Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
A. Dean Bell
Associate Professor of Practice in Screenwritingdean.bell@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Peggy Stafford
Assistant Professor of Playwritingpeggy.stafford@purchase.edu- BA, Seattle University
- MFA, Bennington College
Full-Time Faculty
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Mariana Carreño King
Assistant Professor of Playwriting- BA, Goddard College
- MFA, University of Southern California
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Eric Mandelbaum
Visiting Assistant Professor of Screenwritingeric.mandelbaum@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Part-Time Faculty
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Lily Akerman
Lecturer, Playwritinglily.akerman@purchase.eduBA, Princeton College
MFA, Hunter College -
Margot Bordelon
Director of New Plays Now -
Jaffe Cohen
Lecturer of Screenwritingjaffe.cohen@purchase.edu- BA, Tufts University
- BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
- MFA, Bard College
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Amina Henry
Lecturer of Playwriting- BA, Yale University
- MA, New York University
- MFA, Brooklyn College
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James Mehiel
Lecturer of Screenwriting and FilmMedia Managerjames.mehiel@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Matthew Olmos
Lecturer, Playwritingmatthew.olmos@purchase.eduBA, University of California at Santa Barbara
MFA, Actor’s Studio Drama School -
Edward Pomerantz
Associate Professor of Screenwritingedward.pomerantz@purchase.edu- BA, City College of New York
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
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Charly Simpson
Lecturer of Playwriting- BA: Brown University
- MSt: New College, University of Oxford
- MFA: Hunter College
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Celine Snippe
Lecturer, Playwritingceline.snippe@purchase.eduBA, University of Amsterdam
MA, University of London
MFA, New York University -
Bridget Visser
Lecturer of Playwriting and Screenwriting -
J.D. Zeik
Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Filmjohn.zeik@purchase.edu- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
Contributing Faculty
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Andrea Thome
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performanceandrea.thome@purchase.edu- BA, Harvard University
- MFA, New York University
Faculty Emeriti
Lenora Champagne
Professor Emerita of Theatre and PerformanceLecturer in Playwriting- BA, Louisiana State University
- MA, PhD, New York University
lenora.champagne@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
