Literature

Full-Time Faculty

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  Ennis Addison

  Visiting Assistant Professor

  • MA, Auburn University

• Gari Laguardia

  Associate Professor of Spanish and Literature

  Co-Chair of Language and Culture

  • BA, Columbia University
  • PhD, University of Pennsylvania

  gari.laguardia@purchase.edu
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  Elise Lemire

  (on leave: 2022-2023)

  Professor of Literature

  • BA, Yale University
  • MA, PhD, Rutgers University
  • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

  elise.lemire@purchase.edu
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  Kerry Manzo

  Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature

  • BA and MA, University of Texas, El Paso
  • PhD, Texas Tech University

  kerry.manzo@purchase.edu
• 

  Paul Megna

  (on leave: Fall 2022)

  Assistant Professor of Literature

  • BA, SUNY Buffalo
  • MA, University of Rochester
  • PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

  paul.megna@purchase.edu
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  Gaura Narayan

  Associate Professor of Literature

  • BA (Honors), University of Delhi (India)
  • MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University

  gaura.narayan@purchase.edu
• 

  Mariel Rodney

  Associate Professor of Literature

  • BA, Queens College, City University of New York
  • MA, PhD, Columbia University

  mariel.rodney@purchase.edu
• 

  Aviva Taubenfeld

  Associate Professor of Literature and Writing

  Director, School of Humanities

  • BA, MA, PhD, Columbia University

  • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

  aviva.taubenfeld@purchase.edu