Film and Video Studies alumna (2020) Jada Salter (pictured, far right) always knew that her grandfather was special so she wanted to share his story with the world. For part of her capstone project, Jada made a short documentary about William ("Salty Bill") Salter, three-time Grammy winner, composer, musician, and writer of the song, Just the Two of Us. She then went on to make that short film into a feature called Just the Two of Us, which aired in February 2024.
Alumni List
BFA Computer Game Design, 2013
Game alum Alex Estep wanted to pursue animation as a career. After 2 years at community college I saw that Mason had a new Game Design program. I hoped this program would provide me the opportunity to pursue animation and digital arts as a career.
BA Music with a concentration in String Pedagogy (Cello), 2020
Mark Evans is a recent graduate (2022) in BA Music with a concentration in string pedagogy. He is currently teaching across the Northern Virginia and Washington D.C area with various Academies and Non-profit organizations.
2020, Arts Management, MA
Natalie Gelbvaks is a graduate student at the College of Visual and Performing Arts, pursuing her master’s degree in Arts Management. Born in Beer-Sheva, Israel she relocated to Brazil at 6 years old where she was raised and obtained her high school diploma at A.Liessin Scholem Aleichem and Bachelor’s degree in Social Communications at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).
BFA Game Design, 2020
Alexander Goldberg graduated Summa Cum Laude from George Mason in 2020 with a BFA in Game Design. He is a game designer, programmer, D&D player, and eclectic personality. Upon graduation he founded Mischief and Mayhem Studios, a small remote based indie game development studio, and became one of the founders and the lead programmer for the three-person indie studio Broken Name Games.
2019, MM in Vocal Performance
2016, BM Music“The Peterson Endowment in Vocal Arts has made it possible for me to attend the program that met all my criteria.
2013, Film and Video Studies, BA
Kwanza Nicole Gooden is a director, writer, producer, editor, and videographer who's work has been featured on USA Today, BuzzFeed, and BET Networks. In 2018, she was awarded Best Director at the Oscar-qualifying Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival for her short film Token.
Adjunct Faculty, Computer Game Design, CVPA
Daniel Greenberg teaches game design topics in the Computer Game Design program, with a focus on history and analysis.
BFA, Dance
Holly Harkins began her dance training in 2011 under Keith Lee at Dance Theatre of Lynchburg and graduated high school from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2017. She has trained at the American Dance Festival, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, SpringboardX, The Ailey School, The Taylor School, Company E, the Doug Varone Winter Intensive, the Gaga Winter Intensive, worked as an intern at Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in NYC, and is currently working as the Social Media intern at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park.
BA in Music/Viola, minor in Arts Management, 2018
Sophie Heeden is currently the Concert Operations Coordinator for the Boston Symphony Orchestra where she works with the BSO, Boston Pops, and with their operations at Tanglewood in Lenox, MA.
1998, Theater, BA
Since my time at GMU, I spent three years as a theatre artist in DC then went to VCU for my MFA in Theatre Pedagogy--Directing (graduated Dec 2003).