Rate My Professor Mark Rozell

Mark J. Rozell is the founding dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, where he holds the Ruth D. and John T. Hazel Chair in Public Policy and serves as professor of public policy, a position he has held since 2004. A distinguished scholar in Political Science, he earned his PhD in politics in 1987 and MA in public administration in 1983 from the University of Virginia, along with a BA in political science in 1982 from Eisenhower College. Rozell's academic career includes serving as Ordinary Professor of Politics and Department Chair at The Catholic University of America from 1999 to 2004, Associate Professor of Political Science at The American University from 1995 to 1998, and at Mary Washington College from 1991 to 1995, as well as Assistant Professor there from 1986 to 1990. He acted as dean at George Mason University from 2013 to 2016 prior to his current founding role. Rozell has also held visiting professorships, including at Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Poland in 2024 and Akita International University in Japan in 2015.

Rozell's research interests encompass U.S. government and politics, with specializations in the presidency, executive privilege, religion and politics, media and politics, southern politics, interest groups in elections, federalism, the Christian right, and Catholicism in U.S. politics. He is the author or coauthor of 13 books and editor of 20 additional volumes, including Executive Privilege: Presidential Power, Secrecy and Accountability (4th edition, University Press of Kansas, 2020), The Unitary Executive Theory: A Danger to Constitutional Government (University Press of Kansas, 2020, with Jeffry Crouch and Mitchel A. Sollenberger), Federalism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2019, with Clyde Wilcox), The Changing Political South: How Minorities and Women are Transforming the Region (Oxford University Press, 2024, with C. Bullock, S. MacManus, and J. Mayer), and The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics (7th edition, Rowman & Littlefield, 2022, with Charles S. Bullock III). He has testified before Congress on executive privilege issues, delivered lectures in over 25 countries, and contributes a twice-monthly column on Virginia politics to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Rozell has served as co-editor of Palgrave Macmillan and Georgetown University Press book series on religion and politics, and as a judge for the Gerald R. Ford Foundation's award for outstanding reporting on the presidency since 1994. His honors include the George Mason University School of Public Policy Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Member award in 2010, the American University School of Public Affairs Outstanding Scholar Award in 1997-1998, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, American Political Science Association, and others.