Joseph Scimecca

A transplanted New Yorker, Joseph Scimecca received his B.A. in political science from Hunter College - CUNY; and his M.A. and Ph.D in sociology from New York University. Before coming to George Mason University, as chair of the department in 1977, he previously taught at St. John's University, Upsala College, the University of Maine, and SUNY-Albany. He served as Chair of the department at George Mason from 1977 to 1987, Director of the Center for Conflict Analysis and Resolution from 1987 to 1990, and again as Chair from 1997 to 2002. His research interests are in humanist sociological theory, the sociology of higher education, and the intersection of social science and religion.

Scimecca was an original member of the Faculty Advisory Group at George Mason University that founded the Center for Conflict Resolution, which became the Center for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, and now the Jimmy and Rosalynn Cater School for Peace and Conflict Resolution. He was the third Director of CCR after Byrant Wedge and Henry Barringer.

Degrees

• PhD, Sociology, New York University
• MAR, Sociology, New York University