School of Humanities:
Expository Writing Faculty (Board of Study)

The Expository Writing Board of Study oversees the College Writing Program and the development of writing-designated courses across the College. Its jurisdiction does not include the Creative Writing Program or the Dramatic Writing Program.

Bill Baskin
Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
and Director of Writing
B.A., Fordham University; M.A., Ph.D., New School for Social Research. Feminist science studies; composition pedagogy; race, class, and gender; cultural materialism.
bill.baskin@purchase.edu

Kathleen McCormick
Professor of Literature and Pedagogy
B.A., Boston College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut. Literacy and cultural theory; reading and writing; modernist literature; pedagogy.
kathleen.mccormick@purchase.edu

Aviva Taubenfeld
Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University.
U.S. literature; expository writing; immigration and ethnicity; childhood in literature.
aviva.taubenfeld@purchase.edu

Gary Waller
Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies
B.A., M.A., University of Auckland; Ph.D., University of Cambridge. Early modern literature; literary and cultural theory; creative writing.
gary.waller@purchase.edu

Updated June 4, 2008