Meet Our Faculty
College and Expository Writing Program
Board of Study Coordinator
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Gaura Narayan
Associate Professor of Literaturegaura.narayan@purchase.edu- BA (Honors), University of Delhi (India)
- MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University
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Aviva Taubenfeld
Associate Professor of Literature and WritingChair, School of Humanities- BA, MA, PhD, Columbia University
aviva.taubenfeld@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Full-Time Faculty
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Bradley Brookshire
Associate Professor of Music- BM, University of Michigan
- MM, Mannes College of Music
- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
bradley.brookshire@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
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Kathleen McCormick
Professor of Literature and Pedagogy- BA, Boston College
- MA, PhD, University of Connecticut
kathleen.mccormick@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Mariel Rodney
(on leave: Fall 2018)Assistant Professor of Literaturemariel.rodney@purchase.edu- BA, Queens College, City University of New York
- MA, PhD, Columbia University
Part-Time Faculty
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Robbie Bent
Lecturer in Writingrobbie.bent@purchase.edu- BA, Barnard College
- MBA, Harvard University
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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William T. Borger
Lecturer in Writingwilliam.borger@purchase.edu- BA, University of Central Florida
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Ellen Brooks
Lecturer in Writingellen.brooks@purchase.edu- BA, Pennsylvania State University
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
- MEd, Temple University
- EdD, University of Pennsylvania
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Eugenia Cawley
Lecturer, Expository and College WritingBA, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
MFA, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
MFA, Sarah Lawrence College -
Deborah Cooper
Lecturer in Writingdeborah.cooper@purchase.edu- BA, Wayne State University
- MPS, Manhattanville College
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Peter Dearing
Lecturer in Writingpeter.dearing@purchase.edu- BA, Hunter College, City University of New York
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Jason T. Fitzgerald
Lecturer in Writingjason.fitzgerald@purchase.edu- AB, Harvard University
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
- PhD, Columbia University
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Alysa Hantgan
Lecturer in Writingalysa.hantgan@purchase.edu- BA, University of Michigan
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Christopher Konzelman
Lecturer in Writingc.konzelman@purchase.edu- BA, Occidental College
- MA, California State University, Los Angeles
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Mary Ellen Marks
Lecturer in Writingmary-ellen.marks@purchase.edu- BA, Pace University
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Rachel McCain
Lecturer in Writingrachel.mccain@purchase.edu- BA, York College, City University of New York
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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John Mitchell Morris
Lecturer in Writingjohn.morris@purchase.edu- BA, California State University, Northridge
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
- JD, Villanova University
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Peter Polinski
Lecturer in WritingAssistant Director, Advising Centerpeter.polinski@purchase.edu- MusB, MM, Purchase College, SUNY
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Emily Sausen
Lecturer in Writingemily.sausen@purchase.edu- AB, Princeton University
- JD, New York University School of Law
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Olga Seham
Lecturer in Writingolga.seham@purchase.edu- BA, Yale University
- MPS, Manhattanville College
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Amy Beth Wright
Lecturer in Writingamy-b.wright@purchase.edu- BA, Oberlin College
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College