Faculty and Staff List A to Z

  • Hans Charles

    Associate Professor of Cinematography, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Hans Charles studied cinema at the Los Angeles Film Studies Center and worked for Tracey Edmonds (Soulfood, Set it Off), Bridget Davis (Sister Act II, Hav Plenty) and Patrick Ian Polk (Punks, Noah’s Ark) at Edmonds Entertainment.
  • Zoe Charlton

    Director, School of Art and Full Professor, School of Art, CVPA

    Zoë Charlton (Baltimore, MD) creates figure drawings, collages, installations, and animations that depict her subject’s relationship to culturally loaded objects and landscapes. Charlton received her MFA degree from the University of Texas at Austin and participated in residencies, including Artpace Residency (TX), McColl Center for Art + Innovation (NC), Ucross Foundation (WY), the Skowhegan School of Painting (ME), and the Patterson Residency at the Creative Alliance (MD).
  • Asma Chaudhary

    Adjunct Faculty, CVPA

    MFA, Art and Visual Technology, 2013 (alumna)  

    Asma’s art practice intertwines her passion for philanthropy where she often donates proceeds from her artwork sales to benefit charities such as the Malala Fund, STEM For Her, Helping Hand, and the American Red Cross as a means for improving women’s and girls’ education...
  • Annie Chen

    Print Shop Manager, CVPA

    As the manager of the School of Art Print Shop, Annie oversees the business side of the print shop and supervises its everyday operations. As a digital artist herself, Annie enjoys working closely with clients on their projects...
  • G Chesler

    Full Professor, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Affiliated Faculty Women and Gender Studies

    Professor G. Chesler (pronouns they/them) directs, produces, and writes fiction and documentary films that address sexuality, the body, gender and racial justice.
  • Kanako Chikami

    Adjunct Applied Faculty, APPLIED PERCUSSION, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Dr. Kanako Chikami, a native of Japan, is thrilled to be an adjunct percussion faculty member for the Dewberry School of Music of George Mason University.
  • Assistant House Manager, CFA, CVPA

  • Charles Ciorba

    Associate Professor/Director of GRADUATE MUSIC EDUCATION, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Dr. Charles R. Ciorba, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Music Education, teaches courses in music education.  Prior to joining the faculty at George Mason University, Dr. Ciorba was Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Music Education at the University of Oklahoma, where he (a) gained extensive experience supervising graduate research and (b) taught courses in the areas of research, psychology, philosophy, sociology, assessment, and quantitative analysis.
  • Lori Clark

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Dance, CVPA

    Lori Clark is a full-time dancer/choreographer and holds a Masters Degree in Dance from American University.
  • Catherine Cole

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Catherine Cole is a printmaker whose prints and drawings have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region and in Rhode Island. Catherine received a BA in Studio Art with a concentration in printmaking from The College of William and Mary...