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  • Abdulrahman Naanseh

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Syrian artist Abdulrahman Naanseh, known for his mastery of Arabic calligraphy, learned this craft with guidance from his father, a self-taught calligrapher.  His dedication and gift led to notable achievements, including exhibitions at the Arneli Art Gallery during the Beit Misk Festival in Beirut and creating murals at Damascus University.
  • Kelly Nam

    Assistant Professor, CVPA

    Dr. Kelly Nam teaches game music courses with topics including, but not limited to, music composition, theory, history, and post-production. Read more...
  • Sang Nam

    Associate Professor & Director, Computer Game Design, CVPA
    Co-Director, Virginia Serious Game Institute, VSGI

    Prof. Sang Nam teaches technology-intensive courses in Computer Game Design at George Mason University.
  • Seong Won Nam

    Adjunct Applied Faculty, TENOR, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Professor Seong Won Nam is a professional lyric tenor, with a broad background of experience in performance, teaching, and leadership. He is well known in the Washington D.C. area as a focused, dedicated artist and teacher.
  • Deane Nettles

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Deane Nettles is an art director, graphic designer, and illustrator and has worked for a variety of ad agencies, newspapers, design firms, magazines, and direct marketers.
  • Mary Neuberger

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Drawing on indigenous and self-created rituals, MJ Neuberger’s photographs, installations, sculptural work and social practice explore reconnection with bodies abandoned in intergenerational trauma and colonialism.
  • Adjunct Faculty, HORN, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    James Nickel has served as Third horn with the National Symphony Orchestra since 2008. Previously, he was the Assistant Principal horn with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Associate Principal Horn with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
  • Julianna Nickel

    Adjunct Faculty, FLUTE, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Julianna Nickel is a very active recitalist, teacher, and freelancer in the Washington, DC and Virginia areas. She is Adjunct Professor of Flute at George Mason University and a two-time recipient of Mason’s Distinguished Teacher of the Year (2019, 2017).
  • Shane Nickels (Michael Nickels)

    Adjunct Faculty, Marching PERCUSSION, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Shane Nickels is a percussionist specializing in rudimental and orchestral percussion. Shane currently serves in The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps as a snare drum instrumentalist and as Adjunct Faculty at George Mason University.
  • Michael Nickens

    Director of ATHLETIC BANDS, TUBA, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Serving as Director of Campus Life Ensembles and Collaborative Arts, and as an Associate Professor of Music, Dr. Michael W. Nickens (a.k.a. Doc Nix) is most recognized as the leader of the “Green Machine”, which in 2015 was named the #1 pep band in college basketball by the NCAA and commended by the Senate and House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia.