Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair, MFA
Julian Kreimer
Associate Professor of Painting and Drawingjulian.kreimer@purchase.edu- BA, Princeton University
- MA, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
Faculty
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Georgina Arroyo
Lecturer- MFA, Purchase College
- BFA, Lesley University College of Art and Design , Cambridge, MA
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Joshua Lutz
Associate Professor of Photographyjoshua.lutz@purchase.edu- BFA, Bard College
- MFA, Bard College/International Center for Photography
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Katie Murray
(on leave: Spring 2026)Assistant Professor of Photography- BFA, School of Visual Arts
- MFA, Yale University School of Art
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Rachel Owens
Professor of Sculpturem-rachel.owens@purchase.edu- BA, University of Kansas, Lawrence
- MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Brooke Singer
Professor of New MediaDoris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Professor 2024-2025- BA, Wesleyan University
- MFA, Carnegie Mellon University
brooke.singer@purchase.edu- Juanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor, 2015-2016
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
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Virginia Wagner
Lecturer, Painting and Drawingvirginia.wagner@purchase.edu- BA, Oberlin College
- MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art
Contributing Faculty
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Michael Bell-Smith
Associate Professor of New Mediamichael.bell-smith@purchase.edu- BA, Brown University
- MFA, Bard College
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Esteban Cabeza de Baca
Lecturer of Painting and Drawingesteban.cabezadebaca@purchase.eduMFA, Columbia University
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Stella Ebner
Associate Professor of Printmaking- BFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
stella.ebner@purchase.eduChancellor’s Award of Excellence in Teaching, 2024-25
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Maximiliano Ferro
Assistant Professor of Animationmaximiliano.ferro@purchase.edu- MFA, Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University
- BFA, Cooper Union
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Elizabeth Flood
Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawingelizabeth.flood@purchase.edu- BA, University of Virginia
- MFA, Boston University
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Kate Gilmore
Professor of Sculpturekatherine.gilmore@purchase.edu- BA, Bates College
- MFA, School of Visual Arts
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Cassandra Hooper
Director of the School of Art + DesignProfessor of Printmaking- BFA, California State University, Long Beach
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
cassandra.hooper@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Sharon Horvath
Professor of Painting and Drawingsharon.horvath@purchase.edu- BFA, Cooper Union
- MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
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Cynthia Lin
Associate Professor of Painting and Drawingcynthia.lin@purchase.edu- BA, University of California, Berkeley
- MA, MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City
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Janine Polak
(on leave: Spring 2026)Associate Professor of Art+Designjanine.polak@purchase.edu- BA, University of Virginia
- MFA, Yale University
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Rob Swainston
Associate Professor of Printmakingrobert.swainston@purchase.edu- BA, Hampshire College
- MFA, Columbia University
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Amanda J. Thackray
Visiting Assistant Professor of Printmakingamanda.thackray@purchase.edu- BFA, Rutgers University
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
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Hakan Topal
Professor of New Media and Graphic Designhakan.topal@purchase.edu- BS, MS, Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
- MA, PhD, New School for Social Research
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Dave Walsh
Assistant Professor of Art and Design, Painting and Drawingdave.walsh@purchase.edu- BFA, Tyler School of Art
- MFA, Yale School of Art
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Faculty Emeriti
Nancy Bowen
Professor Emerita of Sculpture- BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- MFA, Hunter College, City University of New York
nancy.bowen@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Faye Hirsch
Professor Emerita Associate Professor of Art+Designfaye.hirsch@purchase.edu- BA, University at Buffalo, SUNY
- PhD, Yale University
Warren Lehrer
Professor Emeritus of Graphic Designwarren.lehrer@purchase.edu- BA, Queens College, City University of New York
- MFA, Yale University
