Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
John G. Young
Visiting Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Filmjohn.young@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Full-Time Faculty
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Joel Neville Anderson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Filmjoel.anderson@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MA, PhD, University of Rochester
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Iris Cahn
Professor of Filmiris.cahn@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MA, New York University
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Edwin Martinez
Assistant Professor of Filmedwin.martinez@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
- EdM, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Lawrence O’Neil
(on leave: 2022-2023)Associate Professor of Filmlawrence.oneil@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Part-Time Faculty
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Chantal Emond-Bourhis
Lecturer of FilmBA, Concordia University
BFA, Concordia University
MFA, City College of New York -
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James Mehiel
Lecturer of Screenwriting and FilmMedia Managerjames.mehiel@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Brian Paccione
Lecturer of Filmbrian.paccione@purchase.edu- BA, Vassar College
- MFA, Columbia University
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Ligaiya Romero
Lecturer of Filmligaiya.romero@purchase.edu- B.A. Film Production, UCLA
- B.A. International Development Studies, UCLA
- M.A. Visual Communication, UNC-Chapel Hill
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J.D. Zeik
Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Filmjohn.zeik@purchase.edu- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
Contributing Faculty
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Christopher McCann
Visiting Assistant Professorchristopher.mccann@purchase.edu- BFA, New York University
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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
(on leave: 2022-2023)Associate Professor of Cinema StudiesJuanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor 2022-2023agustin.zarzosa@purchase.edu- BA, Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico)
- MA, New York University
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
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Ling Zhang
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studiesling.zhang@purchase.edu- BA, Liaoning University (China)
- MA, Beijing Film Academy
- PhD, University of Chicago
Faculty Emeriti
Miriam Arsham
Professor Emerita of Film- BA, Hunter College, City University of New York
- BLA, Columbia University
