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Creative Writing
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Department Chair
Mehdi Tavana Okasi
Associate Professor of Creative Writing
Juanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor 2024-2026
BA, Connecticut College
MFA, Purdue University
mehdi.okasi@purchase.edu
Full-Time Faculty
Lee Conell
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
MFA, Vanderbilt University
BA and MA, SUNY New Paltz
Monica Ferrell
Professor of Creative Writing
BA, Harvard University
MFA, Columbia University
monica.ferrell@purchase.edu
Part-Time Faculty
Ben Janse
Lecturer of Creative Writing
Jess Mehr
Lecturer of Creative Writing
Faculty Emeriti
Naomi Holoch
Associate Professor Emerita of French and Literature
BA, Oberlin College
Licence-ès-Lettres, University of Aix-en-Provence (France)
PhD, Columbia University
Catherine Lewis
Professor Emerita of Creative Writing
BA, Fontbonne College
PhD, Florida State University
catherine.lewis@purchase.edu
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