Faculty and Staff List A to Z

  • Director of Diversity Sha Norman headshot

    Director of Diversity, CVPA

    Shá Norman (They/She) joins George Mason University with over ten years of experience in program administration in education non-profits and higher education institutions. 
  • Laura Nunneker

    Advertising Coordinator, CVPA

    Laura creates and executes plans for print, radio, TV and digital advertising
  • Alix Nyden

    Print Technician III, School of Art, CVPA

    Alix Nyden is an alumna of George Mason University, having earned a Bachelor’s in Independent Studies through the School of Integrative Studies, with concentrations in Writing, Art, and Game Design. Alix currently works at the School of Art Print shop located on the first floor of the Art and Design building,
  • Sharon O'Boyle

    Audience Development and Insights Coordinator, CVPA

    Sharon O’Boyle has had an extensive career in data analysis, technical writing, research, and software development.
  • Cory Obendorfer

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Cory Oberndorfer has been exhibited nationally, including Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, CA, Redux Contemporary Art Center and 4th Wall in Charleston, SC, Kayo Gallery in Salt Lake City, UT, VisArts in Rockville, MD, and Flashpoint Gallery, G Fine Art, and the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C. He has completed residencies in Charleston, SC, Johnson, VT, and Ålvik, Norway.
  • Audio and Visual Supervisor, Hylton Center

    Mark Ormesher
  • Kaity Cookson Ormesher

    Coordinator/ Data & Programs, Mason Community Arts Academy, CVPA

    Kaity graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater in 2011 and a Master of Arts in Arts Management in 2019. Kaity has been a part of the Acting for Young People team since 2008, working as a Teaching Artist in after-school, summer camp, and showcase programs, and as the resident stage manager for all of AFYP’s educational and touring productions.
  • Joanna Owen

    Adjunct Faculty, VIOLIN, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Joanna Owen joined the George Mason Music Faculty in the fall of 2019. She received her Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory and her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the Eastman School of Music.
  • Thomas Owens

    Associate Director/Associate Professor, Coordinator of MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Dr. Tom C. Owens is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music History and Literature at George Mason University.  Internationally regarded as an expert on Charles Ives’s life and music, he is the editor of Selected Correspondence of Charles Ives (Univ. of California Press, 2007) and a member of the board of the Charles Ives Society.
  • Carlos Pacheco

    Adjunct Professor, School of Art, CVPA

    As a young astronomy student, Carlos Rene Pacheco became disenchanted with applied physics and mathematics and exchanged his view through a telescope for a view through a camera lens.