Meet Our Faculty
Board of Study Coordinator
A. Dean Bell
Associate Professor of Practice in Screenwritingdean.bell@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Peggy Stafford
Visiting Assistant Professor of Playwritingmargaret.stafford@purchase.edu- BA, Seattle University
- MFA, Bennington College
Full-Time Faculty
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Lenora Champagne
Professor 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
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Mariana Carreno King
Assistant Professor of PlaywritingBA, Goddard College
MFA, University of Southern California -
Eric Mandelbaum
Visiting Assistant Professor of Screenwritingeric.mandelbaum@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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John G. Young
Visiting Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Filmjohn.young@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Part-Time Faculty
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Liz Duffy Adams
Lecturer in Playwritinglizduffy.adams@purchase.edu- BFA, New York University
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
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Margot Bordelon
Director of New Plays Now -
Jaffe Cohen
Lecturer in 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 in PlaywritingBA, Yale University
MA, New York University
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Ryan Homsey
LecturerDirector, Academic Resource Centerryan.homsey@purchase.eduBM, Purchase College, SUNY
MM, New York University -
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Basil Kreimendahl
Lecturer in Playwritingbasil.kreimendahl@purchase.edu- BA, University of Tampa
- MFA, University of Iowa
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Martyna Majok
Lecturer in Playwritingmartyna.majok@purchase.edu- BA, University of Chicago
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
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James Mehiel
Lecturer in Screenwriting and FilmMedia Managerjames.mehiel@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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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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Charly Simpson
Lecturer PlaywritingBA: Brown University
MSt: New College, University of Oxford
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Melisa Tien
Lecturer in PlaywritingMFA, Columbia University
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J.D. Zeik
Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Filmjohn.zeik@purchase.edu- BA, Purchase College, SUNY