Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Janine Polak
Assistant Professor of Art+Designjanine.polak@purchase.edu- BA, University of Virginia
- MFA, Yale University
Faculty
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Damien Davis
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture- MA, New York University
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Stella Ebner
Associate Professor of Printmaking- BFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
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Cassandra Hooper
Professor of Printmaking- BFA, California State University, Long Beach
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Aaron Krach
Lecturer of Printmaking (Part-time)- BA, University of California, San Diego
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Cynthia Lin
Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing- BA, University of California, Berkeley
- MA, MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City
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Deborah Mesa-Pelly
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Photography (Part-time)- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MFA, Yale University
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Patrick Mohundro
Lecturer (Part-time)MFA, Hunter College
BFA , Kendal College of Art and Design of Ferris University (Grand Rapids, MI) -
Gustavo Murillo Fernandez-Valdes
Lecturer (Part-time)- MFA , School of Visual Arts, New York
- BA, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
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Sarah Peters
Lecturer (Part-time)MFA- Virginia Commonwealth University BFA- University of Pennsylvania
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Sara Saltzman
Assistant Professor of Printmaking (Part-time)- BA, New School for Social Research
- BFA, Parsons the New School for Design
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
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Marisa Scheinfeld
Lecturer of Photography (Part-time)- MFA, San Diego State University
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Rob Swainston
(on leave: Spring 2023-Fall 2023)Associate Professor of Printmaking- BA, Hampshire College
- MFA, Columbia University
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Alina Tenser
Assistant Professor of Art and DesignBFA The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
MFA Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA -
Lachell Workman
Lecturer (Part-time)- MFA, Visual Arts, Purchase College