA ’11, PhD ’17 MA ’12, MA ’15 Juanita Huff ’13 Faye ’75 and Richard Grubbs Jean ’96 and Stewart Hughes Janice Gygi ’74 Robert Hughes ’99 Linda Habenstreit ’93 Robert Hugins, MA ’14 and Neal Schiff Holly ’91, MA ’95, Barbara Halberstam ’95 and Craig Hukill Eben Halberstam ’98 Eleanor ’85 and Richard Hurt Justin Hall ’13 Akram Husain ’05 Laurissa Hall ’14 Son Huynh ’07 Mark Hall ’89, MA ’93 Kerry Ickrath ’87, MA ’93 Dixiane Hallaj, PhD ’06 Geraldine Inge ’69 Lisa ’01 and Mike Hamar Michael Iovino ’93 Michael Hamilton ’00 Margaret Jackman, MA ’93 Ah-Reum Han, MFA ’15 Marc Jaffan ’91 John Hanlin ’03 Robert ’90, MA ’93, and Rochelle Sambur and Stephanie Jester Ruth Hansen, MA ’07, Stephen Jobe, MA ’87 and Lawrence Plotkin Penny Jobin ’80 Omar Haq ’13 Henry Jochum ’93 and Claudia Paganelli A’Darien Johnson ’15 Erin Harpine ’07 Connie Jones ’01 Steven Harris-Scott, PhD ’16 David Jones ’07 Christopher Harris ’97 Elizabeth Jones ’85 Nicole Harris ’85, MA ’89 Ellen Jones ’88 Mary ’77, MA ’79, Lolita Jones ’86, MPA ’00 and Orlander Harrison Mark, MA ’04, and Kelly Jones Sheila Hartzell ’76 Thomas D. Jones, JD ’96 Faisal Hasan ’88 Thomas S. Jones ’85 Lina Hashem ’04 Tracy Jones ’88 Timothy, DA ’95, ’98, Jennifer Jonkers ’91 and Ruth Hassell James Joy, DA ’01 Geraldine ’85 Jeanie Kahnke ’90, MA ’99 and Kenneth Havran Robert Kaiman, MA ’81 Regina Hayes ’99 Roshna Kapadia, MA ’14 Wilfrieda Kulish, MA ’85 Kathleen Long ’92 Michael McClain ’77 Sonya ’89 Theresa Kapper ’87 Mariam, MS ’13, Jane Lonsdale ’76 and Leslie Aun and Charles Hazelwood Kristine Kaske-Martin ’93 and Lester Kurtz Juan Lopez-Zeballos ’13 Jerald McClard ’95 Donald Headley, MAIS ’95 Israel Kassim ’16 Phyllis Kutch ’83 Carmen Louise ’01 Frank McCraw, MA ’79 Charlene Hendricks ’94, Alexander Katzenstein ’09 Anne L’Heureux, MA ’76 Ronald Luna ’92 Rebecca ’94 PhD ’99 Victoria Kauffman, JD ’92 Matthew Lammers ’94 Sally MacLean ’81, MA ’84, and James McDermott Yukiko, MA ’87, Pamela Kavanagh ’90 Robert Lankford ’90 MEd ’95 Carrie McDonald ’92 and Richard Henninger Nancy Kawtoski ’98 Christina ’04 and Joseph Lareau Jean ’76, MA ’80, Elizabeth McElroy ’94 Jeanne ’93, MEd ’96, Elaine, MA ’78, Tara Laskowski, MFA ’06 and Robert Maddox Christopher McGaffin ’83 and Philip Hepperle and Richard Kelly Marlene Lass ’86 Geraldine Madigan, MA ’84 Rebecca McGill, MFA ’10 Douglas Herold ’88 Dionne Kelso ’06 Gale Lavinder ’79 Brian Magana, MS ’95 Mary McGillen ’82 Joseph Hetrick ’98 Victoria ’14 Heidi Lawrence, MA ’07 Michele Magana, MEd ’01 Sean McGinnis ’88 Toby Hettler, MEd ’17 and Gregory Kennedy Bill Layden ’81 Linda Maguire, CerG ’17, Tracey McGinnis ’88 Alexander Hiestand ’10 Keith Kenny ’69 and Carole Duff Brian Le ’13 MA ’13 Denise ’93 Jane Hilder, MA ’01 Adrienne Kerchner ’10 Richard Leichtweis, PhD ’96 Carrie Maison ’00 and Richard McKinley Patricia, MFA ’92, and Kathleen ’80 and Steven Kevlin Wilkie Leith ’81, MA ’83 Nicolas Maison ’98, ’14 Gretchen ’78 Christopher Hilton-Johnson Denise Kfoury ’80 Ernest Leong, MAIS ’02 Mary Malaney, MA ’94 and Larry McLellan Audrey Hine ’13, MA ’15 Donna Kidd, MPA ’94, Annette Lewis, MA ’89 Michael Mansfield ’16 Susan ’03 and David McMunn Elizabeth Hixon, MA ’82 and Peter Stearns Paula, MA ’81, and Virgil Lewis Tracey Marcelo ’89 Kathryn ’00 Thomas Hixon ’16, MBA ’78 Paula Kidwell ’85 Joseph Liddle ’06, ’07, MEd ’14 John Marks ’06 and Daniel McNulty Bac Hoang ’75 Claudia, MEd ’96, Robert, MA ’04, Michelle Marks, MA ’93, Andrew McPherson ’08 Jeremy Hodgson, MA ’09 and Robert Kilmer and Geri Lightburn PhD ’98 Lesley McWilliams, CerG ’12 Lyndse Hokanson ’14 Joseph King, MA ’96 Kevin ’78 and Carol Limbach Julie Marnell, MEd ’13 Anne, PhD ’93, Fred Holder ’89 William King, MA ’13 Wayne Lin ’06 Donna Marschall ’89, MA ’96, and David Menotti Margaret, MA ’97, John Kleeb ’12 William Linden, MA ’93 MA ’97, PhD ’02 Alice Mergler, MA ’88 and Mack Holt Evan Kleiman, MA ’10, PhD ’14 Mary Linsenmayer-Morse ’13 Kara Marsh, MA ’99, PhD ’05 Gregg Mervis ’96 Anthony Homan ’84, MA ’93, Sarah Kleiman, MA ’10, PhD ’14 Jay Little ’02 Sean Marsh, MA ’99, PhD ’05 Betty Jo, MA ’92, PhD ’95 Brittney Knight ’13, MA ’16 Graeme Littler, MA ’85, PhD ’87 Ronald ’78 and Cheryl Martin and J Middleton Kathy Homan ’73 Charles Koch ’99 Nicole Livas ’90 Vada Martin ’07 Aaron Miller, MA ’09 David Homard ’92 Michael Konrad ’97, MA ’03 and Jeffrey Tyler Dale ’07 and Lisa Mast Adam Miller ’92 Michael, MA ’81, Jamie Konstas ’00 James Lobb ’01 Anuraag Mattapally ’15 David Miller, MAIS ’04 and Margaret Hoover Pericles Konstas ’00 Jahvon Locke ’14 Tjinta May ’84, MA ’94 Demaris ’79, MA ’85, PhD ’92, Michael Horn ’15 Cynthia Kozakewich ’82 Richard Lofgren ’81 Andrea Mays ’98 and James Miller Paul Hough, PhD ’94 Ximing Kronenfeld, MA ’09 Thomas Logan ’96 Melinda ’86 William Miller, MFA ’87, Edward Hubbard, MPA ’81 Robert Krueger, MA ’10, MA ’13 Allen, MPA ’82, and Steven McAllister and Elisabeth Vermilye Emily Hudspeth ’02 Richard Kruegler ’86 and Marjorie Lomax Steve Min ’93

CORNERSTONE 21 Barbara Rachlin, MA ’11 Lance Schmeidler ’03, MA ’05 Jeffrey Randorf, MA ’12 Farideh Schonberger ’82 Sylvia ’95 and Gary Rast Marilyn Schoon, MA ’82 Raj Ratwani, MA ’04, PhD ’08 Linda Schwartzstein, MA ’91, Amanda Raysin ’14 PhD ’94, and Lee Goodwin Marion Reed ’81 Norma Scott ’95 Kathleen Register, MAIS ’99 Jennifer ’93 and David Seager Karen Rehm, MA ’90 Karen Sharkey ’91 Corey Reis ’00 Lora Sharkey ’13 Jason ’93 and Cathy Reis David Shaw ’83 John Reosti ’91 Marilyn ’00 and John Sheehan Randall Revercomb ’87, Camille Sherling ’87 MEd ’09 James Shine ’76, MA ’78 Colin Rice ’14 Jason Shirley ’02, MEd ’09 Colleen, MFA ’95, John Shockley ’93 and Arthur Rich Blake Silver ’11 Donna Riddel MA ’83 Nader Silver ’11 Bette ’09 and Stephen Ries Erica Simonitis ’11 Angela Riley ’92 Benjamin Simpson ’16 Daniel Rinehuls ’90 Tishy Singh ’98 Conrad Ring ’73 Brenda Sinko ’02 Kaetlin Ritchie ’13 Rosemary Siqueira ’11, MA ’17 Robert Ritsch ’80 Catherine Skaggs ’90, MA ’93, Jordan, PhD ’11, PhD ’96 and Kirsten Robbins Mark Skinner ’86 Cristina Roberson-Perez ’73 Michael ’99, MS ’11, Maja Roberts ’94 and Andrea Slawski John Mincer ’92 Gregory Nelson, MFA ’85 Ronald ’80 and Vivian Panaggio Penelope Roberts, MA ’96 Marion Smedberg ’16 Marc Mitchell ’07 Johnathan, MA ’07, PhD ’12, Vincent Panigot ’94 Matthew Robinson ’15 Emily Smedley, MA ’15 Kirk, MA ’08, and Emily Nelson Dena Papazoglou, MA ’01 Verna, DA ’08, Karen Smith-Moretz ’87, and Karen Moberley Carrie Newcome ’79 Karen Park, MA ’01 and Gregory Robinson MAIS ’92 Landon Mock, MA ’10 Tuan Nguyen ’12, MS ’16 Kathryn Parker ’88 Angela Rocha ’97 Damian Smith, MA ’99 Lucia Mollaioli, MA ’13 Vy Nguyen ’02 William Pate, MA ’11, Mark Root, MA ’10 Diane ’02 and Daniel Smith Ruth Molyne ’11, ’00 Jane ’77 and William Nickel and Frances Burden Samuel Rose ’13 Emily Smith ’12, MA ’14 Maziar Momeni, MA ’96, Christina Nickerson ’10 Joan Patterson ’79 Susan Rossell, MA ’00 Meagan Smith, MA ’16 and Colleen Bauer Jeanne Nickles, MA ’00 Brian Patti ’08 Melanie Rothstein ’03 Lisa ’10 and David Smock Francoise Monceaux, MA ’93 Chelsea Norman ’15 Eric Pearsall ’93 Carol ’91, MEd ’92, Jennifer Smolinsky ’11 Ann Monday ’73, MEd ’81 Patricia Norman ’81 Erin Pearsall ’92 and James Rountree Daniel Snowdall, MA ’11 Ida Moore ’94 Carrie Nowell ’98 Andrew Pedry ’12, MA ’15 Katherine Rowan ’75 Tiffanie Snyder ’11 Paige Morabito, MAIS ’10 Duane Nystrom ’72 Elizabeth Peixotto ’07 and Robert Baker Kira, MA ’09, and Shane Sobers Blanca Morales ’84, MEd ’98 Marian O’Brian ’74 Sheila Pelaez ’83 Elizabeth Rowe ’93 Hyung, JD ’00, Alan More ’08 Cathleen O’Brien ’93, MA ’99 Brennan Penders ’13 Gleason Rowe ’11 and Gemma Sohn Michael Moriarty ’82, JD ’85 Howard O’Brien, DA ’96 Rebecca Penick ’88, MA ’89 Carol Roxbrough ’98 Jennifer Sontag, MA ’07, Regina Moriarty ’84, JD ’87 Jennifer O’Connor, MA ’92, Lora, PhD ’17, James Russell ’04 PhD ’10 Kimberly Morrison ’97 PhD ’97 and Jonathan Peppard Lillian Russell-Nicolai ’88 Robert ’70 and Nancy Sorgen Gregory Morse, JD ’97, MS ’06 Steven ’09 and Lisa O’Dell Douglas Perdue ’07 Patricia Russo, MFA ’94 M., MA ’96, and Ginny Sorrell Mark Morse ’82 Lisa Oakley-Bogdewic, PhD ’95, Lewis Perez ’05 Steven Rutenberg ’02 Briana Spencer, MFA ’10 Roberta Morse ’97, MEd ’98 and Dan Bogdewic M. Catalina Peterson ’05 Isaac Sabat, MA ’14, PhD ’16 Thelma Spencer ’72, MEd ’75 William Mosteller, MA ’92 David, MS ’81, and Karen Oates David, MA ’82, Farah Sabbagh ’10 Constance Sprague ’98 Carol Mournighan, MA ’94 George Oberle ’96, MA ’99, and Janet Pfeiffer Cathy Sabol, MA ’83 Frank Sprague ’85, MS ’89 Irrsula Mpouma ’92 PhD ’16 Ashley Phillips ’07 Kenneth Sabol, MA ’84 Chandler ’89 and Linda Stalvey Douglas Mudd, MA ’04 Heather Oberle ’96, MEd ’98 William Pierce, MA ’07 Derek Saldanha ’83 Sharon Stanley ’96 Shirley Mullins ’88 Ajima Olaghere, MA ’10, Ramon ’70, MA ’77, Carolyn Samaha ’87 Kelly, MA ’09, and Andrew Stazi Liane Munnikhuysen ’84 PhD ’15 and Suzanne Planas Brittany Sanders ’14 Sabrina Stehly ’10 Michael Murphy ’98 Myrna ’00 and Garvin Oliver Christine Plunkett ’82 Christina Sanders ’09, MA ’16 Regina Stephens ’96 Lauren Murray ’15 Mary Olsavsky, MA ’00 Christopher Polk ’94, MA ’01 Leroy ’11 and Jeanine Sandoval Elizabeth Stern ’09 Richard ’74 and Virginia Murray Caitlin Owens ’07 Earnest, MA ’08, Joan Santora ’78, MA ’83 Philip Stinson ’86 Karol Nangosia ’12 Christina Owens ’12 and Barbara Porta Christopher Sarampote, Gillian Stubblefield ’98 Margaret Navin, MA ’88 Amy Padgett ’98 Sara Posnett ’95 MA ’96, PhD ’00 Amanda ’76 Karen Neal, PhD ’06 Randolph Palmquist ’79 James Power ’94 Nathan Sarfaty ’09 and Lonny Sturgeon Diana Prowell ’96 Marilyn Saunders ’71 Richard Sullivan ’97, MS ’03 Kenneth Prowell, MA ’93 Andrew Schaaf ’82 Roger Sullivan, MA ’12 Bold—Denotes President’s Circle giving Marilyn Pugh, DA ’94 William Schaefer, MA ’14 James Sykes ’90 * Deceased Wanda ’75, MA ’78, Marisa Schaer, MA ’98 Magdalena Sypula ’03 and Richard Purdy Paul Schafer ’14 Bonnie Tarsia ’88 Dorothy Purvis ’02, MPA ’07 Janet Scharp, MA ’02 Art Taylor, MFA ’06 For online giving, visit Steven Pyne ’79 Regis Scheithauer, MA ’76 Matthew Taylor ’07 Anthony Quain, MA ’07, Joseph, MA ’96, Rachel Taylor ’09 chss.gmu.edu/give. PhD ’13 and Leslie Schill Ross, MA ’92, PhD ’98, Janet Quinn ’79 Cheri Schipper ’96 and Christy Teague

22 SPRING 2018 Richard Thackston ’82 Pamela Williams ’99 ICF Olive Oil And Friends LLC The deLaski Family Jagadish Thaker, PhD ’12 Bill Williams ’74 Inova Health System Oppenheimer and Foundation Becky ’01 and John Thane Jonathan Willis ’12 Institute for Humane Studies Associates Inc. The Helts Foundation Deloris Thomas ’94 Bich-Chau Wilson ’00 Interactive Leadership Orex Digital The Hood-Barrow Foundation Jackie ’01, MPP ’13, Stuart Wood ’80 Solutions PABA The Immigrant Learning and Kenneth Thompson Don Woolverton ’93 Johnson and Johnson Panda Restaurant Group Inc. Center Troy, MA ’10, Lois, MEd ’98, and Jeffrey Wyatt Companies Park Advisors The Kresge Foundation and Shelly Thompson Joanne ’94 and David Yakaitis Kapani Family Charitable Paycock Press LLC The Landegger Yolanda Thompson ’05, ’11 Claire Yoon ’15 Foundation Peninsula Community Charitable Foundation Karin Tooze, MA ’09 June Youmans ’00 King, Campbell & Poretz Foundation of Virginia The Lehman Family Trust Michael Townsend, MA ’05 Sylvia Young-Dean ’06 Kyra Macy Foundation Inc. Penn State University The Lewis Family Trust Robert Townsend, PhD ’09 Eldar Yusufoglu ’12 Laytonsville Women’s Club Perceptronics Solutions Inc. The Lynde & Harry Bradley Jeanne Trapani ’92, MA ’03 Jalila Zaaboul ’10, MA ’12 LeadPeople LLC Pierre F. and Enid Goodrich Foundation Julie Trkula ’08 Kathleen Zaccardi ’74, MA ’76 Luck Companies Foundation Foundation The Mirza Family Foundation Matthew Trkula, MM ’14 Jaime Zamora ’95 MetroStar Systems Inc. Pioneer Investment The Weisman Foundation Yessica Turcios ’13 Irene ’90 and Andrew Zaso MHM Services Management Inc. Tripp Financial Consultants Catherine Turner, MEd ’94 Jacqueline Zeiher ’81 Network for Good Richard E. Fox Charitable Inc. Kevin Turner ’03 Janice Zucker ’01 New Burgh Real Estate Foundation Verizon Foundation Rebecca ’80, MA ’91, New Mexico-American Santa Fe Writers Project Inc. Virginia Heart and Patrick Turner CORPORATIONS, Housing Foundation Inc. Sarfaty-Siegel Foundation W.L.S. Investment Co. Inc. Susan Turner ’88 FOUNDATIONS, Northrop Grumman for the Future World Education Services Inc. Peri Ulrey ’82 ASSOCIATIONS, TRUSTS, Charity Trust The Andrew W. Mellon Yamaguchi Maibach Scott Ulrey ’82 AND ESTATES Northrop Grumman Foundation Revocable Living Trust Joseph Urban ’02 43rd Bomb Group Association Foundation The Beach Foundation Michelle Vachris, MA ’88, Inc. Northrop Grumman The Beck Foundation Inc. PhD ’92 Alexandria Scottish Systems Corp The Chocolate House Scott Vachris, JD ’92 Rite Bodies Gabriela Valerio ’14 American Foundation Carolyn Van Newkirk, MA ’95, for Suicide Prevention and Lee Hoffman ANCC Jeffrey VanMeter ’13 AOL LLC Sandra Vargas Ortega ’14 ASFI Curtis Vaughn, MA ’08, Astorino Family Trust PhD ’14 Ayuda Inc. Sophia Vazquez ’14 Bauer-Momeni Family Trust Gerardo Vega ’99 Blue Skies Immigration Phillip Vollman ’15 Services LLC Bruce Wahl, DA ’03 Brownstein Family Leonard Wales, MA ’12 Foundation Peter Walker, MA ’89 Burns and Burns, PC Stephen ’79 and Melody Walley CAIR Coalition Kristin Walsh, MA ’09 Cans-To-Go, LLC Owen Walsh, MS ’12 Capital Group Companies Dawne Ward ’86 Charitable Foundation Laurel Ward ’86 CASA de Maryland Ellen Waterfield Smith ’89 Charlene Faye Carey Jett Watson, MA ’16 Revocable Trust Kent Wayson ’86 ClimateWorks Foundation and Tracy Anderson Wayson Credits Lc Bryan Weaver ’03 Crime Prevention Consultants Kimberly Weaver ’96 CSRA Inc. Deborah ’83 DCI Consulting Group and Laurence Weinberg Decision Resources Inc. Amanda Wells ’13 Distilled Spirits Council James Welsh ’03 of United States Inc. James West ’85 Edward E. Clark Trust Daniel Westendorff ’12 Exotica Florist Rosemary ’77 ExxonMobil Corporation and Westley Wheeler Family Insight, PC Clementine Whelan ’87 Fleets Bay Charitable Trust Bettie White, MA ’79 FMP Consulting Helen White ’69 Fors Marsh Group LLC Timothy White ’95 Global America Signy Whitt ’06 Business Institute Nancy Whittier ’95 Google Inc. Kathleen Wiese ’88 Hattery Family Douglas Wiesen, MA ’96 Foundation Inc. John Wilburn, MA ’76 IBM International Foundation Suzanne Willard, MA ’95 ICAS Liberty Foundation Sherell Williams-Shiro ’10

CORNERSTONE 23 FACULTY AND STAFF T. Mills Kelly FORMER AND RETIRED Vincent Bataoel Anne Doerpinghaus Denise Albanese Julie and John Kidd FACULTY AND STAFF Althea Bates Josh Dorothy Kevin Augustyn Cynthia Kierner Johannes Bergmann Alison Behar and Bob Fenster Bess Ann and Sammy Duane Shaul Bakhash Theodore Kinnaman Charlene and Harlow Bickford Erin Bell Dolly and James Duane and Haleh Esfandiari Lauren Kuykendall Deborah Boehm-Davis Aldo Bello Susie and Sanjeev Duggal Amy Best Sharon Leon and Stuart Davis Leslie Benet Ronald and Rebecca Eiseman Ann Birkelbach Patricia Lozano Don and Kathy Boileau Harlow and Charlene Bickford Geoffrey Eley Lisa Breglia Nance Lucas Patricia and Vincent Carretta Richmond Blake Haleh Esfandiari Melissa Broeckelman-Post Cynthia Lum Daniel and Rachel Cohen Doris Bloch and Shaul Bakhash Jeannie Brown Leonard and Christopher Koper Marion and Ashok Deshmukh Karen Bloch and David Morgan Douglas Fagen Alecia Bryan Edward and Hilda Maibach Jennifer Disano Kathy and Don Boileau and Suzanne Smith Lawrence Butler Stephen and Jennifer Mastrofski Monica Gomez Isaac Robert Boruch Rose and Donald Fairman Ángel and Elizabeth Cabrera Robert Matz and Teresa Michals Lisa Halsted Max Boykoff Jeffrey Feagin Benedict Carton Robyn Mehlenbeck Ellen Hembree Keitha Brasler Bob Fleshner Lauren Cattaneo Janette and Star Muir Devon Hodges Hector Brown and Phyllis Aaronson Jack and Jane Censer Frank Neville and Eric Swanson Jeffrey Brown Elizabeth Gavin-Pao Tara Chaplin and Kirsten McLagan Robert Holder Michael Brownstein and Terry Pao Rose Cherubin Lisa Newmark Dee Ann Holisky Megan Buskey Rebecca and Zach Gibson Faolan Cheslack-Postava Anne Nicotera Lois Horton Fred and Karen Sue Butler Danielle Glosser Julie Christensen Sarah Nowaczyk Rosemary Jann and Charles Carol Campbell C. and Jonathan Goss and Georgi Tonia Julie Owen Keeter Hal and Kathryn Canary Wendy Gray Linda Chrosniak Robert Pasnak and Ana Lopez Ronald Jensen Vincent and Patricia Carretta and Steven Pearlstein John Cook Steven Pearlstein Jennifer Keohane John Chapin Marc Gunther Richard Craig and Wendy Gray Elyse and Donald Lehman and Mary Louise Marino Maria Hadjiyane Timothy Curby Brian Platt Justin Lowry Megan Chesin David Halsell Krystal Dains and Mary Ann Monk James Maddux Emma Cheuse Jo Alice Halsell Maria Dakake Peter Pober Richard Mason Joshua Cheuse Karen Harriman Reeshad Dalal Keith Renshaw and Carol Mattusch Sonya Cheuse Ashley Heiberger Shannon Davis and Elana Maurin Kathleen McCauley John and Phyllis Church Jack and Eugenie Helitzer Robert DeCaroli Anne Reynolds Maureen Miller Edward Clark Nancy Hewitt Timothy Denevi Jennifer Ritterhouse Robert and Jean Pugh Shirley Clark and Steven Lawson Susanne Denham Stephen Robertson James and Evelyn Sanford Donna and Ralph Clouatre Nancy Hirshberg Rutledge Dennis Laurie Robinson Joseph and Anne Scheinfeldt Rachel and Daniel Cohen Jane Hirshfield Theodore Dumas Krisztina Roder Earl Smith Richard Condon Janet and Ralph Hoffman Leslie Dyre Mona Sarfaty and Jay Siegel Cari Covey Thomas and Sandra Hoog Megan Edmondson Catherine Saunders FRIENDS Todd Cowart Kelli Horton Christopher Elzey Zachary Schrag Mickey and Marlo Acock Deirdre Coyne Christine and Chris Hunter Christianne Esposito-Smythers Suzanne Scott Constantine Gracene Acton Melissa Dabas Eric Jester Jane Flinn Martin Sherwin Vural Ak Liu Dan Manisha and Roy Kapani John Foster Jagadish and Anastasia Shukla Afreen Akhter Jack and Sheila Davidson Robert Kelleman Rosalind Gann Paul Smith Jennifer Ashley David Davies Christopher Kelsey Charlotte Gill Rodger Smith Hyun Bae Kirk Davis Bassel Khoury Stephen Goodwin Suzanne Smith Stephen Baker Andrew Deckert Stuart Kogod Nathaniel Greenberg and Douglas Fagen and Margaret Grisius-Baker Janaki Deshmukh Gary Kornblith Stephanie Grimm Darlene Smucny Sarah Baline Mary Devlin and Carol Lasser Timothy Groseclose Garry Sparks Mark Hall Tojo Thatchenkery Whitney Harris David Weisburd Tamara Harvey Martin Wiener and Douglas Stewart James and Melissa Willis Angela Hattery David and Susan Wilson Emmett Holman Adam Winsler Daniel and Patricia Houser Jim Witte Joy Hughes and Kenneth Lee Catherine Wright Michael Hurley Esther Yook Tania James Stephen Zaccaro Devon Johnson Rosemarie Zagarri Seth Kaplan and William Gormley Matthew Karush Karl Zhang and Alison Landsberg Xiaoquan Zhao

Bold—Denotes President’s Circle giving * Deceased

For online giving, visit chss.gmu.edu/give.

24 SPRING 2018 PARENTS, FORMER PARENTS, AND GRANDPARENTS Karene Alvarado Kanchan Anand Karen Bankert Charlotte and Buddy Beck Terry Boyd Peter Bruno Amy and Michael Bruns Kelly and John Bukovich Nichele Carver Yvette Chalmers Rachel Colligan Donna Divers Louis and Janet Ford Ellen Fye What’s New? Inge Gedo and Wayne Applewhite We want to know… Elizabeth Gossart Erik Landberg ➤Where are you now? Mira Lee Mary Mackercher ➤Have you moved? M. Yaqub and Tanveer Mirza ➤Gotten married? Lawrence Oppenheimer Ronald and Cheryl Orga ➤Had a baby? Patricia Pile Jonathan and Gayle Kosarin William and Penelope Naylor Jay Siegel and Mona Sarfaty Roy Relph ➤Landed a new job? Peter Kotcher Otilia Neacsu Jason Silverman David Robertson ➤Seen former class- George Kralovec Gwen and Alan Nelson Tina Silverstein Vincenza Scanzo Michael Lanning Chuli Ni Neeta Sirur L. and Virginia Severance mates recently? Matthew Lappe Brendan Susan Smulyan David and Claire Shaby Chad Lash and Kelsey O’Donoghue Emma Snyder Anne-Marie Smith Shelley Lawrence Kristin O’Shee Anthony Soriano Steven and Susan Sultan Submit your class notes Jan and Lance Lerum Timothy Owens Susan Stamberg Jean Tierno to Mason Spirit, the Anne Owl Keith Stanger Cornelia Levine George Turner university’s magazine, Mindy Levy Panayotis Pantazis Edward and Joanne Staunton and Jean Leonard Junling Li Richard Peabody Joelle Steefel Dioselina Vazquez at alumni.gmu.edu/ John Lingan Karl Polzer Darrel and Sharon Stephens Misty Watson whatsnew. and Justyna Sadlowska Charles Portaluppi Trevor Stone Joanne and John Wiernusz Damon Lombard John and Susan Poulton Helen Suren Please be sure to include Ana Lopez and Robert Pasnak Connie and Tony Price Eric Swanson your graduation year Danielle Lozano Beverly Raimondo and Devon Hodges and degree. Marion Lozano Connie Rath Tricia Tripp Siesel and Howard Maibach Jason Rhody Grace and Richard Tsuyuki Christopher Maier Thomas Rickers Terry and Daniel Tyson For more information, David Maier P. Michael Riffert Patty VandenHeuvel please visit Leila Marcus Emanuel and Daria Rosen Elizabeth Vaquera Lucian Mattison Andrew Rothgaber Oscar Varela chss.gmu.edu/alumni. Bobby McKenzie Chris Rufer Arne Wagner Terry McMillan James Russell Daniel and Judith Walkowitz Annie Medaglia John Russell and Joan West Terry Wallace Virginia Mehlenbeck Dong Ho Ryu Janet Weber Anne Mellinger-Birdsong Sam Schlenner Charles Wellford and George Birdsong Stephen and Susan Scolnik Melissa and James Willis Save the Date for Margaret Milesnick Lisa Seemann Seong Won Yoon Alumni Weekend 2018! Robert and Shirlee Miller Stan and Ruth Seemann Lin Wu Stewart Moss Daniel Selnick John Yamaguchi October 11–14—stay Judy Nadel Mona Shelton and Lisa Maibach tuned for a special event Daniel Nagin Tim Sherratt Kathryn Zander Dina Nawas Amanda Shuman Ernest Zimmerman for CHSS alumni.

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Professor and Provost Emeritus Peter Stearns to do so. sity leadership in 1998 to started a yearly literary festival Hires have included Tania James, who is from India; similar to Charlottesville’s Virginia Festival for the Book. Courtney Brkic, originally from Croatia; Helon Habila From that first two-and-a-half-day festival, Fall for the Ngalabak, who is Nigerian. Book has put Fairfax on the literary map. Thanks to the generosity of Rosalind Gann, a creative “What I find is, a lot of people love the fact that it hap- writing MFA student and adjunct faculty member in the pens. It’s a bit like knowing that a classic art museum is right Department of English, the graduate program is similarly there, and you could go anytime you wanted to,” he says. diversifying. Miller speaks of Gann’s recognition that the Miller particularly appreciates the impact of the fes- makeup of her graduate peers did not reflect the range of tival on its youngest visitors. In 2017, Fall for the Book cultures among Mason’s undergraduate population. In partnered with the City of Fairfax and the Fall Festival, response, she set up the Robert Raymond Scholarship adding family activities on the bottom floor of Old Town Fund, named in honor of her late father, which is dedicated Hall. It was a great addition to the event that Miller thinks to including students in the graduate Creative Writing families enjoyed. Program whose attendance will help diversify its student “They’ll be back,” he says of those who participated. population. “The thing is, it calls attention to it,” Miller “Now they’ve watched that look on their kid’s face, they says. “We really want people with various backgrounds to saw the value of the kid hearing a story or being able to come and be part of us and part of the community.” hold a book and say, ‘I want that!’” Miller leaves Fall for the In summer 2018, Miller will retire from Mason and Book in the hands of Kara Oakleaf, who has worked with hand off the responsibilities of the program to Gregg him the last several years and becomes its director. Wilhelm, who has lately been serving as the director of Miller’s leadership of the festival led to his 2016 receipt marketing and enrollment development for the School of the Jack Wood Award for Town and Gown Relations, of Professional and Continuing Studies at the Maryland which honors those who foster relationships between the Institute College of Art. Wilhelm is a writer with an active university and the surrounding community. The previ- career in publishing and has experience getting young writ- ous year, Miller was named Mason’s Faculty Member of ers published through working with small presses. He was the Year by the university’s Alumni Association, an honor also instrumental in starting CityLit Festival in Baltimore. he shared with his family, which includes a son who is an “He’s perfect,” Miller says. “If I were to go out and look for alumnus and a grandson who is a current BFA student somebody myself, he’d be the guy I’d pick. And, of course, graduating in May. “If you look at it, we represent the shift I wasn’t part of the process at all. A three-member search in Mason, and the perception of Mason,” he says. committee found him and brought him in.” As he wraps his distinguished tenure with Mason, Confident in the future direction of the Creative Miller jokes that, just as his grandson is about to graduate, Writing Program, Miller plans to travel, but not so far that “I’m going to graduate, too, and leave.” he won’t be able to return to Mason’s annual Fall for the But it is the college’s hope that he won’t leave before Book, celebrating its 20th anniversary in fall 2018. He’s reading one more group of graduates across the EagleBank been a vital part of each year’s event, serving as executive Arena stage. director since 2003, and was instrumental in the festival from its start in 1999. He was charged by city and univer-

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concomitant loss of domestic freedom, are not known of social control invented and honed throughout this or seen at the time of the intervention. Thus the costs process often boomerang to the homeland. Curtailing of preparing for and engaging in intervention will tend the boomerang effect thus requires rolling back the to be understated; that is, intervention will appear more American empire. Given the slack in existing formal attractive than it actually is. constraints, this requires that enough citizens possess an antimilitarist ideology that places a significant 2. Existing formal constraints are limited in protecting free- weight on individual liberty and recognizes the domes- dom from abuses of power associated with intervention. tic government as a significant threat to domestic free- Existing constitutional constraints tend to grant signifi- dom. This ideology also requires citizens to recognize cant discretion in matters of national security, with the that patriotism requires a critical attitude toward the traditional checks and balances—courts and the legis- activities of their government, especially as it relates to lators—typically deferring to the executive branch and matters of foreign affairs. Citizens must appreciate the the extended security state. This is especially true dur- perverse incentives facing political actors irrespective of ing times of crisis. The constraints provided by formal their political affiliation. They must also embrace how international law are also severely limited. As has been precious and rare individual freedom is in the broader glaringly evident over the past 15 years, the U.S. govern- context of the world history. ment can simply ignore or redefine international law when it so chooses. Members of the U.S. government often use the rhetoric of freedom and virtue to legitimize intervention. 3. Ideology can constrain foreign policy and is crucial to pro- This supposed commitment to higher ideals is indicated tecting against abuses of power. by the names assigned to the government’s actions, Recognizing the limitations of existing formal con- such as “Operation Just Cause,” “Operation Enduring straints is not to suggest that all is lost. The underlying Freedom,” “Operation Iraqi Freedom,” “Operation Valiant spirit animating America’s foreign policy is not fixed. Guardian,” and “Operation Falcon Freedom.” Despite this It is in the control of citizens and can be changed over rhetoric, the boomerang effect operates: preparing for and time. In general, the exercise of power by the government carrying out intervention abroad undermines freedom at requires the voluntary consent of those living under that home. As Mark Twain cautioned over a century ago, when government. This means that the U.S. government’s citizens and their government become comfortable with ability to act in a militaristic manner requires Americans the “crushing of other people’s liberties,” they will eventu- to go along either directly—by actively supporting such ally “suffer for their mistake in their own persons.” Twain’s a foreign policy—or indirectly—through indifference. warning must be sounded regularly until we all realize that 4 An antimilitarist ideology is necessary to curtail interven- domestic liberty is not immune to the tyranny of foreign tion and its assaults on liberty. intervention and the militarism at its foundation. Ideology influences the extent to which people embrace militarism. Acceptance of militarism in turn enables a Tyranny Comes Home: The Domestic Fate of U.S. Militarism proactive, aggressive foreign policy that consists of pre- was published by Stanford University Press in April 2018. paring for and engaging in intervention. The techniques

CORNERSTONE 27 ALLISON COBB, MFA ’97, is the author of After We All Died (Ahsahta Press); Plastic: an auto- biography (Essay Press EP series); Born2 (Chax Press); and Green-Wood, originally published by Factory School with a new edition forthcoming in 2018 from Nightboat Books. After We All Died is a finalist for the National Poetry Series and the Oregon Book Award. The poet Carolyn OUTREACH Forché calls After We All Died “inventive, visionary, hard- thought, and impossible to put down.” Cobb’s work combines historical and scientific research, essay, and poetry to address issues of landscape, Allison Cobb politics, and ecology. She was a 2018 finalist for the Oregon Book Award, a 2015 finalist for the National Poetry Series, a 2015 Djerassi Resident Artist, a 2014 Playa Resident Artist, received a 2011 Individual Artist Fellowship award from the Oregon Arts Commission, and was a 2009 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow. Cobb works for the Environmental Defense Fund and lives in Portland, Oregon, where she co-curates The Switch reading, art, and performance series. After We All Died is, at the time of Cornerstone’s publication, a finalist for the Oregon Book Award.

Portrait by Charles Slocomb Photo of Omega Bridge by Daniel Schwen, Wikimedia Commons

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I was born because of love inside a weapons lab. The End— Omega Bridge—connects the town, the little boxes lit along the cliffs. For love the men awake and cross the bridge to labor on their bombs for love. For love becomes a body in the world. And fear. A fear comes with it to the world, a cry in air burst first from lungs. And grief, the instant born, the shape of what will come, the shape of what they’d seen. Become then students of the sun, to will that fire here to burn. The bomb makers always burned with so much love—the father pillars of my child self in church who prayed the sun to earth to burn up everything for love. For love -fused fear. For grief.

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