Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Peggy Stafford
Assistant Professor of PlaywritingCo-Chair Playwriting & Screenwritingpeggy.stafford@purchase.edu- BA, Seattle University
- MFA, Bennington College
Beau Thorne
Assistant Professor of ScreenwritingCo-Chair Playwriting & Screenwritingbeau.thorne@purchase.eduMFA, University of Texas, Austin
Full-Time Faculty
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A. Dean Bell
Associate Professor of Practice in Screenwritingdean.bell@purchase.eduBFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Mariana Carreño King
(on leave: Spring 2025)Assistant Professor of Playwritingmariana.carreno@purchase.edu- BA, Goddard College
- MFA, University of Southern California
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Eric Mandelbaum
Visiting Assistant Professor of Screenwritingeric.mandelbaum@purchase.eduBFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Alana Sanko
Visiting Assistant Professor of ScreenwritingBA, University of California, Santa Barbara
Part-Time Faculty
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T. Adamson
Lecturer of Playwritingtaylor.adamson@purchase.edu- BFA, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
- MFA, Hunter College, City University of New York
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Lily Akerman
Lecturer, Playwritinglily.akerman@purchase.edu- BA, Princeton College
- MFA, Hunter College
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Jeesun Choi
Lecturer of Playwriting and Screenwritingjeesun.choi@purchase.eduMFA, Dell’Arte International
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Edmund Fisher
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Amina Henry
Lecturer of Playwritingamina.henry@purchase.edu- BA, Yale University
- MA, New York University
- MFA, Brooklyn College
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Tatiana Kouguell-Hoell
Lecturer, Screenwritingt.kouguellhoell@purchase.edu- BA, Purchase College
- MFA, Columbia University
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Ana Margineanu
Lecturer of Playwritingana.margineanu@purchase.eduMFA, National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest
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Edward Pomerantz
Associate Professor of Screenwritingedward.pomerantz@purchase.edu- BA, City College of New York
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
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Jack Tamburri
Lecturer of Theatre Artsjack.tamburri@purchase.edu- AB, University of Chicago
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
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Cezar Williams
Lecturer of Theatre and PerformanceDirector of New Plays NowBS, New York University
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J.D. Zeik
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Filmjohn.zeik@purchase.eduBA, 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
