Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Ling Zhang
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studiesling.zhang@purchase.edu- BA, Liaoning University (China)
- MA, Beijing Film Academy
- PhD, University of Chicago
Full-Time Faculty
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Joel Neville Anderson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Film- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MA, PhD, University of Rochester
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Rachel Fabian
Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies- BA, University of Vermont
- MA, University of California, Santa Barbara
- PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Paula Halperin
Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and HistoryDirector, School of Film and Media Studies- PhD, University of Maryland
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Nathan Holmes
(on leave: Spring 2023)Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies- BA, Brock University, Ontario
- MA, Ryerson University and York University, Ontario
- PhD, University of Chicago
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Agustín Zarzosa
(on leave: 2022-2023)Associate Professor of Cinema StudiesJuanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor 2022-2023- BA, Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico)
- MA, New York University
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Part-Time Faculty
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Robert Watson
Lecturer of Cinema StudiesLecturer of French- PhD, Vanderbilt University
- MA, University of Leeds (UK)
- BA, Baylor University
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Sean Weiner
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MFA, Hunter College, City University of New York
Contributing Faculty
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Shaka McGlotten
Professor of Media Studies- BA, Grinnell College
- PhD, University of Texas, Austin