Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Paul Kaplan
Professor of Art Historypaul.kaplan@purchase.edu- BA, Hampshire College
- MA, PhD, Boston University
Hilary Whitham Sánchez
Assistant Professor of Art HistoryBA, Fordham University
MA, City of College of New York
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Department Chair, MA
Jonah Westerman
Assistant Professor of Art Historyjonah.westerman@purchase.edu- BA, Harvard University
- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Full-Time Faculty
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Laura M. Chmielewski
Associate Professor of Historylaura.chmielewski@purchase.edu- BA, St. Joseph’s University
- MA, Fordham University
- MPhil, PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
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Melissa Forstrom
Assistant Professor of Arts Managementmelissa.forstrom@purchase.edu- BS, Northeastern University
- MA, PhD, University of Westminster (England)
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Elizabeth Guffey
Professor of Art Historyelizabeth.guffey@purchase.edu- BA, University of California, Santa Barbara
- MA, PhD, Stanford University
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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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Jane Kromm
Professor of Art Historyjane.kromm@purchase.edu- BS, Wheelock College
- MDiv, Harvard University
- PhD, Emory University
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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
