David is an assistant professor in the School of Integrative Studies and teaches courses for Women and Gender Studies, the Composition program, and the Honors College. Most of their courses focus on gender and sexuality in popular culture, friendship studies, rhetoric, and LGBTQ+ studies. They also s...
Rachel Lewis earned a Ph.D. from Cornell University and is an Associate Professor in the Women and Gender Studies Program at George Mason University. She is also the graduate director for the graduate certificate and MAIS concentration in Women and Gender Studies. Prior to joining George Mason, she w...
Jessica Scarlata is an associate professor of English and film and media studies and the director of the Screen Cultures minor (formerly Film and Media Studies) in CHSS. Her work addresses questions of incarceration, contested geographies and memories, and an approach to globalization that emphasizes...
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...
Dr. Craig is an Associate Professor of Communication at George Mason University. He has been a part of the university and the Department of Communication since the fall of 2009. Dr. Craig received his BA in Journalism from Olivet College, his MA in Telecommunications Management from Michigan State U...
The minor in Screen Cultures explores mass culture in its visual manifestations and helps students develop an informed awareness of culture and media, ideological tendencies, and effects on daily experience. Committed to interdisciplinary studies, the program addresses the increasing complexity and m...
Kevin M. Flanagan received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 2015 in English/film studies (dissertation - The British War Film, 1939-1980: Culture, History, and, Genre). A book based on this project, called War Representation in British Cinema and Television: From Suez to Thatcher, and B...
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,...