Schar School of Policy and Government

Assistant Professor Meghan Garrity’s busy summer included the publication of her first book and the start of a fellowship at the U.S. Holocaust Museum.

What makes an organization development and knowledge management program transformative? Is it the frameworks students learn, the credentials they earn, or the career opportunities that follow?

Every election cycle brings headlines about the lack of voter participation among 18- to 24- year-olds. The conventional wisdom is that young people are too apathetic or tuned out to vote. But, according to George Mason University research from the 2025 election cycle, that story is wrong.

Two prominent academic associations honored Schar School Professor Emeritus Daniel Druckman with awards for his book When Peacekeeping Missions Collide: Balancing Multiple Roles in Peace Operations.

It is no surprise that artificial intelligence (AI) continues to redefine the workplace, becoming a pervasive force reshaping how we, as a society, live, work, and interact with one another. Much of today’s discourse on AI centers on the productivity and efficiency component of automation. Yet, in the journey to understand just how much AI can do, there is minimal attention given to what AI reveals about the society that is using it. So what happens when a group of five ODKMers takes on the challenge to shift the narrative of AI away from a technology lens towards a relational one?

When ODKM graduates walk across the stage, they don't stop being students of organization development and knowledge management — they simply change classrooms. That's the idea behind our ODKM Continuing Education Program, designed to keep our alumni community learning, growing, and connected long after graduation.

This past academic year (August 2025 to May 2026), the faculty began a push to expand alumni participation throughout the ODKM program by recruiting graduates into our classrooms to support students, and alumni enthusiastically responded to our call.

On May 12, 2026, ODKM lost one of the program’s guiding minds: Dr. Ann Crooks Baker passed away peacefully at her home in Woodstock, Georgia, at age 81, closing out a life that spanned from the classrooms of South Carolina to the halls of George Mason University, touching so many in between.

National intelligence is perhaps the very last thing you would talk about during dinner. But despite being a boring subject, it is a critical thing that impacts every single citizen’s safety and security. To put Season 1 to a close, David Ramadan and guest co-host Larry Pfeiffer sit down with General Michael Hayden, former director of the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency, and Mark Zaid, one of the country's leading national security attorneys. Together, they take a deep dive into the current state of national intelligence: are we still safe, or should we be on red alert? They also discuss the potential dangers of politicizing government intelligence agencies, as well as how democratic societies can protect themselves without losing themselves.

Women’s representation in the United States is under attack by the administration and the right-wing movement. They are prevented from joining the workforce, getting access to proper healthcare, and letting their voices be heard. David Ramadan and guest co-host Dr. Bonnie Stabile discuss the current state of the women’s movement with Katherine Spillar, Executive Editor of Ms. Magazine. Together, they emphasize the need to secure more women in decision-making positions of power to shape laws and policies centered on women's equality. Kathy also talks about her mission to put women’s stories and challenges into the spotlight, something which mainstream media greatly ignores.