Faculty and Staff List A to Z

  • Scott Martin

    Professor, Computer Game Design Program, CVPA
    Founder and Previous Directors of the Virginia Serious Game Institute (VSGI) & Computer Game Design Program
    Associate Editor, International Journal of eSports Research (IJER), IGI Global…

    Dr. Scott M. Martin is an inventor, mentor, educator, entrepreneur, and author. He is a Professor of Game Design & Technology, and was the founding Director of the Virginia Serious Game Institute (VSGI), and founding Director of the Computer Game Design Programs at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
  • Paloma Vianey Martinez

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Vianey Martinez Acosta is an interdisciplinary artist from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico who currently lives and works in Washington D.C. Her work explores the vulnerabilities and violence of her community and narrates her experience crossing the U.S.-Mexico border daily, questioning the political corruptness of this division.
  • Shanice Mason

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Dance, CVPA

    Shanice Mason (she/her) is a Washington, D.C.-based dance artist, arts administrator, digital media consultant, and educator. Shanice’s skills, at the intersection of art and digital media, include graphic design, media production, and content creation.
  • Audio Technician, CFA

    Reid May is an audio technician at the Center for the Arts at the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
  • Operations and Production Associate

    Liz McClendon
  • Wade McComas

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Wade McComas is an award-winning graphic designer and illustrator. When he’s not fulfilling his role as an associate art director at PBS, he also serves as an adjunct professor, teaching Illustration and Typography.
  • Ryan McCoy

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Ryan McCoy is an artist based in the Washington DC area and a resident artist at Arlington Arts Center. He works in various media but his primary body of work, developed over the last 15 years, includes paintings...
  • Michael McDermott

    Assistant Professor, School of Art, CVPA

    Michael McDermott is an Assistant Professor at George Mason University. He received his MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech. He is an educator, designer, and researcher...
  • Heather McDonald

    Writer in Residence, CVPA
    Professor, School of Theater and Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Heather McDonald (MFA, NYU Tisch School of the Arts) is professor of theater and head of playwriting and dramaturgy concentration.
  •  Kevin McDonald

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

    Kevin C. McDonald, Ph.D. is a passionate musicologist and an acclaimed jazz drummer. His performance credits include Dave Liebman, Mark Turner, Paquito D’Rivera, Miguel Zenon, Bob Mintzer, Randy Brecker, and Lee Konitz in international venues including Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, The White House, The U.S. Library of Congress, The Midwest Clinic, the Jazz Education Network, and Bimhuis.