Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Sam Galloway
Assistant Professor of Political Sciencesam.galloway@purchase.edu- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MA, The University of Chicago
- PhD, The University of Chicago
Full-Time Faculty
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Diana Cassells
(on leave: Spring 2026)Assistant Professor of Political Sciencediana.cassells@purchase.edu- B.Sc. (Hons), The University of the West Indies (Mona), Jamaica
- M.A., The City College, CUNY
- M.Phil., The Graduate Center, CUNY
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Rose Owen
Visiting Assistant Professorrose.owen@purchase.edu- BA, Wellesley College
- MA, University of Chicago
- PhD, University of Chicago
Faculty Emeriti
Shemeem Burney Abbas
Professor Emerita Political Scienceshemeem.abbas@purchase.edu- MA, University of Leeds (England)
- MA, PhD, University of Texas, Austin
Karen L. Baird
Associate Professor Emerita of Political Sciencekaren.baird@purchase.edu- BS, MA, PhD, University of Houston
John S. Gitlitz
Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science- BA, Oberlin College
- MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Connie Lobur
Associate Professor Emerita of Political Scienceconnie.lobur@purchase.edu- BA, BS, Pennsylvania State University
- MA, PhD, Rutgers University
Peter Schwab
Professor Emeritus of Political Science- BA, Fairleigh Dickinson University
- MA, PhD, New School for Social Research
peter.schwab@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Chancellor’s Award in Recognition of Exemplary Research and Scholarship
