The Office of Graduate Student Life is dedicated to supporting the success and well-being of Mason graduate students.
Graduate Student Life is dedicated to supporting the success and well-being of Mason graduate students by:
- Providing programs and initiatives that promote community-building, professional development, personal development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Connecting graduate students to campus resources
- Identifying and advocating for graduate student needs
Graduate Student Life is a unit within the Division of University Life.
As the sponsoring department for the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA), Graduate Student Life provides ongoing advising and support to the executive officers and program representatives of the organization.
Graduate Student Life Team
Graduate Professional Assistant for Graduate Student Leadership and Advising
Doctoral Candidate, Carter School for Peace and Conflict ResolutionBernard A. Atieme joins the Graduate Student Life team as Graduate Professional Assistant for graduate student leadership and advising. He has extensive experience mentoring student leaders and supporting student organizations in his academic and professional life. Bernard is currently a doctoral candidate at Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University. His master’s degree was in political science, emphasizing politics and public policy. His research interest is on election violence, contentious politics, migration politics, power and corruption, African politics, and development in Africa. Presently Bernard is working on his dissertation, exploring why people participate in election violence. He reads, plays soccer, listens to music, and watches movies in his leisure time.
Director, Graduate Student Life, University Life
As the Director of Graduate Student Life, Julie Choe Kim, Ph.D. (she/her/hers), promotes the success and well-being of Mason graduate students through engagement in professional development, personal development, community-building, and diversity, equity, and inclusion opportunities. She also serves as advisor to the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA).
Assistant Director, Graduate Student Life, University Life
PhD Candidate, Cultural StudiesAs the Assistant Director of Graduate Student Life, Austin A. Deray's (he/his/him) primary focus is Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Community Building, and Well-Being initiatives & programming for Mason’s graduate and professional student populations and oversees the management of the units communications. Austin joined the Mason community as a Graduate Professional Assistant for Graduate Student Life in August of 2016, after over ten years working in higher education both as a faculty member and Higher Ed professional.
Graduate Professional Assistant for Graduate Diversity Engagement and Leadership
Elisabeth “Betsy” M. Scotto-Lavino (she/her/hers) is the graduate professional assistant for Graduate Diversity Engagement and Leadership with Graduate Student Life.
Contact Us
By Mail:
Office of Graduate Student Life
4400 University Drive, MS 2A4
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: 703-993-4031
Email: gradlife@gmu.edu
Our office:
Student Union Building I (SUB 1), Rooms 3326, 3324, and 4012
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
Join Our Mailing List for Graduate Education News!
To receive regular updates about opportunities and events just for Mason graduate and professional students, subscribe to the Weekly Graduate Student Newsletter. Your information will not be shared with anyone else.