Alumni Spotlight

Scudder, a December 2021 graduate of the Department of Communication, writes a piece about Briarwood for the Washington Post Real Estate Section

Zhi graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication with a double concentration in Public Relations and Media Production from George Mason University in December 2021. In this article she talks about the importance of using all the resources Mason has to offer.

Andrew S. Pyle is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Clemson University. Pyle’s research focuses on the intersection of Crisis Communication and Intercultural Communication, as well as on the ways that organizations use social media to manage crises. Photo of Andrew Pyle courtesy of NatCom.org

Ashley is a George Mason fan through and through: she is a soon-to-be two-time graduate, four-year staff member, Mason athletics fan, and it's where she met her husband.

From graduating with a bachelor’s from Mason to moving across the world to pursue higher education and a career in PR, Sasha is an inspiration for all Mason students to do what they love. Now, as a senior account executive at the award-winning boutique agency, Faust PR in London, she gets to incorporate her passion for beauty and travel into her everyday work.

Does it take natural abilities to communicate to the public? That was one question George Mason University students posed to meteorologist and media personality Brian van de Graaff. Van de Graaff, who graduated from Mason with a BA in speech communication in 1997, was recently invited to talk to students in Rodger Smith’s COMM 359 Media Management class in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Van de Graaff, who graduated from Mason with a BA in speech communication in 1997, was recently invited to talk to students in Rodger Smith’s COMM 359 Media Management class in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

As a scaled account strategist at Google, Sam is a part of Google’s customer solutions team. He works with advertising agencies that use Google Ads, helping them optimize their ads across the Internet by creating and implementing business plans that grow their online presence.

Hala is a Muslim-Palestinian-American. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and a Permaculture Design Certification from George Mason University in May 2015.

Cortney Shackson graduated from George Mason University in May 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and a concentration in Public Relations.