Meet Our Faculty
Board of Study Coordinator
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Gregory Taylor
Professor of Cinema StudiesCommunity Engagement Director, Performing Arts Centergregory.taylor@purchase.edu- BA, University of Toronto
- MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Full-Time Faculty
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Rachel Fabian
Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema StudiesBA, University of Vermont
MA, University of California, Santa Barbara
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara -
Paula Halperin
(on leave: 2018-19)Associate Professor of Latin American Historypaula.halperin@purchase.edu- BA, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- PhD, University of Maryland
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Michelle Stewart
(on leave: 2018-19)Associate Professor of Cinema Studiesmichelle.stewart@purchase.edu- BA, Stanford University
- MA, PhD, University of Minnesota
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Agustín Zarzosa
Associate Professor of Cinema StudiesChair, School of Film and Media Studiesagustin.zarzosa@purchase.edu- BA, Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico)
- MA, New York University
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
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Ling Zhang
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studiesling.zhang@purchase.edu- BA, Liaoning University (China)
- MA, Beijing Film Academy
- PhD, University of Chicago
Part-Time Faculty
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Anne M. Kern
(on leave: 2018-19)Professor of Film and Cinema Studiesanne.kern@purchase.edu- BA, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- MA, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- MPhil, PhD, Yale University
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Sean Weiner
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studiessean.weiner@purchase.edu- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MFA, Hunter College, City University of New York
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Sharon Zechowski
Lecturer in Media Studiessharon.zechowski@purchase.edu- BA, Hunter College, City University of New York
- MS, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
- PhD, Ohio University
Contributing Faculty
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A. Dean Bell
Visiting Associate Professor of Screenwritingdean.bell@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Casey Haskins
(on leave: Fall 2017)Associate Professor of Philosophycasey.haskins@purchase.edu- BA, University of California, Santa Cruz
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania
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Elise Lemire
Professor of Literatureelise.lemire@purchase.eduBA, Yale University MA, PhD, Rutgers University
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Eric Mandelbaum
Visiting Assistant Professor of Screenwritingeric.mandelbaum@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Shaka McGlotten
Associate Professor of Media StudiesDoris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Professor (2016–18)shaka.mcglotten@purchase.edu- BA, Grinnell College
- PhD, University of Texas, Austin
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Brian Paccione
Visiting Assistant Professor of Filmbrian.paccione@purchase.edu- BA, Vassar College
- MFA, Columbia University
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Edward Pomerantz
Associate Professor of Screenwritingedward.pomerantz@purchase.edu- BA, City College of New York
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
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Michèle Stephenson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Filmmichele.stephenson@purchase.edu- BA, McGill University
- MA, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs
- JD, Columbia University
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John G. Young
Visiting Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Filmjohn.young@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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J.D. Zeik
Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Filmjohn.zeik@purchase.edu- BA, Purchase College, SUNY