Faculty and Staff List A to Z

  • Development Event and Operations Manager

    Emily Rusch has a background in historic house museum administration, development, and events. She has worked at Tudor Place in Georgetown and The Lee Fendall House in Alexandria.
  • Donald Russell

    Assistant Professor, Director of Provisions Research Center for Art and Social Change, School of Art, CVPA and Museum Curator for Mason Exhibitions, CVPA

    Don Russell has been an active contemporary art curator and arts administrator since 1979. His research focuses on the exploration and development of new social contexts for art.
  • Jennifer Sakai

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Jennifer Sakai is a fine art photographer, professor and curator who resides in Washington D.C. She received her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in Fine Art Photography, and her BFA in design from Lesley University in Cambridge Massachusetts.
  • Lena Salins

    Production Manager, School of Theater, CVPA

    Lena Salins is the Production Manager for the School of Theater, and is a graduate of UMBC with degrees in Theater Production and Cultural Anthropology.
  • Associate Dean, Emerita, Graduate Studies, CVPA
    Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA
    Chair of the Arts at Mason Board (AAMB)

    Victoria Salmon is an adjunct faculty member for the Arts Management program. She is the Associate Dean, Emerita, Graduate Studies and the Chair of the Arts at Mason Board
  • Iris Sanchez

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Iris Sanchez has over eight years of experience in the field of graphic design, with a strong passion for publication and branding. Iris works as the Creative Director at Carr Properties and for three years worked as the senior graphic designer at The Association for Talent Development (ATD)...
  • Erik Sandberg

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Erik Thor Sandberg (b. 1975, Quantico, VA) lives and works in Washington, D.C. Sandberg is known for his masterful oil paintings of the human figure and landscape. Creating inventive imagery ranging from panoramic to intimate, Sandberg pushes the skillful illusionism of master painting to the contemporary edge of Magic Realism.
  • May Santiago

    Adjunct Faculty, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    May Santiago is an emerging film scholar and micro-budget filmmaker. Her work focuses on themes of intersectional identity within mental health, queer identity, and decolonization.
  • Alaina Talley Santos

    Director of Programs, Mason Community Arts Academy, Mason Community Arts Academy, CVPA

    Alaina graduated Magna Cum Laude from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater in 2012. Having previously worked with Mason Community Arts Academy as Coordinator of Private Music Lessons, Alaina now joins us as Coordinator of Programs & Registration supporting MCAA’s year-round classes and summer programming.
  • Russell Santos

    Adjunct Faculty, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Russell Santos is a filmmaker, music video editor, director and cinematographer.