Creative Writing

Major

BA

Meet Our Faculty

Department Chair

Mehdi Tavana Okasi
Associate Professor of Creative Writing
- BA, Connecticut College
- MFA, Purdue University
mehdi.okasi@purchase.edu

Full-Time Faculty

Monica Ferrell

Professor of Creative Writing
- BA, Harvard University
- MFA, Columbia University
monica.ferrell@purchase.edu
Carlie Hoffman

Lecturer, Creative Writing
- BA, Ramapo College
- MFA, Columbia University
Catherine Lewis

Professor of Creative Writing
- BA, Fontbonne College
- PhD, Florida State University
catherine.lewis@purchase.edu

Part-Time Faculty

Nicolette Polek

Lecturer, Creative Writing

BA, Bennington College
MFA, University of Maryland
Richard Quigley

Lecturer, Creative Writing
- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MFA, Columbia University

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