School of Humanities:
Literature Faculty (Board of Study)

Kay Ellen Capo
Associate Professor of Literature and Theatre and Performance
Conservatory of Theatre Arts
B.A., LeMoyne College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University.
kay.capo@purchase.edu

Gari LaGuardia
Associate Professor of Spanish and Literature
B.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
gari.laguardia@purchase.edu

Elise V. Lemire
Professor of Literature and
Doris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Professor (2011–13)
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University.
elise.lemire@purchase.edu

Kathleen A. McCormick
Professor of Literature and Pedagogy
B.A., Boston College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut.
kathleen.mccormick@purchase.edu

Gaura Narayan
Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature
B.A. (Honors), Delhi University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University.
gaura.narayan@purchase.edu

Lee Schlesinger
Associate Professor of Literature
B.A., Brandeis University; Ph.D., Yale University. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
lee.schlesinger@purchase.edu

Robert Stein (on leave through Fall 2012)
Professor of Literature
B.A., Hofstra University; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
robert.stein@purchase.edu

Nina Pelikan Straus
Professor of Literature
B.A., Bennington College; Ph.D., New York University.
nina.straus@purchase.edu

Aviva Taubenfeld
Associate Professor of Literature and Writing
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University.
aviva.taubenfeld@purchase.edu

Gary Waller (on leave Spring 2012)
Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies
B.A., M.A., University of Auckland; Ph.D., University of Cambridge.
gary.waller@purchase.edu

Louise Yelin
Professor of Literature
and Chair, School of Humanities
A.B., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
louise.yelin@purchase.edu

Faculty Emeriti

Bell Chevigny
Professor Emerita of Literature
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University.

Maria Gagliardo
Associate Professor Emerita of Spanish and Literature
Maestra Normal Nacional, Argentina; B.A., M.A., Hunter College.

Sheldon Grebstein
University Professor Emeritus of Literature
B.A., University of Southern California; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Michigan State University. Past president of Purchase College.

Naomi Holoch
Associate Professor Emerita of French and Literature
B.A., Oberlin College; Licence-ès-Lettres, University of Aix-en-Provence; Ph.D., Columbia University.

Thomasenia M. Hutchins
Associate Professor Emerita of Literature
B.A., M.S., Fordham University. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Julius Novick
Professor Emeritus of Literature and Drama Studies
B.A., Harvard University; D.F.A., Yale University.

Ronnie Scharfman
Professor Emerita of French and Literature
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; Licence-ès-Lettres, Maitrise-ès-Lettres, University of Aix-en-Provence; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Richard Stack
Associate Professor Emeritus of Literature
B.A., Trinity College, Dublin; Ph.D., Stanford University.

Frank Wadsworth
Professor Emeritus of Literature
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University.

Philippa Wehle
Professor Emeritus of French, Drama Studies, and Literature
B.A., Bucknell University; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Columbia University. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Updated Jan. 30, 2012

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