Faculty and Staff List A to Z

  • James Van Meer

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    MFA, Art and Visual Technology, 2017 (alumnus)

    James X. Van Meer (Jim) is a native of the Washington, D.C. metro area and has been actively engaged in branding, marketing, and design for over 40 years.
  • Luis Vasquez La Roche

    Assistant Professor, School of Art, CVPA

    Luis Vasquez La Roche is an artist and educator that resides between Trinidad and Tobago and Virginia. They hold an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Their practice is interested in aspects of the transatlantic slave trade that repeat themselves in varying ways in the present.
  • Nana Vaughn holding viola next to a stream

    Adjunct Faculty, VIOLA, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA  

    Nana Gaskins Vaughn, Adjunct Applied Faculty in Viola at the Dewberry School of Music at George Mason University, is in high demand as a freelance musician and teacher in the Mid-Atlantic region.
  • Paloma Vianey Martinez Acosta

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Paloma Vianey Martinez Acosta is an interdisciplinary artist from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico who currently lives and works in Washington D.C. Her work explores the vulnerabilities and violence of her community and narrates her experience crossing the U.S.-Mexico border daily, questioning the political corruptness of this division.
  • Lauren Wagner

    Assistant Dean for Student Academic Affairs, College of Visual and Performing Arts

    Lauren Wagner is the Assistant Dean for Student Academic Affairs for the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Lauren has been with George Mason University since 2010 and with our College since 2018. S
  • Will Waikart

    Adjunct Faculty and Music Coordinator, School of Dance, CVPA

    Will Waikart began accompanying dance classes at Mason in the mid-2000s while studying music across the hall at the School of Music, where he earned his BA.
  • Brandon Wallace

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Brandon Wallace’s artistic passion lies in telling stories through drawing and painting. Wallace holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from The Maryland Institute College of Art and a Master of Fine Arts in Illustration from Syracuse University. 
  • Constance Walsh

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Dance, CVPA

    Constance Walsh began her training in New Jersey with Vitale Fokine. She continued her training at The French School of Ballet and with William Inglis at the New Jersey School of Performing Arts.
  • Joseph Walsh

    Assistant Professor of Accompanying and VOCAL Coaching, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
    School of Theater, CVPA

    Joseph Walsh has three decades of experience in preparing, presenting and conducting opera and musical theater in Virginia, across the U.S. and internationally. He is a conductor admired for his ability to combine dramatic flair and theatrical excitement with sensitivity, detail and a keen sense of dramatic pacing.
  • Program and Production Coordinator, CFA

    Megan Webb is the Program and Production Coordinator, CFA, CVPA