Meet Our Alumni

Jada Salter and family
Jada Salter, BA Film and Video Studies, 2020

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

  • Christine Papaniclou
    Christine Papaniclou is a first generation American with parents from Greece and Hong Kong. She has her MFA in painting and critical theory from Central Saint Martins in London.  
  • Seon Gyu Park

    Doctoral Candidate in Vocal Performance

    “It is a great honor for me to attend George Mason University’s School of Music and receive the Peterson Endowment in Vocal Arts to continue my education and advanced training in Vocal Performance.
  • 2010, Film and Video Studies, BA

    Alex Plank, Film and Video Studies alum
  • Bill Podolski

    2005, BM Music Education

    Bill Podolski is in his eighth year as Director of Choral Activities at H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program where he teaches six middle and high choral ensembles, which collectively involve a quarter of the school’s student population.
  • Daniel Puneky

    2006, Dance, BFA

    Daniel graduated from George Mason with a BFA in Dance in 2006. Following graduation he moved to New York City where he danced for danceTactics Performance Group, cornfield dance, Propel-her Dance Collective and Wallie Wolfgruber. In 2009, he left New York and moved to New Orleans to pursue a career in Medicine. He is currently a member of the Class of 2015 at LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. After graduation, he hopes to pursue a residency and career in Neurosurgery. 
  • Installation of In/Between | A Rock and a Hard Place

    BFA Visual Art, 2014

    Justin is a conceptual and research based artist working along the Northeast Corridor, in and between New York and Washington, D.C. His childhood home was haunted, and he was seemingly predestined to involve himself in areas of the uncanny...
  • Owen Robertson, 1997, Theater, BA

    1997, Theater, BA

    I'm currently the founder and Executive Director of Lab Theater Project, a theater company devoted to the development of new works and new theater artists. I am also a Doctoral Student at the University of South Florida, College of Education, with a focus in Program Development. My research is in Storytelling and what can be taught through Narrative.
  • Alicia Rodriguez

    2020, Film and Video Studies, BA

    Her first documentary “Cultivation and Community” about urban agriculture in D.C. was selected for the 2018 Best of Film at Mason and screened at Community Stories Film Festival.
  • Dustin Rogers

    MFA, Painting/Art and Visual Technology, 2011

    Dustin obtained his MFA in Painting at Kendall College of Art and Design after relocating to Grand Rapids, Michigan on scholarship. He obtained his BFA in Art and Visual Technology: Painting at George Mason University in my hometown of Fairfax, Virginia.
  • A headshot of Mohammed Saffouri, who looks at the camera from a slight angle. He has dark hair and a short beard, smiling at the camera. He wears a white button down shirt and is pictured in front of a neutral gray background.
    Mohammed Saffouri is an award-winning Palestinian-American filmmaker based in Fairfax, Virginia. Saffouri distinguished himself early on in his film career by earning a Capital Emmy for his debut documentary film, The First.