Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Lawrence O’Neil
Associate Professor of FilmChair of Filmlawrence.oneil@purchase.eduBFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Full-Time Faculty
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Maximiliano Ferro
Assistant Professor of Animationmaximiliano.ferro@purchase.eduMFA, Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University
BFA, Cooper Union -
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Sunita Prasad
Assistant Professor of FilmMFA, Rhode Island School of Design
BFA, Tisch School of the Arts at New York University
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John G. Young
Visiting Assistant Professor of Filmjohn.young@purchase.eduBFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Part-Time Faculty
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Robert Anderson
Lecturer of Filmrobert.anderson@purchase.edu- AAS, Queensborough Community College, CUNY
- BS, York College CUNY
- MM, New York University
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Charles Gomez
Lecturer of Filmcharles.gomez@purchase.edu- BS, Utica College
- MFA, City College of New York
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Gretchen Hildebran
Lecturer of Filmgretchen.hildebran@purchase.edu- BA, Wesleyan University
- MA, Stamford University
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Myna Joseph
Lecturer of Filmmyna.joseph@purchase.edu- BA, Wellesley College
- MFA, Columbia University
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Brian Paccione
Lecturer of Filmbrian.paccione@purchase.edu- BA, Vassar College
- MFA, Columbia University
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Ricardo Varona
Lecturer of Filmrichard.varona@purchase.edu- BFA, Syracuse University
- MFA, Columbia University
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J.D. Zeik
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Filmjohn.zeik@purchase.eduBA, Purchase College, SUNY
Contributing Faculty
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Anne M. Kern
Associate Professor of Film and Cinema StudiesDean for Global Strategy and International Programs and Director of the Center for Engagementanne.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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Agustín Zarzosa
Associate Professor of Cinema StudiesChair of Cinema and Television Studiesagustin.zarzosa@purchase.edu- BA, Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico)
- MA, New York University
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
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Ling Zhang
(on leave: Fall 2025-Spring 2026)Associate Professor of Cinema Studiesling.zhang@purchase.edu- BA, Liaoning University (China)
- MA, Beijing Film Academy
- PhD, University of Chicago
Faculty Emeriti
Iris Cahn
Professor Emerita of Filmiris.cahn@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MA, New York University
