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Mack P. Holt is Professor of History Emeritus and received his Ph.D in History from Emory University in 1982. Before coming to George Mason in 1989 he taught at Harvard and Vanderbilt universities. From 1998 to 2002 he was also Director of the Honors Program in General Education, and he served as the...
Larrie D. Ferreiro FRHistS received his PhD in the History of Science and Technology from Imperial College London. He teaches history and engineering at George Mason University in Virginia, Georgetown University in Washington DC and the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. He has served for...
Sun-Young Park is a cultural and architectural historian who specializes in nineteenth-century France. Her research focuses on the ways in which architectural history, urban history, and the history of medicine intersect. Her first book, Ideals of the Body: Architecture, Urbanism, and Hygiene in Post...
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...
Recipient of the 2021 Presidential Medal for Faculty Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion & 2022 NAACP Arlington President's Award for GMU Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence (ARIE) Task Force
Dr. Christy Pichichero (pronounced \pi-‘ki-kə-rō\) holds a joint appointment as Associate Professo...
Lisa Passaglia Bauman received her PhD in Art History from Northwestern University. Her scholarly interests focus on cardinals as patrons in late fifteenth-century Rome and the elaborate rhetoric of patronage of the della Rovere family. Before coming to George Mason University, she worked at the Art ...
This survey examines the technical, aesthetic, and political histories of photography from pre-photographic technologies to the present. Considering photography’s complex role as a reproductive medium, this course will address its relationship with other visual arts, its deployment in scientific, fac...