Meet Our Faculty
College and Expository Writing Program
Full-Time Faculty
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Emily Sausen
Interim Director of College Writing- AB, Princeton University
- JD, New York University School of Law
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Bradley Brookshire
Professor of Music- BM, University of Michigan
- MM, Mannes College of Music
- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
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Gaura Narayan
(on leave: Fall 2021-Spring 2022)Associate Professor of Literature- BA (Honors), University of Delhi (India)
- MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University
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Mariel Rodney
Associate Professor of Literature- BA, Queens College, City University of New York
- MA, PhD, Columbia University
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Aviva Taubenfeld
Associate Professor of Literature and WritingDirector, School of Humanities- BA, MA, PhD, Columbia University
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Amy Beth Wright
Professor of Practice- BA, Oberlin College
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
Part-Time Faculty
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William T. Borger
Lecturer in Writing- BA, University of Central Florida
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Ellen Brooks
Lecturer of Writing- BA, Pennsylvania State University
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
- MEd, Temple University
- EdD, University of Pennsylvania
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Deborah Cooper
Lecturer of Writing- BA, Wayne State University
- MPS, Manhattanville College
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Peter Dearing
Lecturer of Writing- BA, Hunter College, City University of New York
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Melissa Joplin Higley
Lecturer of WritingBA, North Carolina Wesleyan College
BS, Barton College
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Rachel McCain
Lecturer of Writing- BA, York College, City University of New York
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Peter Polinski
Lecturer of WritingAssistant Director, Advising Center- MusB, MM, Purchase College, SUNY
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Olga Seham
Lecturer of Writing- BA, Yale University
- MPS, Manhattanville College