David is an associate professor in the School of Integrative Studies and teaches courses for Women and Gender Studies, the English Composition program, and the Honors College. Most of their courses focus on gender and sexuality in popular culture, friendship studies, rhetoric, research methods, and LGBTQ+ studies. They also strive to make any course they teach writing intensive and use principles from the field of writing and rhetoric in their assignment design, feedback, and overall pedagogy.
Clarence J. Robinson Professor, Honors College
Spencer Crew has worked in public history institutions for more than twenty-five years. He served as president of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center for six years and worked at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution for twenty years. Nine of those years he served as the director of NMAH. At each of those institutions he sought to make history accessible to the public through innovative and inclusive exhibitions and public programs.
Amy Crockett is a PhD student in the Department of Economics at George Mason University. Amy earned her MA in Teaching at the Relay Graduate School of Education, and her BS in Systems Engineering and Economics at George Mason University.
Instructional Associate Professor of English
Affiliate Faculty, Women and Gender Studies
Assistant Pathways Program Coordinator, INTO MasonSharon Doetsch-Kidder completed their PhD in English and Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and their BA and MA at Georgetown University.
Associate Director of Student Programs and Community Initiatives, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Crystal Fickers is an experienced entrepreneur, consultant, and educator with over 19 years of experience in social impact, including 10 years running social enterprises. As the Associate Director at George Mason University’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, she focuses on empowering underserved communities through experiential entrepreneurship education so that they may realize their vision of the future.
Associate Professor
Dr. Freeman joined the School of Integrative Studies as an Assistant Professor of Conservation Studies in 2008. Like the field itself, her research encompasses a range of topics including behavioral and chemical ecology, evolutionary biology, and reproductive physiology. Behavioral ecology/endocrinology best describe her areas of interest; she conducts studies on the hormones and behavior of the diverse species of this planet.
Term Associate Professor, School of Integrative Studies
Rev. Al Fuertes, PhD., is an Associate Professor in the School of Integrative Studies in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. His areas of interest include global education and cross-cultural learning; psychosocial trauma healing as a component in peacebuilding and community development; sustainability of indigenous communities and more.
Associate Professor Emeritus
George Mason University; Adjunct Professor
American University; Solar System Ambassador
NASA/JPL
Harold A. Geller is Associate Professor Emeritus, George Mason University (GMU); Adjunct Professor, American University (AU); and, Solar System Ambassador, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Ariel M. Goldenthal (she/her/hers) is an associate professor and assistant director of Composition at George Mason University.
Associate Professor
Professor of Classical Art and ArchaeologyChristopher Gregg received his BA and MA degrees in Latin from the University of Georgia; he earned his doctorate in Classical Archaeology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2000. Art History: Topography and urbanism of Ancient Rome and Pompeii; gender and sexuality in the Classical world; Roman imperial sculpture
