Arts Management Faculty and Staff

  • Director Emeritus, Arts Management, CVPA

    Richard Kamenitzer's accomplishments include being the former Program Director & Associate Professor of the Arts Management Program (having been granted EMERITUS status by George Mason University’s Board of Visitors in 2013, upon his retirement);
  • Professor of Practice in Cultural Policy and Arts Management, Arts Management, CVPA

    Jonathan Katz, Ph.D. and Professor of Practice in Cultural Policy and Arts Management at George Mason University, consults extensively on strategic planning, cultural policy development, advocacy, leadership development and the value of arts education.
  • Eileen Kennedy

    Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA

    Associate Vice President of Development, Central and Units

    Eileen Kennedy is the Director of Development for the Hylton Performing Arts Center.
  • Setarra Kennedy

    Adjunct Faculty & Assistant Director, Arts Management, CVPA
    Adjunct Faculty, School of Dance, CVPA

    A native Washingtonian, Setarra is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts and holds a BFA in Dance and MA in Arts Management from George Mason University.
  • Adjunct Professor, George Mason University

    Associate Director, Center for Cultural Vibrancy

     

    Josh Kohn is an adjunct professor in the Arts Management program and teaches the Programming and Project Management course. He is the Associate Director for the Center for Cultural Vibrancy.
  • Adjunct Professor, George Mason University

    Executive Director, CERF+

    Ruby Lopez Harper is an adjunct professor in the Arts Management program. She is the Executive Director of Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+).
  • Director, Arts Management Program, CVPA

    Dr. Karalee Dawn MacKay is the Director of the Arts Management Program. She has her PhD in Theater and Performance from the University of Maryland.
  • William Reeder

    Former Director and Professor, Arts Management, CVPA (retired)

    William Reeder's accomplishments include being the former dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts; vice president and general manager of the Washington Performing Arts Society; establishing the Sallie Mae Trust for Education at Sallie Mae; executive director of the Levine School of Music in Washington, D.C.; president of the Saint Louis Conservatory of Music; executive director of Opera Music Theatre International; and the Newark Community School of the Arts.
  • Jennifer Rosenfeld

    Graduate Internship Coordinator & Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA

    Jennifer Rosenfeld joined the Arts Management program for the Spring 2014 semester in addition to her duties as Associate Director of Educational Programs for the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason.
  • Headshot of Arts Management Full Professor Dr. Carole Rosenstein

    Full Professor, Arts Management Program, College of Visual and Performing Arts

    Carole Rosenstein is Full Professor of Arts Management and affiliated Professor of Folklore at George Mason University in Virginia, USA. She studies cultural policy and the social life of the arts and culture with a focus on cultural democracy and cultural equity. Her most recent book is Understanding Cultural Policy (2e 2024).