Meet Our Faculty
Board of Study Coordinator
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Morris B. Kaplan
Professor of PhilosophyBoard of Study Coordinator- BA, Williams College
- MA, JD, Yale University
morris.kaplan@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
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Shaka McGlotten
Associate Professor of Media Studiesshaka.mcglotten@purchase.edu- BA, Grinnell College
- PhD, University of Texas, Austin
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Gaura Narayan
Associate Professor of Literaturegaura.narayan@purchase.edu- BA (Honors), University of Delhi (India)
- MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University
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Jordan Schildcrout
(on leave: 2017–18)Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance- BA, Yale University
- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
jordan.schildcrout@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Full-Time Faculty
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Shemeem Burney Abbas
(on leave: Spring 2019)Professor of Political ScienceDoris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Professor (2017–19)shemeem.abbas@purchase.edu- MA, University of Leeds (England)
- MA, PhD, University of Texas, Austin
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Christian Bailey
Assistant Professor of Historyj-christian.bailey@purchase.edu- BA, University of Oxford (England)
- MA, University of Sussex (England)
- PhD, Yale University
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Karen L. Baird
Associate Professor of Political Sciencekaren.baird@purchase.edu- BS, MA, PhD, University of Houston
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Lenora Champagne
Professor of Theatre and PerformanceLecturer in Playwriting- BA, Louisiana State University
- MA, PhD, New York University
lenora.champagne@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
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Anthony Paul Domestico
Associate Professor of Literatureanthony.domestico@purchase.edu- AB, Harvard University
- MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
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Paula Halperin
(on leave: 2018-19)Associate Professor of Latin American Historypaula.halperin@purchase.edu- BA, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- PhD, University of Maryland
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Diana Kay Johnson
Assistant Professor of Historydiana.johnson@purchase.edu- BA, Eastern Washington University
- MA,PhD, University of California, Davis
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Lisa Keller
Professor of History- BA, Vassar College
- PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
lisa.keller@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
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Suzanne Kessler
Professor of PsychologyDean until 7/31/18- BA, Carnegie Mellon University
- PhD, City University of New York
suzanne.kessler@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Mary Kosut
(on leave: Spring 2019)Associate Professor of Sociologymary.kosut@purchase.edu- BA, MA, University of New Orleans
- PhD, New School for Social Research
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Jane Kromm
Professor of Art Historyjane.kromm@purchase.edu- BS, Wheelock College
- MDiv, Harvard University
- PhD, Emory University
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Elise Lemire
Professor of Literatureelise.lemire@purchase.eduBA, Yale University MA, PhD, Rutgers University
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Lisa Jean Moore
Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies- BA, Tufts University
- MPH, University of California, Berkeley
- PhD, University of California, San Francisco
lisa-jean.moore@purchase.edu- SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
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Michelle Stewart
(on leave: 2018-19)Associate Professor of Cinema Studiesmichelle.stewart@purchase.edu- BA, Stanford University
- MA, PhD, University of Minnesota
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Jennifer K. Uleman
(on leave: 2018-19)Associate Professor of Philosophy2018-20 Doris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Professor- BA, Swarthmore College
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania
jennifer.uleman@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Contributing Faculty
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Tracy Schpero Fitzpatrick
Associate Professor of Art HistoryDirector, Neuberger Museum of Arttracy.fitzpatrick@purchase.edu- BA, Tufts University
- MA, George Washington University
- PhD, Rutgers University
Faculty Emeriti
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Kimberly E. Christensen
Associate Professor Emerita of Economics- BA, Earlham College
- PhD, University of Massachusetts
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Naomi Holoch
Associate Professor Emerita of French and Literature- BA, Oberlin College
- Licence-ès-Lettres, University of Aix-en-Provence (France)
- PhD, Columbia University
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Marjorie Miller
Professor Emerita of Philosophy- BA, Jackson College
- MA, Tufts University
- PhD, Stony Brook University, SUNY
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Esther Newton
Professor Emerita of Anthropology- BA, University of Michigan
- MA, PhD, University of Chicago
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Ronnie Scharfman
Professor Emerita of French and Literature- BA, Bryn Mawr College
- Licence-ès-Lettres, Maitrise-ès-Lettres, University of Aix-en-Provence (France)
- MPhil, PhD, Yale University
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Louise Yelin
Professor Emerita of Literature- AB, Bryn Mawr College
- MA, PhD, Columbia University
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching