Cinema and Television Studies

Full-Time Faculty

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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

  rachel.fabian@purchase.edu
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  Alessandra Galassi

  Lecturer of Cinema Studies

  MA, Queens College, CUNY
  MA, Universita degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”
  PhD, University of Connecticut
  
  

  alessandra.galassi@purchase.edu
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  Paula Halperin

  Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and History

  Director of the School of Film and Media Studies

  PhD, University of Maryland

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  Nathan Holmes

  (on leave: Spring 2026)

  Associate Professor of Cinema Studies

  • BA, Brock University, Ontario
  • MA, Ryerson University and York University, Ontario
  • PhD,  University of Chicago

  nathan.holmes@purchase.edu
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  Ling Zhang

  (on leave: Fall 2025-Spring 2026)

  Associate Professor of Cinema Studies

  • BA, Liaoning University (China)
  • MA, Beijing Film Academy
  • PhD, University of Chicago

  ling.zhang@purchase.edu