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 SociologyDepartment Chair of Sociologyalexis.silver@purchase.edu- BA, Colorado College
 - MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
 
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Carlos Amado
Assistant Professor of Communications and French- BA International Development, Brigham Young University
 - MBA International Administration, Thunderbird School of Global Management
 - MA French Studies, Brigham Young University
 - MA French, Vanderbilt University
 - PhD French, Vanderbilt University
 
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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
Associate 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 LiteratureChair of Language and Culture and Linguisticsgari.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 StudiesChair of Cinema and Television Studies and Co-Chair of Playwriting and Screenwritingagustin.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