Meet Our Faculty
Board of Study Coordinator
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Ragnhild Utheim
Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies- BS, Hunter College, City University of New York
- PhD, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York
ragnhild.utheim@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching
Part-Time Faculty
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Asma Ayob
Lecturer in Liberal Studiesasma.ayob@purchase.edu- BA, University of South Africa
- MA, University of Witwatersrand
- PhD, University of South Africa
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Theresa Benaquist
Lecturer in Liberal Studiestheresa.benaquist@purchase.edu- BA, Keene State College
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Owen Borda
Lecturer in Liberal Studiesowen.borda@purchase.edu- BFA, Long Island University
- MM, Kent State University
- PhD, Union Institute and University
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Edmund Cionek
Lecturer in Liberal Studiesedmund.cionek@purchase.edu- BM, Ball State University
- MA, DMA, University of Michigan
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Domenica DelPrete
Lecturer in Communications and Liberal Studiesdomenica.delprete@purchase.edu- BA, Fordham University
- MA, Boston College, Montclair University
- EdD, Columbia University
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Austin Dooley
Lecturer in Liberal Studiesaustin.dooley@purchase.edu- BS, Maritime College, SUNY
- MS, PhD, New York University
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Elizabeth Edelson
Lecturer in Liberal Studieselizabeth.edelson@purchase.edu- BA, Columbia University
- MA, Vassar College
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Shinelle Espaillat
Lecturer in Liberal Studiesshinelle.espaillat@purchase.edu- BA, Hunter College, City University of New York
- MA, Temple University
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David Haack
Lecturer in Liberal Studiesdavid.haack@purchase.edu- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MA, New School for Social Research
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Donna Hart
Lecturer in Liberal Studiesdonna.hart@purchase.edu- BA, MA, New York University
- PhD, Long Island University
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Marcy Jatovsky
Lecturer in Liberal Studiesmarcy.jatovsky@purchase.edu- BA, Stony Brook University, SUNY
- MA, Montclair State University
- DLitt, Drew University
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Carl Jensen
Lecturer in Liberal Studiescarl.jensen@purchase.edu- BA, King’s College
- MA, New School for Social Research
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George Keteku
Lecturer in Liberal Studiesgeorge.keteku@purchase.edu- BS, MA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
- PhD, Binghamton University, SUNY
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Daniel Ephraim Mann
Lecturer in Liberal Studiesdaniel.mann@purchase.edu- BA, Suffolk University
- MS, University of Manchester (UK)
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Kenneth Mann
Lecturer in Liberal Studieskenneth.mann@purchase.edu- BS, Pace University
- MA, Columbia University
- MEd, PsyD, Pace University
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Laura Moore
Lecturer in Liberal Studieslaura.moore@purchase.edu- BA, Manhattanville College
- MS, Columbia University
- EdD, Columbia University
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Charles Murphy
Lecturer in Liberal Studiescharles.murphy@purchase.edu- BS, Mercy College
- MA, City University of New York
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Rachel Simon
Lecturer in Liberal Studiesrachel.simon@purchase.edu- BA, Colby College
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Audrey Sprenger
Lecturer in Liberal Studiesaudrey.sprenger@purchase.edu- BA, MS, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Joseph Verdicchio
Lecturer in Liberal Studiesjoseph.verdicchio@purchase.edu- BA, Fordham University
- MA, PhD, New York University
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Sophia Ward
Lecturer in Liberal Studiessophia.ward@purchase.edu- BA, Colgate University
- MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Contributing Faculty
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Leandro Benmergui
Assistant Professor of Historyleandro.benmergui@purchase.edu- BA, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
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Meagan Curtis
Associate Professor of Psychologymeagan.curtis@purchase.edu- BA, Hampshire College
- PhD, Dartmouth College
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Ager Gondra
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Linguisticsager.gondra@purchase.edu- BA, MAT, Universidad de Deusto (Spain)
- MA, PhD, Purdue University
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Alysa Hantgan
Lecturer in Writingalysa.hantgan@purchase.edu- BA, University of Michigan
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Lauren Harburger
Lecturer in Psychologylauren.harburger@purchase.edu- BS, Cornell University
- MS, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
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Patrick Holt
Lecturer in Historypatrick.holt@purchase.edu- BA, St. Joseph’s University
- MTh, University of Edinburgh (Scotland)
- MPhil, Fordham University
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Nora Jacobsen Ben Hammed
Lecturer in Philosophyn.jacobsenbenhammed@purchase.edu- BA, MA, Yale University
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Yong Hee Kim
Assistant Professor of New Mediayong-h.kim@purchase.edu- BFA, MFA, Parsons the New School for Design
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Keith Landa
Director of the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (Associate Librarian)keith.landa@purchase.edu- BS, Iowa State University
- MS, University of California, San Diego
- PhD, University of Michigan
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Barbara E. McMullen
Lecturer in Mathematicsbarbara.mcmullen@purchase.edu- BS, Pennsylvania State University
- MPA, New York University
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Elizabeth Rose Middleton
Assistant Professor of Chemistryelizabeth.middleton@purchase.edu- BA, Dartmouth College
- MS, PhD, Yale University
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Lisa Jean Moore
Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies- BA, Tufts University
- MPH, University of California, Berkeley
- PhD, University of California, San Francisco
lisa-jean.moore@purchase.edu- SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
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Patricia Rind
Lecturer in Gender Studiespatricia.rind@purchase.edu- BA, Tufts University
- MA, PhD, New York University
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Michael Taub
Lecturer in Literature- BA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
- MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
michael.taub@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching
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Carina Vocisano
Lecturer in Psychologycarina.vocisano@purchase.edu- BA, Bennington College
- MA, PhD, Alliant International University
Faculty Emeriti
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Laura Butterfield
Lecturer Emerita in Liberal Studieslaura.butterfield@purchase.edu- BA, SUNY Fredonia
- MEd, MA, Columbia University
- MS, PsyD, Pace University
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Suzanne Ironbiter
Lecturer Emerita in Liberal Studiessuzanne.ironbiter@purchase.edu- BA, University of Michigan
- MA, University of Freiburg
- PhD, Columbia University