School of Humanities:
Cinema Studies Faculty (Board of Study)

Casey Haskins
Associate Professor of Philosophy
School of Humanities
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. Philosophy of art; 20th-century philosophy; philosophy of religion; Kant; American philosophy.
casey.haskins@purchase.edu

Anne M. Kern
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies
School of Humanities
B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison; M.A., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University. Early cinema; classical Hollywood cinema; French and Italian literature, theatre, and cinema; literary, film, and psychoanalytic theory.
anne.kern@purchase.edu

Elise V. Lemire
Associate Professor of Literature
School of Humanities
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University. American literature; women's studies; film.
elise.lemire@purchase.edu

Michelle Stewart
Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
School of Humanities
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Critical and cultural theory; critical media studies; documentary film; third cinema; race and representation; feminist film theory; popular music; culture and globalization.
michelle.stewart@purchase.edu

Gregory Taylor
Associate Professor of Film
and Interim Dean, Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film
B.A., University of Toronto; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison. Film criticism and theory.
gregory.taylor@purchase.edu

Agustin Zarzosa
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies
School of Humanities
B.A., Universidad Iberoamericana; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. Film theory and philosophy; film genres; Latin American cinema; international art cinema.
agustin.zarzosa@purchase.edu

Updated June 24, 2008