Faculty and Staff List A to Z
Chief Business Officer, CVPA
Whitman Brown Joined CVPA as the Chief Business Officer in August 2022. He comes to us from the Georgetown University School of Medicine, where he has held a series of increasingly responsible positions in the finance and operations area for the past 13 years, culminating as Senior Associate Dean and Chief of Operations.
Adjunct Faculty, Computer Game Design, CVPA
Jared Bruhn teaches game design courses in the Computer Game Design program, including Basic Game Design and Online and Mobile Gaming. Read more...
Director of Programming, CFA, Hylton Center, CVPA
Adrienne comes to George Mason University with a wealth of experience working for both presenting organizations as well as artist-led ensembles.
Office Manager, School of Theater, CVPA
Mary Burgess is the Office Manager for the School of Theater at George Mason University's College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA
Kelvin Burzon is a Filipino-American artist whose work explores intersections of sexuality, race, gender and religion. His most recent work investigates religion’s role in culture and familial relationships and highlights religion’s traditions, imagery, theatricality, and psychological vestige.
Assistant Professor, School of Art, CVPA
Alan Caballero LaZare is a Colombian American graphic designer, artist, educator, and researcher. Alan began his career as a graphic designer at the renowned architecture and design firm Michael Graves where he played an important role in designing packaging for the revolutionary Michael Graves / Drive Medical partnership...
Full Professor Emerita, Director of InterArts, School of Art, CVPA
Suzanne Carbonneau is an arts essayist, critic and historian whose writings have appeared in The Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications. She founded and directed the NEA Arts Journalism Institute, and she has served as Critic-in-Residence at the American Dance Festival and at the Joyce Theater.
Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA
Artist, professor, and commercial photographer. I have taught in the D.C. and Virginia area for over 20 years. As an artist, among others, I have shown at the National Museum of American History, IA & A at Hillyer and Pyramid Atlantic Art Center.
Associate Professor, Photography, School of Art, CVPA
J Carrier (b. Biloxi, Mississippi) spent a decade living and working in Africa and the middle east, and after a five-year stint in Brooklyn, returned home to Washington D.C. where he lives with his family. J. has a BS in Wildlife & Fisheries Science and Forestry from the Pennsylvania State University (1996) and an MFA from the Hartford Art School (2012).
Professor of JAZZ STUDIES and Director of the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, Mason Jazz Ensemble, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Professor Jim Carroll has a versatile background ranging from tours with Michael Jackson to Woody Herman and The Thundering Herd. Jim received both his Undergraduate and Graduate training from Indiana University under the tutelage of David Baker and Eugene Rousseau.