Our faculty explore the values that underpin institutional and policy choices, including the ethical and accountability aspects of policy-making. They are experts in policy-making institutions such as Congress, the Presidency, executive branch agencies, and state and local governments as well as the theories and processes of public policy, including agenda building, the media, instruments of implementation, regulation, interest group activity, intergovernmental relations, budgeting, and tax policy.
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Associate Professor
Areas of Research: Federalism/State and Local Government, Health Policy, Legislatures, Presidency and Executive Branch, Quantitative Methods
Associate Professor
Char R. Miller is an associate professor at George Mason University. His work focuses on political aesthetics, sovereignty, and disciplinary technologies.
Term Assistant Professor, Director of Pre-Law Advising
Phillip Mink is an assistant professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, director of pre-law advising, and director of the Patriot Pre-Law Program.
Assistant Professor
Lucas Núñez is an assistant professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government, where he teaches courses on quantitative methodology. He holds a BA and graduate studies in Economics from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina) and a Ph.D. in Social Science from the California Institute of Technology.
Professor Emeritus, Schar School of Policy and Government
James P. Pfiffner is University Professor emeritus in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. His major areas of expertise are the Presidency, American National Government, public management and the national security policy process.
Professor Emerita
Areas of Research: Information and Communication Privacy Policy, Digital Government, Public Policy Process
Professor of Public Policy
David Rehr is a professor and director of the Center for Business Civic Engagement (cbce.gmu.edu) and cofounder of the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Initiative in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He teaches Advocacy, Nonprofit Leadership, and Understanding Special Interest Groups, and lectures on how technology can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the public sector.
Professor of Policy and Government Emeritus
Areas of Research: Diplomatic History, Foreign Policy, Identity, International Relations, International Security, Naval Power and Strategy, Security Policy, United States, U.S. Politics and Institutions
Assistant Professor
Areas of Research: U.S. Politics and Legal Studies, Social Policy, Regional Expertise – United States
Dean, Schar School of Policy and Government
Areas of Research: Elections, Federalism/State and Local Government, Public Law, U.S. Politics, Presidency, Religion and Politics, Separation of Powers (U.S.)