George Mason University

Carrie L. Johnson (2003) I graduated from George Mason University's English Department in 2003. In conjunction with my major, I minored in African American Studies. Currently, I am a third-year teacher in the Prince William County Public School System, teaching 9th and 11th grade English at C. D. Hylton Senior High School, Woodbridge, Virginia. In July 2005, I participated in a month-long National Endowment for the Humanities Institute titled: Slavery, Literacy, and Freedom: African American Literature, Culture, and Folklore. This institute was held at George Mason, and sponsored by the George Mason English department. When I am not teaching, I am assisting with the Cadette Girl Scout Troop at my church, Neabsco Baptist Church, where I am a faithful member of the choir. I was recently accepted into George Mason's graduate program, and will begin coursework for my masters in education in spring of 2006.

Joshua Grinnell (2003) I graduated from the Fiction concentration in January of 2003. Since then I've held several jobs pertaining to international student exchange, finally culminating in my graduation in 2005 from Georgetown University with a Master of Arts in Arab Studies. I currently work as a Grant Administrator for the National Resource Center on the Middle East at Georgetown. I live in Arlington and entertain thoughts of translating everything I read in English 325 into Arabic.

Cara Baylus (Fiorini) '99 I graduated from George Mason's English department with a concentration in Fiction Writing in the Spring of 1999. I am currently in my fifth year of graduate study at the University of Chicago, writing my dissertation in English. It's entitled "Investments of Care: Affect, Ideology, and Victorian Childhood." I am currently teaching two classes in the English department at the University of Chicago. When I am not teaching in Chicago, I live in Fairfax with my husband of five years, a Senior Designer with the Smithsonian Institution.