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Meet Our Faculty

Department Chair

Full-Time Faculty

  • Alexis M. Silver

    Associate Professor of Sociology
    Department Chair of Sociology
    • BA, Colorado College
    • MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    alexis.silver@purchase.edu
  • Carlos Amado

    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
  • Paula Halperin

    Paula Halperin

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

    PhD, University of Maryland

  • Mariana Carreno King

    Mariana Carreño King

    Associate Professor of Playwriting
    • BA, Goddard College
    • MFA, University of Southern California
    mariana.carreno@purchase.edu
  • Julian Kreimer

    Julian Kreimer

    Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing
    • BA, Princeton University
    • MA, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
    • MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
    julian.kreimer@purchase.edu
  • Gari Laguardia

    Associate Professor of Spanish and Literature
    Chair of Language and Culture and Linguistics
    • BA, Columbia University
    • PhD, University of Pennsylvania
    gari.laguardia@purchase.edu
  • Mariel Rodney

    Mariel Rodney

    Associate Professor of Literature
    • BA, Queens College, City University of New York
    • MA, PhD, Columbia University
    mariel.rodney@purchase.edu
  • Andrea Thome

    Andrea Thome

    Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance
    • BA, Harvard University
    • MFA, New York University
    andrea.thome@purchase.edu
  • Agustín Zarzosa

    Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
    Chair of Cinema and Television Studies and Co-Chair of Playwriting and Screenwriting
    • BA, Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico)
    • MA, New York University
    • PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
    agustin.zarzosa@purchase.edu

Contributing Faculty

Faculty Emeriti

  • John S. Gitlitz

    Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science
    • BA, Oberlin College
    • MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill