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 Maria
C. Mairena, M.A.
Adjunct Professor
Contact Information:
Office: Robinson Hall A 407D
Enter offices through Robinson A405
Email: mmairena@gmu.edu
Phone: 703 993-1295
Office Hours:
By appointment
Fall 2007 Courses: on leave till spring 07
Areas of Interest:
Maria Mairena received her B.A. in History at George Mason University,
her M.T.S. at Protestant
Episcopal Seminary of Virginia, Alexandria VA. She is a Ph. D. Candidate
at the Department of Church History, The
Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. Her Ph.D. topic is:"Restoration
of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy in Scotland in 1878." He research
interests include: papacy & the Vatican, medical history, and 19th
& early 20th century European religious attitudes.
Professor Mairena has lived in Virginia all her life. Her parents emigrated
from Nicaragua to
Virginia forty years ago and have frequently traveled, for research purposes,
to Scotland, England, Italy, Spain and France. In her spare time Miss
Mairena enjoys reading Brit lit, crime thrillers, the occasional sci-fi/fantasy
novel, chick lit, watching cable news 24/7, listening to NPR and FOX News
Radio equally, watching
FIFA World Cup qualifying soccer matches, drinking San Benedetto,
the alla pesca, planning her next trip to Europe, and listening to 80s
bubble gum pop music. She believes that it was no coincidence that the
same year that "Walking
on Sunshine" was released the Berlin Wall fell.
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