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Meet Our Faculty

Department Chair

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    Lisa Keller

    Professor of History
    Department Chair (Fall 25 only)
    • BA, Vassar College
    • PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
    lisa.keller@purchase.edu

Full-Time Faculty

  • Christian Bailey

    (on leave: Fall 2025)
    Associate Professor of History
    • BA, University of Oxford (England)
    • MA, University of Sussex (England)
    • PhD, Yale University

    Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2024-25

    j-christian.bailey@purchase.edu
  • Leandro Benmergui

    Leandro Benmergui

    Associate Professor of History
    • BA, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
    • PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
    leandro.benmergui@purchase.edu
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    Laura M. Chmielewski

    Professor of History
    • BA, St. Joseph’s University
    • MA, Fordham University
    • MPhil, PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York

    Chancellor’s Award  for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities

    laura.chmielewski@purchase.edu
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    Rachel Hallote

    Professor of History
    • BA, Bryn Mawr College
    • MA, PhD, University of Chicago
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
    rachel.hallote@purchase.edu
  • Jessica Levy

    Jessica Levy

    (on leave: Spring 2025)
    Assistant Professor of History
    • BA, Emory University
    • MA, The University of Chicago
    • PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Part-Time Faculty

  • John Carney

    John Carney

    Lecturer in History
    • BA, Political Science Brooklyn College
    • MA, New School for Social Research
    • PhD Philosophy, New School

  • Gene Fein

    Lecturer of History
    • B.A. in Communications
    • M.A. in American History, Fordham University
    • Ph.D. in American History, The Graduate Center, CUNY
    gene.fein@purchase.edu

  • George Keteku

    Lecturer, Global Studies
    • BS, MA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
    • PhD, Binghamton University, SUNY
    george.keteku@purchase.edu
  • Jenna Schultz

    Jenna Schultz

    Lecturer of History
    • BA, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    • MA, University of Wisconsin- Madison
    • PhD, University of Wisconsin- Madison

  • Chen Zhang

    Lecturer of History
    • BA, International Studies College (Beijing, China)
    • MA, Shanghai Normal University
    • MA, University of Minnesota
    chen.zhang@purchase.edu

Contributing Faculty

  • Paula Halperin

    Paula Halperin

    Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and History
    Director of the School of Film and Media Studies

    PhD, University of Maryland

Faculty Emeriti

  • Geoffrey Field

    Geoffrey G. Field

    Professor Emeritus of History
    • BA, MA, St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford (England)
    • PhD, Columbia University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

  • Albert Fried

    Professor Emeritus of History
    • BA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
    • MA, Columbia University

  • Alfred Hunt

    Professor Emeritus of History
    • BA, St. Edward’s University
    • MA, PhD, University of Texas, Austin
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

  • Wayne te Brake

    Professor Emeritus of History
    • BA, Calvin College
    • PhD, University of Michigan
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities

  • Renqiu Yu

    Professor Emeritus of History
    Research Professor of Asian Studies
    • BA, Sun Yat-sen University (China)
    • MA, University of California, Los Angeles
    • PhD, New York University
    ren.yu@purchase.edu