George Mason University offers graduate assistantships.
Special Library Strengths: George Mason University is home to the Center for History and New Media, which has several ongoing digital archive projects, including the Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800. Our library is also home to the Milton Barnes Civil War Collection; the Alexander Haight Civil War Collection; the Francis J. McNamara Collection regarding anticommunism in the Cold War; and the John W. Burton Collection regarding conflict resolution in the 20th century, among others. Located in the Washington, DC, area, Mason is close to the National Archives, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as regional archives like the Virginia and Maryland historical societies. George Mason University is a member of the the Washington Research Library Consortium, which grants students library privileges at every major DC-area university.
Dr. Steven Barnes Director of Graduate Studies Department of History and Art History George Mason University 4400 University Drive, MS 3G1 Fairfax, VA 22030 (703)-993-1250 sbarnes3@gmu.edu
Military History Faculty
Christopher Hamner (PhD, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 2004) - US Military History - War and Memory
Meredith Lair (PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 2004) - Vietnam War - War and American Society - War and Memory - The Militarization of American Life
Jane Turner Censer (PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1980) - 19th Century US History - Southern History - Gender
Randolph Scully (PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2002) - Colonial and Revolutionary America - Race and Religion - Virginia History
Rosemarie Zagarri (PhD, Yale University, 1984) - Revolutionary America - Early Republic - Race and Gender