Global Black Studies

Full-Time Faculty

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  Diana Cassells

  (on leave: Spring 2026)

  Assistant Professor of Political Science

  • B.Sc. (Hons), The University of the West Indies (Mona), Jamaica
  • M.A., The City College, CUNY
  • M.Phil., The Graduate Center, CUNY

  diana.cassells@purchase.edu
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  Mtume Gant

  Assistant Professor of Film

  BFA, Purchase College, SUNY

  mtume.gant@purchase.edu
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  Rudolf Gaudio

  Professor of Anthropology

  • BA, Yale University
  • MIA, Columbia University
  • PhD, Stanford University

  rudolf.gaudio@purchase.edu
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  Paula Halperin

  Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and History

  Director of the School of Film and Media Studies

  PhD, University of Maryland

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  Paul Kaplan

  Professor of Art History

  Chair of Art History

  • BA, Hampshire College
  • MA, PhD, Boston University

  paul.kaplan@purchase.edu
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  Jessica Levy

  Assistant Professor of History

  • BA, Emory University
  • MA, The University of Chicago
  • PhD, Johns Hopkins University
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  Kerry Manzo

  Assistant Professor of Global Studies

  Chair of General Studies

  • BA and MA, University of Texas, El Paso
  • PhD, Texas Tech University

  kerry.manzo@purchase.edu
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  Shaka McGlotten

  Professor of Media Studies

  Juanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor 2023-2024

  • BA, Grinnell College
  • PhD, University of Texas, Austin

  shaka.mcglotten@purchase.edu
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  William Bryant Miles

  Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance

  • MA, Goldsmiths, University of London
  • BFA, Howard University

  william.miles@purchase.edu
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  Mariel Rodney

  Associate Professor of Literature

  • BA, Queens College, City University of New York
  • MA, PhD, Columbia University

  mariel.rodney@purchase.edu