General Inquiries
College of Visual and Performing Arts
George Mason University
4400 University Drive, MS 4C1
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact e-mails:
Current student questions
Prospective student questions (undergraduate)
Prospective student questions (graduate)
General inquiries
Office hours: Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Reception will take messages for staff as needed.
Administrative and Staff Offices
Dean's Office
Rick Davis, Dean
Contact: Evie Alis, Executive Assistant to the Dean
College Hall, C200B
703-993-8624
L. Whitman Brown, Director of Finance & Administration
College Hall, C200D
703-993-8877
Kristin Johnsen-Neshati, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and International Programs
deLaski Performing Arts Building, A407F
703-993-1122
Lauren Wagner, Assistant Dean for Student Academic Affairs
College Hall, C211C
703-993-1321
Justin Sutters, Assistant Dean for Research and Assessment
Art & Design Buidling, 2009
703-993-4375
Niyati Dhokai, Faculty Fellow for Curricular Innovation
Emily Green, Faculty Fellow for Curricular Innovation
Academic Affairs Office
College Hall, Suite C211, MS 1H4, Fairfax, VA 22030
Academic Affairs inbox for policy and exception questions.
Lauren Wagner, Assistant Dean for Student Academic Affairs
College Hall, C211C
703-993-1321
Jaimie Appleton, Coordinator, Academic Affairs
College Hall, C211A
703-993-2196
Christen Beatty, Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator
703-993-5572
Dawn Kelley, Associate Director of Student Academic Affairs
703-993-5576
Asma Omarzad, Associate Director for Graduate Academic Affairs
703-993-9773
CVPA Development Office
Susan Graziano, Director of Development
College Hall, C211
703-993-4188
Technology and Security
Federica Incerti, Director of Technology and Security
Schools and Programs
School of Art
Interim Director: Don Starr
Contact: Mary Liles
2050 Art and Design Building
703-993-8898
Arts Management
Director: Karalee Dawn MacKay
Contact: Setarra Kennedy
3434 N. Washington Blvd, Suite 5064 MS 1C8, Arlington, VA 22201
703-993-8926 | General inquiries email
Computer Game Design
Director: Sang Nam
Contact: Mary Bean
2020 Art and Design Building
703-993-5734
School of Dance
Director: Karen Reedy
Contact: Susan Brionez
Performing Arts Building (PAB), Room A300
703-993-1114 | General inquiries email
Film & Video Studies
Interim Director: Cynthia Fuchs
Contact: Sam Sinagra
College Hall, C100D
703-993-5158 | General inquiries email
Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music
Director: Linda Monson
Contact: Lauren Rigby
PAB, Room A417D
703-993-2749 | General inquiries email
School of Theater
Interim Director: Djola Branner
Contact: Mary Burgess
PAB, Room A407
703-993-1120 | General inquiries email
Performing Arts Venues
Center for the Arts
Julie Thompson, Executive Director
College Hall, C206
703-993-8874 | General inquiries email
Hylton Performing Arts Center
Rick Davis, Executive Director
Contact: Susan Landess
10900 University Blvd, MSN 5D2, Manassas, VA 20110
703-993-8624 | General inquiries email
Galleries
Mason Exhibitions
Donald Russell, University Curator and Director, Provisions Research Center for Art & Social Change
Jeffrey Kenney, Associate Curator
Art and Design Building, Suite 2050
703-993-8898 | General inquiries email