Meet Our Faculty
Board of Study Coordinator
Leandro Benmergui
Assistant Professor of Historyleandro.benmergui@purchase.edu- BA, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
Full-Time Faculty
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Alexis M. Silver
Associate Professor of Sociology- BA, Colorado College
- MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Alfredo Garcia-Pardo
Assistant Professor of Language and CultureCoordinator of Language Programs and Linguistics Minor- BA, MA, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- MA, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- MA, PhD, University of Southern California
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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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Chrys Ingraham
Professor of Sociology- BA, MA, MPA, PhD, Syracuse University
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Mariana Carreno King
Assistant Professor of Playwriting- BA, Goddard College
- MFA, University of Southern California
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Gari Laguardia
Associate Professor of Spanish and Literature- BA, Columbia University
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania
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Andrea Thome
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance- BA, Harvard University
- MFA, New York University
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Agustín Zarzosa
Associate Professor of Cinema Studies- BA, Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico)
- MA, New York University
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Contributing Faculty
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Patrice Giasson
Alex Gordon Curator of Art of the Americas, Neuberger Museum of Art- MA, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
- BA, MA, PhD, University of Montreal
Faculty Emeriti
John S. Gitlitz
Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science- BA, Oberlin College
- MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill