Faculty

Department Chair

Faculty

Department Chair

Faculty

Faculty Emeriti

Department Chair

Faculty

Faculty Emeriti

  • Judith Bernstein in her studio

    Judith Bernstein

    Associate Professor Emerita of Art+Design
    • BS, MS, Pennsylvania State University
    • BFA, MFA, Yale University
  • Nancy Davidson

    Nancy Davidson

    Professor Emerita of Art+Design
    • BEd, Northeastern Illinois University
    • BFA, University of Illinois at Chicago
    • MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Leonard Stokes

    Professor Emeritus of Art+Design
    • BA, BFA, MFA, Yale University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Michael Torlen

    Associate Professor Emeritus of Art+Design
    • BFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art
    • MFA, Ohio State University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

Department Chair

Faculty

Department Chair

Faculty

Faculty Emeriti

  • Faye Hirsch

    Professor Emerita Associate Professor of Art+Design
    • BA, University at Buffalo, SUNY
    • PhD, Yale University
    faye.hirsch@purchase.edu
  • Murray Zimiles

    Professor Emeritus of Art+Design
    • BFA, University of Illinois
    • MFA, Cornell University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities

Department Chair

Faculty

Faculty Emeriti

  • Nancy Bowen

    Nancy Bowen

    Professor Emerita of Sculpture
    • BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
    • MFA, Hunter College, City University of New York
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
    nancy.bowen@purchase.edu
  • Donna Dennis

    Professor Emerita of Art+Design
    • BA, Carleton College
  • Philip Listengart

    Associate Professor Emeritus of Art+Design
    • BA, MFA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching
    philip.listengart@purchase.edu
  • Ken Strickland

    Associate Professor Emeritus of Art+Design
    • BS, Buffalo State, SUNY
    • MFA, Rhode Island School of Design

Department Chair

Faculty teaching in the Art+Design areas below contribute to the BSVA. Questions about this program, contact faculty member Dave Walsh. 

Foundations
Graphic Design
Painting and Drawing
Photography
Printmaking
Sculpture

Faculty teaching in all Art+Design areas:

Foundations
Graphic Design
Painting and Drawing
Photography
Printmaking
Sculpture

Faculty

Department Chair, MFA

Faculty

  • Georgina Arroyo

    Georgina Arroyo

    Lecturer

    MFA, Purchase College
    BFA, Lesley University  College of Art and Design , Cambridge, MA

  • Joshua Lutz

    Joshua Lutz

    Associate Professor of Photography
    • BFA, Bard College
    • MFA, Bard College/International Center for Photography
    joshua.lutz@purchase.edu
  • Katie Murray

    Katie Murray

    (on leave: Spring 2026)
    Assistant Professor of Photography
    • BFA, School of Visual Arts
    • MFA, Yale University School of Art
  • Rachel Owens

    Professor of Sculpture
    • BA, University of Kansas, Lawrence
    • MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
    m-rachel.owens@purchase.edu
  • Brooke Singer

    Brooke Singer

    Professor of New Media
    Doris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Professor 2024-2025
    • BA, Wesleyan University
    • MFA, Carnegie Mellon University
    • Juanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor, 2015-2016
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
    brooke.singer@purchase.edu
  • Virginia Wangner

    Virginia Wagner

    Lecturer, Painting and Drawing
    • BA, Oberlin College
    • MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art
    virginia.wagner@purchase.edu

Contributing Faculty

Faculty Emeriti