Gender Studies

Full-Time Faculty

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  Shemeem Burney Abbas

  Professor of Political Science

  Doris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Professor (2017–19)

  • MA, University of Leeds (England)
  • MA, PhD, University of Texas, Austin

  shemeem.abbas@purchase.edu
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  Christian Bailey

  (on leave: Fall 2019-Spring 2020)

  Assistant Professor of History

  • BA, University of Oxford (England)
  • MA, University of Sussex (England)
  • PhD, Yale University

  j-christian.bailey@purchase.edu
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  Umayyah Cable

  Assistant Professor of Media Studies

  BA, Smith College
  PhD, University of Southern California

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  Lenora Champagne

  (on leave: Fall 2019)

  Professor of Theatre and Performance

  Lecturer in Playwriting

  • BA, Louisiana State University
  • MA, PhD, New York University

  • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities

  lenora.champagne@purchase.edu
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  Rachel Dickstein

  Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance

  • BA, Yale University

  rachel.dickstein@purchase.edu
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  Anthony Paul Domestico

  Associate Professor of Literature

  • AB, Harvard University
  • MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University

  anthony.domestico@purchase.edu
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  Paula Halperin

  Associate Professor of Latin American History

  Chair, Film and Media Studies

  • BA, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • PhD, University of Maryland

  paula.halperin@purchase.edu
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  Morris B. Kaplan

  Professor of Philosophy

  • BA, Williams College
  • MA, JD, Yale University

  • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities

  morris.kaplan@purchase.edu

• Lisa Keller

  Professor of History

  • BA, Vassar College
  • PhD, University of Cambridge (England)

  • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service

  lisa.keller@purchase.edu
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  Mary Kosut

  Associate Professor of Sociology

  • BA, MA, University of New Orleans
  • PhD, New School for Social Research

  mary.kosut@purchase.edu
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  Jane Kromm

  Professor of Art History

  • BS, Wheelock College
  • MDiv, Harvard University
  • PhD, Emory University

  jane.kromm@purchase.edu
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  Elise Lemire

  Professor of Literature

  BA, Yale University
  MA, PhD, Rutgers University

  elise.lemire@purchase.edu
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  Lisa Jean Moore

  (on leave: Fall 2019-Spring 2020)

  Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies

  • BA, Tufts University
  • MPH, University of California, Berkeley
  • PhD, University of California, San Francisco

  • SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities

  lisa-jean.moore@purchase.edu
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  Gaura Narayan

  Associate Professor of Literature

  • BA (Honors), University of Delhi (India)
  • MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University

  gaura.narayan@purchase.edu
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  Jordan Schildcrout

  Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance

  • BA, Yale University
  • PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York

  • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

  jordan.schildcrout@purchase.edu
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  Michelle Stewart

  (on leave: Fall 2019-Spring 2020)

  Associate Professor of Cinema Studies

  • BA, Stanford University
  • MA, PhD, University of Minnesota

  michelle.stewart@purchase.edu