Meet Our Faculty
Board of Study Coordinator
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Gaura Narayan
Associate Professor of Literaturegaura.narayan@purchase.edu- BA (Honors), University of Delhi (India)
- MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University
Full-Time Faculty
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Anthony Paul Domestico
Associate Professor of Literatureanthony.domestico@purchase.edu- AB, Harvard University
- MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
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Gari Laguardia
Associate Professor of Spanish and Literaturegari.laguardia@purchase.edu- BA, Columbia University
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania
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Elise Lemire
Professor of Literatureelise.lemire@purchase.eduBA, Yale University MA, PhD, Rutgers University
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Kathleen McCormick
Professor of Literature and Pedagogy- BA, Boston College
- MA, PhD, University of Connecticut
kathleen.mccormick@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Mariel Rodney
(on leave: Fall 2018)Assistant Professor of Literaturemariel.rodney@purchase.edu- BA, Queens College, City University of New York
- MA, PhD, Columbia University
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Lee Schlesinger
Associate Professor of Literature- BA, Brandeis University
- PhD, Yale University
lee.schlesinger@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Aviva Taubenfeld
Associate Professor of Literature and WritingChair, School of Humanities- BA, MA, PhD, Columbia University
aviva.taubenfeld@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Gary Waller
Distinguished Professor of Literature and Cultural Studiesgary.waller@purchase.edu- BA, MA, University of Auckland (New Zealand)
- PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
Part-Time Faculty
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Grace Caporino
Lecturer in Literaturegrace.caporino@purchase.edu- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MAT, Manhattanville College
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Ellis Light
Lecturer in LiteratureM.A in English, Fordham University
B.A in Literacy Studies, Eugene Lang College ( The New School) -
Dolores Obuch
Lecturer in Literaturedolores.obuch@purchase.edu- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MA, Columbia University
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Michael Taub
Lecturer in Jewish Studies- 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
Faculty Emeriti
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Maria Gagliardo
Associate Professor Emerita of Spanish and Literature- Maestra Normal Nacional (Argentina)
- BA, MA, Hunter College, City University of New York
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Sheldon Grebstein
University Professor Emeritus of LiteraturePresident of Purchase College, 1981–93- BA, University of Southern California
- MA, Columbia University
- PhD, Michigan State University
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Naomi Holoch
Associate Professor Emerita of French and Literature- BA, Oberlin College
- Licence-ès-Lettres, University of Aix-en-Provence (France)
- PhD, Columbia University
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Thomasenia M. Hutchins
Associate Professor Emerita of Literature- BA, MS, Fordham University
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Julius Novick
Professor Emeritus of Literature and Drama Studies- BA, Harvard University
- DFA, Yale University
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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
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Richard Stack
Associate Professor Emeritus of Literature- BA, Trinity College, University of Dublin (Ireland)
- PhD, Stanford University
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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
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Louise Yelin
Professor Emerita of Literature- AB, Bryn Mawr College
- MA, PhD, Columbia University
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching