Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Leandro Benmergui
Associate 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 Sociologyalexis.silver@purchase.edu- BA, Colorado College
- MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Paula Halperin
Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and HistoryDirector of the School of Film and Media StudiesPhD, University of Maryland
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Mariana Carreño King
(on leave: Spring 2025)Assistant Professor of Playwritingmariana.carreno@purchase.edu- BA, Goddard College
- MFA, University of Southern California
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Julian Kreimer
Associate Professor of Painting and Drawingjulian.kreimer@purchase.edu- BA, Princeton University
- MA, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
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Gari Laguardia
Associate Professor of Spanish and LiteratureCo-Chair of Language and Culturegari.laguardia@purchase.edu- BA, Columbia University
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania
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Mariel Rodney
Associate Professor of Literaturemariel.rodney@purchase.edu- BA, Queens College, City University of New York
- MA, PhD, Columbia University
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Andrea Thome
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performanceandrea.thome@purchase.edu- BA, Harvard University
- MFA, New York University
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Agustín Zarzosa
Associate Professor of Cinema StudiesJuanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor 2022-2023agustin.zarzosa@purchase.edu- 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 Artpatrice.giasson@purchase.edu- 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
