We invite you to learn more about us (including our Liaison program!) by following the links below and to explore our online resources and visit us at the Center to learn about available programs and support. If you don’t find what you are looking for, please contact us. We look forward to working with you.
Connect with us!
Visit: The Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning is located in Suite 412 (4th floor) of Innovation Hall, Fairfax Campus (4699 Mattaponi River Ln, Fairfax, VA 22030)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 703-993-6200
Mail: Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive MSN 6A7, Fairfax, VA 22030
X (formerly Twitter): @StearnsCenter
Newsletter: Email us to subscribe to the Stearns Center Newsletter and Events Bulletin!
View previous versions of our Online Teaching Coaching and Stearns Center Monthly Newsletters in our Newsroom.
Liaison Area Contact Information:
Stearns Center resources and events are open to Mason faculty from all departments and programs, and at all types of faculty status, including adjunct faculty, term faculty, tenured and tenure-line faculty, administrative faculty, and staff or graduate students with instructional responsibilities (or aspirations!).
- For events registration, please see our Event Calendar
- For general questions, please email [email protected]
- For consultations about online course design, please email our instructional design team
- For previous versions of our Online Teaching Coaching and Stearns Center Monthly Newsletters, see our Newsroom
You may also reach out directly to a Stearns Center Liaison who is assigned to your college, school, or area. Liaisons can respond to individual requests; however, they will be particularly helpful resources in the context of teaching-and-learning projects that span multiple courses. Your liaison might attend a committee meeting, join your program’s brown-bag lunch series, facilitate a conversation during a department meeting, or provide consultation to leaders or administrators about course planning, faculty support, accreditation, or unit-based policies regarding teaching. Liaisons can also connect you to other Stearns Center staff who may be able to provide more in-depth information about a specific area of teaching and learning.
| School, College, or Area | Liaison Name | Liaison Title |
|---|---|---|
| Carter School | Rachel Yoho | Assistant Director, Inclusive Teaching Specialist |
| CEHD | Breana Bayraktar | Educational Developer, Hybrid and Blended Learning Specialist |
| CEC | Laina Lockett | Educational Developer, STEM Education Specialist |
| CHSS 1* | Tom Polk | Director, Writing Across the Curriculum |
| CHSS 2* | Crystal Anderson | Associate Director, Active and Engaged Learning Specialist |
| CPH | Rachel Yoho | Assistant Director, Inclusive Teaching Specialist |
| CCB | Crystal Anderson | Associate Director, Active and Engaged Learning Specialist |
| COS | Laina Lockett | Educational Developer, STEM Education Specialist |
| CVPA | Breana Bayraktar | Educational Developer, Hybrid and Blended Learning Specialist |
| Honors College | Tom Polk | Director, Writing Across the Curriculum |
| INTO-Mason | Breana Bayraktar | Educational Developer, Hybrid and Blended Learning Specialist |
| Mason Korea | Crystal Anderson | Associate Director, Active and Engaged Learning Specialist |
| Scalia Law School | Tom Polk | Director, Writing Across the Curriculum |
| Schar School | Rachel Yoho | Assistant Director, Inclusive Teaching Specialist |
*CHSS 1 = Communication, Cultural Studies, English, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Modern & Classical Languages, School of Integrative Studies, Women and Gender Studies
*CHSS 2 = African/African American Studies, Criminology Law & Society, Economics, Global Affairs, History & Art History, Latin American Studies, Middle East & Islamic Studies, Psychology, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Sociology & Anthropology