Professor G. Chesler (they/them) directs, produces, and writes fiction and documentary films that address sexuality, the body, gender and racial justice. Their films have been exhibited at hundreds of film festivals, museums, community centers, and galleries worldwide. They teach courses in fiction d...
David J. Miller is a seasoned Senior Instructor and the Coordinator of Media Production and Criticism at George Mason University's Department of Communication. With over 25 years of teaching experience in media production, criticism, and journalism at the university level, he is a highly knowledgeabl...
From its origins as a branch campus of the University of Virginia to its current status as Virginia’s largest, most inclusive, and most innovative university, George Mason University has experienced 50 remarkable years of growth and achievement. In just 50 years Mason has grown from a small Universit...
Faculty members in GMU's Film and Media Studies and Film and Video Studies programs are making us proud. Below, please find a select list of recent awards, publications, presentations, and film shoots and screenings. Hans L. Charles, Assistant Professor, Film and Video Studies Cinematograp...
11 November 2015: Lyric R. Cabral and (T)Error (2015) Johnson Center Cinema Presented by Film and Media Studies, African and African American Studies, Film and Video Studies, and the English Department. On 11 November 2015, Veteran's Day, the GMU Visiting Filmmakers Series hosted a screening of (T...
“What are you going to do with that?” is a question I heard often from my family as an undergraduate and as a PhD student. As an English major with older siblings pursuing nursing and medical school, and with lots of cousins pursuing engineering and science degrees, there was always an edge to that q...
On Wednesday, 5 March 2014, Laverne Cox spoke to a packed HUB Ballroom, to ask and answer the question, “Ain’t I a Woman?” Before her presentation, a group of students, professors, and community members gathered for a panel discussion on the Netflix series in which Cox stars, Orange is the New Black,...
