Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Michael Bell-Smith
Associate Professor of New Mediamichael.bell-smith@purchase.edu- BA, Brown University
- MFA, Bard College
Full-Time Faculty
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Steven Lambert
(on leave: 2023-2024)Associate Professor of New Mediasteven.lambert@purchase.edu- BFA, San Francisco Art Institute
- MFA, University of California, Davis
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Sara Magenheimer
Assistant Professor of New Mediasara.magenheimer@purchase.edu- BA, Tufts University
- BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
- MFA, Bard College
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Joseph McKay
(on leave: Fall 2023)Associate Professor of New Mediajoseph.mckay@purchase.edu- BFA, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design
- MFA, University of California, Berkeley
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Brooke Singer
Associate Professor of New Media- BA, Wesleyan University
- MFA, Carnegie Mellon University
brooke.singer@purchase.edu- Juanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor, 2015-2016
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
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Hakan Topal
Associate Professor of New Media and Graphic DesignDoris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Professor 2023-2025hakan.topal@purchase.edu- BS, MS, Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
- MA, PhD, New School for Social Research
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Lee Tusman
Assistant Professor of New Media and Computer Science- BA, Brandeis University
- MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
Part-Time Faculty
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Victoria Estok
Assistant Professor of New Mediavictoria.estok@purchase.edu- BA, Goddard College
- MFA, Transart Institute, University of Plymouth (UK)
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Yong Hee Kim
Assistant Professor of New MediaDigital Photography Instructional Support Specialistyong-h.kim@purchase.edu- BFA, MFA, Parsons the New School for Design
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Paul Thayer
Lecturer of New MediaNew Media Technicianpaul.thayer@purchase.edu- BFA, Icelandic College of Art and Crafts (Reykjavik)
- MFA, Concordia University (Montreal)
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Contributing Faculty
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Kate Gilmore
(on leave: Fall 2023)Professor of Sculpturekatherine.gilmore@purchase.edu- BA, Bates College
- MFA, School of Visual Arts
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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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Shaka McGlotten
Professor of Media StudiesJuanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor 2023-2024shaka.mcglotten@purchase.edu- BA, Grinnell College
- PhD, University of Texas, Austin
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Jeanine Meyer
Professor Emerita of Mathematics/Computer Sciencejeanine.meyer@purchase.edu- SB, University of Chicago
- MA, Columbia University
- PhD, New York University
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Adam Resnick
Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studiesadam.resnick@purchase.edu- BA, Stony Brook University, SUNY
- MA, PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
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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
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Raphael Zollinger
Lecturer of Sculptureraphael.zollinger@purchase.edu- BFA, Pratt Institute
- MPS, New York University
