Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Paul Kaplan
Professor of Art HistoryChair of Art Historypaul.kaplan@purchase.edu- BA, Hampshire College
- MA, PhD, Boston University
Department Chair, MA
Jonah Westerman
Associate Professor of Art HistoryArt History MA, Department Chairjonah.westerman@purchase.edu- BA, Harvard University
- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Full-Time Faculty
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Jane Kromm
Professor of Art HistoryChair of Museum Studies Minorjane.kromm@purchase.edu- BS, Wheelock College
- MDiv, Harvard University
- PhD, Emory University
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Laura M. Chmielewski
Professor of History- BA, St. Joseph’s University
- MA, Fordham University
- MPhil, PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
laura.chmielewski@purchase.eduChancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
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Melissa Forstrom
Associate Professor of Global Studies and Arts Managementmelissa.forstrom@purchase.edu- BS, Northeastern University
- MA, PhD, University of Westminster (England)
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Rachel Hallote
Professor of History- BA, Bryn Mawr College
- MA, PhD, University of Chicago
rachel.hallote@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
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Sarah Warren
Associate Professor of Art Historysarah.warren@purchase.edu- BA, Oberlin College
- MA, University of Iowa
- PhD, University of Southern California
Faculty Emeriti
Elizabeth Guffey
Professor Emerita of Art Historyelizabeth.guffey@purchase.edu- BA, University of California, Santa Barbara
- MA, PhD, Stanford University
