Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Megan Rossman
Associate Professor of Communications- BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology
- MFA, Hunter College
Full-Time Faculty
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Carlos Amado
Assistant Professor of Communications and French- BA International Development, Brigham Young University
- MBA International Administration, Thunderbird School of Global Management
- MA French Studies, Brigham Young University
- MA French, Vanderbilt University
- PhD French, Vanderbilt University
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Sharon Zechowski
Assistant Professor of Communications- BA, Hunter College, City University of New York
- MS, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
- PhD, Ohio University
Part-Time Faculty
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John Delate
Lecturer of Communications- BS, Mansfield University
- MS. Mansfield University
- MA, Clark University
- PhD, Clark University
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Melissa Rodriguez
Lecturer of Communications- MFA, Brooklyn College, Film and Television Production
- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
Contributing Faculty
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Ndukwe Daniel Agwu
Lecturer, Law and Justice StudiesLecturer in Communicationsndukwe.agwu@purchase.edu- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- JD, Touro College
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Janis Astor del Valle
Assistant Professor of Practice in Arts Managementjanis.astor@purchase.edu- BA, Marymount Manhattan College
- MFA, Columbia University
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Melissa Forstrom
Associate Professor of Global Studies and Arts Managementmelissa.forstrom@purchase.edu- BS, Northeastern University
- MA, PhD, University of Westminster (England)
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Alysa Hantgan
Lecturer of Writingalysa.hantgan@purchase.edu- BA, University of Michigan
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Rachael McArther
Lecturer -
Anna Ozbek
(on leave: Fall 2023)Assistant Professor of Journalism- BA, University of Washington
- MFA, Hunter College
