Government and International Politics

Aiden Jacobs spent the summer in a “honor of a lifetime” as an intern at the White House. Read about his experience and how it led to working on the Harris-Walz campaign.

A team of George Mason University students is working to help non-English speaking visitors to Virginia’s busiest courthouse navigate the hallways and courtrooms. See how the Jurisprudence Learning Community is making a difference.

As the Schar School’s ODKM heads toward its third decade, here’s a rundown on how it got there and what’s the future holds for this distinctive master’s program.

See how 2017 government and international politics graduate Evan Dunne used his degree to help launch a health information and technology platform to help Native American and indigenous communities.

Ian Candy is coming to George Mason from South Dakota to study government, neuroscience, and will compete in forensics. See how he hopes to combine it all in an effort to make the world a better place.

George Mason University’s Forensics Team remains a force on the national speech tournament circuit.

Alumna Sophie Wozniak spoke to International Relations Policy Task Force students about how the Schar School influenced her career path.

Members of the Schar School’s Democracy Lab learning community visited the best-known, best-fortified private residence in the world: the White House.

Mason will confer its third posthumous degree to a Schar School student on May 10.

Ten Schar School students took the Midwest Political Science Association conference by storm, presenting papers, posters, and sitting on panels. A 2023 undergrad won the 2024 best paper award. See who went and what they did.