Buzz McClain

Schar School of Policy and Government Dean Mark Rozell announced the establishment of the Center for Business Civic Engagement (CBCE), a research program to apply business methods and experiences to all levels of the U.S. Government.

Former CIA acting director and deputy director Michael Morell has been named a Senior Fellow at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

Schar School Distinguished Visiting Professor Richard Kauzlarich drew on his experience as ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997-99) and Azerbaijan (1994-97) on Tuesday when he served as moderator for a discussion of a new translation of three Akram Aylisli novellas collected in “Farewell, Aylis: A Non-Traditional Novel in Three Works” (Aca...

A delegation of Schar School of Policy and Government professors began a collaboration with Costa Rican government officials in November to research that country’s growing transnational network of organ trafficking.

The immediate and lasting effects of the 2018 midterm elections on U.S. immigration policy was the subject of a late November panel discussion hosted by the Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) at George Mason University and moderated by Schar School Assistant Professor Justin Gest, author of several well-received books on modern immigration...

Virginia’s two senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner (both Ds), discussed fiscal issues, trade policies, security clearances, energy, Amazon’s arrival, and other topics important to the Commonwealth in an hour-long discussion hosted by the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University on Thursday morning. The conversation, call...

Congressional oversight committees, whistleblowers, inspectors general, and lawyers—so many lawyers—were the topics of conversation Monday night when the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at the Schar School of Policy and Government presented a panel of former justice and intelligence veterans, and one...

America’s biodefense efforts began in 1777 when General George Washington, horrified at the prospect of losing a significant percentage of his troops to smallpox, ordered the Continental Army to be inoculated against the disease through a practice known as variolation.

A record number of women of all races are currently serving in state houses across the country. While Jatia Wrighten said she is thrilled by the progress women have made in state legislatures as senators and representatives, she’s less excited by the leadership gaps that exist in every state capital. “There are more black women and white women...

As Election Day draws near and the campaigns for Congressional and Senate offices heat up, the Washington Post-Schar School national polls help put the somewhat chaotic political horizon into focus.