Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Shaka McGlotten
Professor of Media Studiesshaka.mcglotten@purchase.edu- BA, Grinnell College
- PhD, University of Texas, Austin
Full-Time Faculty
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Diana Cassells
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
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Laura M. Chmielewski
Associate Professor of History- BA, St. Joseph’s University
- MA, Fordham University
- MPhil, PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
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Samuel Galloway
Assistant Professor of Political Science- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MA, The University of Chicago
- PhD, The University of Chicago
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Rudolf Gaudio
Professor of AnthropologyDirector of Natural and Social Sciences- BA, Yale University
- MIA, Columbia University
- PhD, Stanford University
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Paula Halperin
Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and HistoryDirector, School of Film and Media Studies- PhD, University of Maryland
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Paul Kaplan
Professor of Art History- BA, Hampshire College
- MA, PhD, Boston University
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Pete Malinverni
Associate Professor of Jazz Studies, Piano- BM, SUNY Potsdam
- MM, Purchase College, SUNY
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Krystal Perkins
Associate Professor of Psychology- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
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Mariel Rodney
Associate Professor of Literature- BA, Queens College, City University of New York
- MA, PhD, Columbia University
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Jennifer K. Uleman
Associate Professor of Philosophy- BA, Swarthmore College
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Faculty Emeriti
Doug Munro
Professor Emeritus of Music, Guitar- BS, Westchester Conservatory/Mercy College
- BSEd, SUNY Cortland
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Peter Schwab
Professor Emeritus of Political Science- BA, Fairleigh Dickinson University
- MA, PhD, New School for Social Research
peter.schwab@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Chancellor’s Award in Recognition of Exemplary Research and Scholarship