Foundations Program

Faculty

• Sonya Blesofsky

  Lecturer of Sculpture (Part-time)

  MFA, San Francisco AA Institute

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  Damien Davis

  Lecturer of Sculpture (Part-time)

  MA, New York University

  damien.davis@purchase.edu
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  Stella Ebner

  Associate Professor of Printmaking

  • BFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  • MFA, Rhode Island School of Design

  stella.ebner@purchase.edu
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  Daniela Gomez Paz

  Lecturer (Part-time)

  BFA, State University of New York, Purchase College
  MAT, Queens College
  MFA, Yale School of Art
  
  

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  Keavy Handley-Byrne

  Lecturer (Part-time)

  BFA, State University of New York, Purchase College 
  MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
  
  

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  Cassandra Hooper

  Interim Director of the School of Art + Design

  Professor of Printmaking

  • BFA, California State University, Long Beach
  • MFA, Purchase College, SUNY

  • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

  cassandra.hooper@purchase.edu
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  Cynthia Lin

  Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing

  • BA, University of California, Berkeley
  • MA, MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City

  cynthia.lin@purchase.edu

• Rachael Mcarther

  Lecturer (Part-time)
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  Deborah Mesa-Pelly

  Adjunct Assistant Professor of Photography (Part-time)

  • BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
  • MFA, Yale University

  deborah.mesa-pelly@purchase.edu
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  Patrick Mohundro

  Lecturer (Part-time)

  BFA , Kendal College of Art and Design of Ferris University (Grand Rapids, MI) 
  MFA, Hunter College
  
  
  

  patrick.mohundro@purchase.edu
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  Gustavo Murillo Fernandez-Valdes

  Lecturer (Part-time)

  BA, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
  MFA , School of Visual Arts, New York

• Sarah Peters

  Lecturer (Part-time)

  MFA- Virginia Commonwealth University BFA- University of Pennsylvania

  sarah.peters@purchase.edu
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  Gina Ruggeri

  Adjunct Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing (Part-time)

  • BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art
  • MFA, Yale University

  gina.ruggeri@purchase.edu

• 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

  sara.saltzman@purchase.edu
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  Marisa Scheinfeld

  Lecturer of Photography (Part-time)

  • MFA, San Diego State University

  marisa.scheinfeld@purchase.edu

• Lane Sell

  Lecturer (Part-time)
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  Rob Swainston

  (on leave: Spring 2023-Fall 2023)

  Associate Professor of Printmaking

  • BA, Hampshire College
  • MFA, Columbia University

  robert.swainston@purchase.edu

• Michelle Wagner

  Lecturer (Part-time)

  BA, California State University
  MFA, Pratt Institute

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  Lachell Workman

  Lecturer, Sculpture (Part-time)

  MFA, Visual Arts, Purchase College

  lachell.workman@purchase.edu