This list includes alumni and faculty of George Mason University.
Notable faculty
Nobel laureates
James M. Buchanan, Nobel Prize-winning economist (1986) Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize-winning economist (2002)
Pulitzer Prize winners
Steven Pearlstein, Pulitzer Prize winner for Commentary in 2008
Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize winner for his biography of Robert Oppenheimer
Roger Wilkins, Pulitzer Prize winner for coverage of the Watergate scandal (along with Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein) while he was working at The Washington Post; retired
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
William Sims Bainbridge
Shaul Bakhash, scholar of Persian studies; husband of Haleh Esfandiari
Mary Catherine Bateson, former Clarence J. Robinson Professor in Anthropology and English; Professor Emerita Robert Bausch, novelist Rei Berroa, poet Andrés Boiarsky Courtney Angela Brkic, poet Alan Cheuse, novelist Arthur W. Chickering Wilfrid Desan Bùi Diễm, South Vietnam's Ambassador to the United States Robert J. Elder, Jr, Air Force Commander Marita Golden, novelist Gerald L. Gordon Joshua Greenberg Hugh Gusterson Helon Habila Deanna Hammond Frances V. Harbour Hugh Heclo, professor of American politics and winner of John Gaus award Carma Hinton, documentary filmmaker, The Gate of Heavenly Peace Susan Hirsch, legal and linguistic anthropologist Anthony P. Hyde, journalist, Chicago Bulls Mark N. Katz Peter Klappert, poet Gary L Kreps Thelma Z. Lavine, philosopher Suzannah Lessard, writer Lawrence W. Levine, historian Samuel Robert Lichter, former professor at Princeton University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Yale, and Columbia University Peter Mandaville, professor of international affairs and scholar of political Islam Nadine Meyer, poet Robert Nadeau, English professor Eric Pankey, poet Roy Rosenzweig Richard E. Rubenstein Clare Shore Susan Shreve Richard Norton Smith, presidential historian; former director of five presidential libraries Rod Smith, poet Peter Stearns, American historian and former provost Lev Vekker, psychologist Rex A. Wade, professor of Russian history Margaret R. Yocom Mary Kay Zuravleff, novelist Jeremy Crampton, cartographer
Department of Economics
Peter Boettke
Donald J. Boudreaux
Henry N. Butler
Bryan Caplan
Tyler Cowen
Christopher Coyne
Richard H. Fink, Executive Vice President of the Koch Industries
Joseph L. Fisher, U.S. Congressman from Virginia
Jack A. Goldstone
Wendy Lee Gramm
Robin Hanson
Laurence Iannaccone
Manuel H. Johnson, former Vice Governor of the Federal Reserve
Daniel B. Klein
Arnold Kling
Don Lavoie
Peter T. Leeson
Kevin McCabe
Maurice McTigue, former Minister for Labor in New Zealand
James C. Miller III, Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan Jennifer Roback Morse Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk George Selgin Alex Tabarrok Robert Tollison Gordon Tullock, developed the public choice theory Richard E. Wagner Lawrence H. White Walter E. Williams, John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics Bart Wilson Bruce Yandle, Executive Director of the Federal Trade Commission
School of Art
Chawky Frenn
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Kevin Avruch, Henry Hart Rice Professor of Conflict Resolution and Professor of Anthropology and Dean of S-CAR Marc Gopin, James H. Laue Professor of World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution Susan Hirsch, Professor of Conflict Resolution and Anthropology Richard E. Rubenstein, University Professor of Conflict Resolution and Public Affairs