Affiliate Faculty

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    Associate Research Professor, Co-director of the Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC)

    Kirkpatrick's research is interdisciplinary, cutting across such fields as Philosophy, Political Science, Public Policy, and Computer Science
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    Dr. Lauren Kuykendall (pronounced "KIRK-in-doll") is an Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology. She joined Mason after receiving her Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Purdue University in 2015.
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    Professor and Director, Center for Humanities Research

    Professor Landsberg is an internationally recognized scholar in the field of memory studies.  Her book, Prosthetic Memory: The Transformation of American Remembrance in the Age of Mass Culture (Columbia UP, 2004) considers the way in which individuals are increasingly able to take on memories of events they did not live through.
  • Adjunct Faculty, Honors College

    Instruction Coordinator, University Libraries

    David Lemmons (he/they) is the Instruction Coordinator in University Libraries and an Adjunct Faculty member in the Honors College.
  • Associate Professor | School of Integrative Studies
    Concentration Head | MAIS, Social Justice and Human Rights
    Concentration Head | MAIS, Individualized Studies

    Shayna is an Associate Professor with the School of Integrative Studies and has taught at Mason for the last eight years. Her research and classes focus on popular culture, systems of oppression, and the ways in which concepts of self and society are constructed through a multitude of popular texts.
  • Online Learning Coordinator & Instruction Librarian Adjunct Faculty, Honors College

    I have been with George Mason University Libraries since 2007 and have had the privilege of teaching Honors 110 since 2020.
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    Associate Director, Office of Admissions, George Mason University

    Patrick Money is the Associate Director of Admissions for George Mason University. After starting as a student employee at the Admissions office, he has spent the last decade as a member of the Mason Admissions family helping students and families find the right college destination.
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    Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)

    Luma Mousa has a BA in English Language & Literature and an MA in English Literature & Criticism.
  • Affiliate Faculty

    Associate Professor of Italian

    Associate Chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages

    Olson has enjoyed teaching students at George Mason since 2005. She teaches courses on a wide range of subjects, from medieval Italian literature to cinema, opera and language.
  • Clarence J. Robinson Professor, Honors College

    John Paden received his B.A. in philosophy from Occidental College, his M.A. in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and his Ph.D. in politics from Harvard University.