Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair, MFA
Faye Hirsch
Visiting Associate Professor of Art+Designfaye.hirsch@purchase.edu- BA, University at Buffalo, SUNY
- PhD, Yale University
Faculty
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Wells Chandler
Visiting Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawingwells.chandler@purchase.edu- MFA, Yale University School of Art
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Elizabeth Flood
Lecturer, Painting and Drawingelizabeth.flood@purchase.edu- BA, University of Virginia
- MFA, Boston University
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Katie Murray
Assistant Professor of Photography- BFA, School of Visual Arts
- MFA, Yale University School of Art
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Amanda J. Thackray
Visiting Lecturer of Printmakingamanda.thackray@purchase.edu- BFA, Rutgers University
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
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Hakan Topal
Associate Professor of New Media and Graphic DesignDoris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Professor 2023-2025hakan.topal@purchase.edu- BS, MS, Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
- MA, PhD, New School for Social Research
Contributing Faculty
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Nancy Bowen
(on leave: Fall 2023)Professor of Sculpture- BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- MFA, Hunter College, City University of New York
nancy.bowen@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Stella Ebner
Associate Professor of Printmakingstella.ebner@purchase.edu- BFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
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Kate Gilmore
(on leave: Fall 2023)Professor of Sculpturekatherine.gilmore@purchase.edu- BA, Bates College
- MFA, School of Visual Arts
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Cassandra Hooper
Interim Director of the School of Art + DesignProfessor of Printmaking- BFA, California State University, Long Beach
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
cassandra.hooper@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Sharon Horvath
Professor of Painting and Drawingsharon.horvath@purchase.edu- BFA, Cooper Union
- MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
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Julian Kreimer
(on leave: Fall 2023-Spring 2024)Associate Professor of Painting and Drawingjulian.kreimer@purchase.edu- BA, Princeton University
- MA, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
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Warren Lehrer
Professor Emeritus of Graphic Designwarren.lehrer@purchase.edu- BA, Queens College, City University of New York
- MFA, Yale University
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Cynthia Lin
Associate Professor of Painting and Drawingcynthia.lin@purchase.edu- BA, University of California, Berkeley
- MA, MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City
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Joshua Lutz
Associate Professor of Photographyjoshua.lutz@purchase.edu- BFA, Bard College
- MFA, Bard College/International Center for Photography
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Rachel Owens
Associate Professor of Sculpturem-rachel.owens@purchase.edu- BA, University of Kansas, Lawrence
- MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Janine Polak
Assistant Professor of Art+Designjanine.polak@purchase.edu- BA, University of Virginia
- MFA, Yale University
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Rob Swainston
(on leave: Spring 2023-Fall 2023)Associate Professor of Printmakingrobert.swainston@purchase.edu- BA, Hampshire College
- MFA, Columbia University
