Playwriting and Screenwriting

Minor

Major

BA

Meet Our Faculty

Department Chair

A. Dean Bell
Associate Professor of Practice in Screenwriting
- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
dean.bell@purchase.edu
Peggy Stafford
Assistant Professor of Playwriting
- BA, Seattle University
- MFA, Bennington College
peggy.stafford@purchase.edu

Full-Time Faculty

Mariana Carreño King

Assistant Professor of Playwriting
- BA, Goddard College
- MFA, University of Southern California
Eric Mandelbaum

Visiting Assistant Professor of Screenwriting
- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
eric.mandelbaum@purchase.edu

Part-Time Faculty

Lily Akerman

Lecturer, Playwriting

BA, Princeton College
MFA, Hunter College

lily.akerman@purchase.edu
Margot Bordelon

Director of New Plays Now
Jaffe Cohen

Lecturer of Screenwriting
- BA, Tufts University
- BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
- MFA, Bard College
jaffe.cohen@purchase.edu
Sara Cooper

Lecturer of Playwriting
- BFA, MFA, New York University
sara.cooper@purchase.edu
Amina Henry

Lecturer of Playwriting
- BA, Yale University
- MA, New York University
- MFA, Brooklyn College
Bryan Korn

Lecturer of Screenwriting

BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Susan Kouguell

Lecturer of Screenwriting
- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
susan.kouguell@purchase.edu
Tatiana Kouguell-Hoell

Lecturer, Screenwriting

BA, Purchase College
MFA, Columbia University
James Madejski

Lecturer of Screenwriting

BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Sarah Mantell

Lecturer of Playwriting
- BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
- MFA, Yale University
Ana Margineanu

Lecturer of Playwriting
- MFA, National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest
James Mehiel

Lecturer of Screenwriting and Film

Media Manager
- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
james.mehiel@purchase.edu
Matthew Olmos

Lecturer, Playwriting

BA, University of California at Santa Barbara
MFA, Actor’s Studio Drama School

matthew.olmos@purchase.edu
Michael O’Shea

Lecturer of Screenwriting

BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Daphne Pollon

Lecturer, Screenwriting

BA, University of California Santa Barbara
Edward Pomerantz

Associate Professor of Screenwriting
- BA, City College of New York
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
edward.pomerantz@purchase.edu
Alana Sanko

Lecturer of Screenwriting

BA, University of California, Santa Barbara
Charly Simpson

Lecturer of Playwriting
- BA: Brown University
- MSt: New College, University of Oxford
- MFA: Hunter College
Celine Snippe

Lecturer, Playwriting

BA, University of Amsterdam
MA, University of London
MFA, New York University

celine.snippe@purchase.edu
Bridget Visser

Lecturer of Playwriting and Screenwriting
J.D. Zeik

Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Film
- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
john.zeik@purchase.edu

Contributing Faculty

Andrea Thome

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance
- BA, Harvard University
- MFA, New York University
andrea.thome@purchase.edu

Faculty Emeriti

Lenora Champagne
Professor Emerita of Theatre and Performance
Lecturer in Playwriting
- BA, Louisiana State University
- MA, PhD, New York University
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
lenora.champagne@purchase.edu