Schar School of Policy and Government

Elijah Nichols has used spoken word to encourage action on issues such as gun violence and LGBTQ rights since high school in Muskegon, Mich.

While she was a George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student, Tameka Porter conducted research in 2015 that uncovered a statistic that seemed counterintuitive at the time: Students with low academic qualifications who enrolled at selective colleges showed positive graduation outcomes.

Three groups of graduate students at the Schar School of Policy and Government are bridging the gaps in knowledge management at Marriott International, the Arlington County Fire Department, and the George Mason University Fiscal Department.

It’s not every day George Mason University Master’s in Public Policy students and Education School doctoral students get to ride in the underground train that transports senators from the Russell Senate Office to the U.S. Capitol.

It was a global conference with a very heady list of panelists and presenters, including several ministers of defense, thought-leaders in counterterrorism, human trafficking, international security, and several NATO deputy assistant secretaries general.

The daughter of Somali immigrants has found her niche in American politics.

A capacity crowd of more than 50 students attended the Schar School Undergraduate Student Organization’s first faculty-led debate on Friday, March 29, at the Long and Kimmy Nguyen Engineering Building on George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus.

Bria Reel has a strong desire to improve U.S.-Middle Eastern relations, and she is fluent in English, Spanish, and Arabic.

Ann Mei Chang spent 20 years in Silicon Valley, working for the likes of Google, Apple, Intuit, and other innovative and entrepreneurial disrupters.

Several times a year, five undergraduate students are selected by the Schar School of Policy and Government’s Undergraduate Student Services Office to have lunch with the dean of the school, Mark J. Rozell.