Studying history at George Mason will provide you with a broad perspective on the contemporary world and the events that have shaped it. As a history major, you will hone your skills in collecting, interpreting, and communicating information. Our department is home to specialists on every region of t...
LaNitra M. Berger is an associate professor of history and art history and director of African and African American Studies at George Mason University. From 2010-2022, she was the senior director of the Office of Fellowships at Mason. Throughout her career, she has worked toward helping underrepresen...
Dr. Charles Chavis, Jr., Ph.D. is the Director of African and African American Studies at George Mason University. He is also the founding Director of the John Mitchell, Jr. Program for History, Justice, and Race at George Mason University’s Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Res...
Robert Carlock is a PhD student in history at George Mason University. His research centers on university student activism during the 1960s and 1970s, but he is interested broadly in the effects of social movements. His thesis, A New (Bowling Green State) University, analyzes how the sister school of...
Yevette Richards is a specialist in African American history, U.S. women’s history, labor studies, and Pan-Africanism. She has published Maida Springer, Pan-Africanist and International Labor Leader (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000) and the oral history companion book entitled, Conversations wi...
Hannah LeComte is a first year PhD student and Teaching Assistant. Her research includes United States women and gender history, with emphases on childhood, activism, and public history. Before attending George Mason, Hannah earned her MA in Public History from Duquesne University, and she holds a BA...
Sheri Ann Huerta holds a PhD in History from George Mason University specializing in the antebellum South, slavery, legal history and social culture. Her dissertation, "'A Great Uneasiness In Our County': Slavery and Its Influence on Family and Community Stability in Northern Virginia, 1782-1860," co...