Department Chair

Full-Time Faculty

Part-Time Faculty

Faculty Emeriti

  • Bell Chevigny

    Professor Emerita of Literature
    • BA, Wellesley College
    • MA, PhD, Yale University
  • Maria Gagliardo

    Associate Professor Emerita of Spanish and Literature
    • Maestra Normal Nacional (Argentina)
    • BA, MA, Hunter College, City University of New York
  • Naomi Holoch

    Associate Professor Emerita of French and Literature
    • BA, Oberlin College
    • Licence-ès-Lettres, University of Aix-en-Provence (France)
    • PhD, Columbia University
  • Thomasenia M. Hutchins

    Associate Professor Emerita of Literature
    • BA, MS, Fordham University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Kathleen McCormick

    Professor Emerita of Literature and Pedagogy
    • BA, Boston College
    • MA, PhD, University of Connecticut
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
    kathleen.mccormick@purchase.edu
  • Julius Novick

    Professor Emeritus of Literature and Drama Studies
    • BA, Harvard University
    • DFA, Yale University
  • Credit: Marisol Diaz

    Ronnie Scharfman

    Professor Emerita of French and Literature
    • BA, Bryn Mawr College
    • Licence-ès-Lettres, Maitrise-ès-Lettres, University of Aix-en-Provence (France)
    • MPhil, PhD, Yale University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Lee Schlesinger

    Lee Schlesinger

    Associate Professor Emeritus of Literature
    • BA, Brandeis University
    • PhD, Yale University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
    lee.schlesinger@purchase.edu
  • Richard Stack

    Associate Professor Emeritus of Literature
    • BA, Trinity College, University of Dublin (Ireland)
    • PhD, Stanford University
  • Nina Pelikan Straus

    Professor Emerita of Literature
    • BA, Bennington College
    • PhD, New York University
  • Gary Waller

    Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Literature and Cultural Studies
    • BA, MA, University of Auckland (New Zealand)
    • PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
    gary.waller@purchase.edu
  • Philippa Wehle

    Professor Emerita of French, Drama Studies, and Literature
    • BA, Bucknell University
    • MA, Middlebury College
    • PhD, Columbia University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Louise Yelin

    Professor Emerita of Literature
    • AB, Bryn Mawr College
    • MA, PhD, Columbia University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching