Department Chair

Full-Time Faculty

Part-Time Faculty

Contributing Faculty

Faculty Emeriti

  • Shemeem Burney Abbas

    Shemeem Burney Abbas

    Professor Emerita Political Science
    • MA, University of Leeds (England)
    • MA, PhD, University of Texas, Austin
    shemeem.abbas@purchase.edu
  • Karen Baird

    Karen L. Baird

    Associate Professor Emerita of Political Science
    • BS, MA, PhD, University of Houston
    karen.baird@purchase.edu
  • Lenora Champagne

    Lenora Champagne

    Professor Emerita of Theatre and Performance
    Lecturer in Playwriting
    • BA, Louisiana State University
    • MA, PhD, New York University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
    lenora.champagne@purchase.edu
  • Kimberly E. Christensen

    Associate Professor Emerita of Economics
    • BA, Earlham College
    • PhD, University of Massachusetts
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Naomi Holoch

    Associate Professor Emerita of French and Literature
    • BA, Oberlin College
    • Licence-ès-Lettres, University of Aix-en-Provence (France)
    • PhD, Columbia University
  • Suzanne Kessler

    Suzanne Kessler

    Professor Emerita of Psychology
    Dean until 7/31/18
    • BA, Carnegie Mellon University
    • PhD, City University of New York
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
    suzanne.kessler@purchase.edu
  • Wendy Mckenna

    Wendy McKenna

    Professor Emerita of Gender Studies and Sociology

    PhD, CUNY Graduate Center

  • Marjorie Miller

    Marjorie Miller

    Professor Emerita of Philosophy
    • BA, Jackson College
    • MA, Tufts University
    • PhD, Stony Brook University, SUNY
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Esther Newton

    Professor Emerita of Anthropology
    • BA, University of Michigan
    • MA, PhD, University of Chicago
  • Credit: Marisol Diaz

    Ronnie Scharfman

    Professor Emerita of French and Literature
    • BA, Bryn Mawr College
    • Licence-ès-Lettres, Maitrise-ès-Lettres, University of Aix-en-Provence (France)
    • MPhil, PhD, Yale University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Nina Pelikan Straus

    Professor Emerita of Literature
    • BA, Bennington College
    • PhD, New York University
  • Louise Yelin

    Professor Emerita of Literature
    • AB, Bryn Mawr College
    • MA, PhD, Columbia University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching