Faculty
Our faculty is made up of innovative scholars, artists, composers, performers, and researchers at the top of their fields, including winners of the Pulitzer Prize; Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Bessie, Tony, ASCAP, and Drama Desk Awards; National Science Foundation grants; and Guggenheim, NEA, and NEH fellowships.
Faculty Spotlight:
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Purchase Named a Top Ten Public School
The college holds the #8 spot on US News and World Report’sTop Public Schools list among National Liberal Arts Colleges for 2026.
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The New Yorker Publishes Poem by Professor Monica Ferrell
“The Fifties” is part of her upcoming book The Future.
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Purchase Awarded Nearly $2M from USNSF
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will provide scholarships and support to 34 STEM students.
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“Wild Animals” Horror Short Premieres at Woodstock Film Festival
The film, produced by Lecturer in Communications Melissa Rodriguez ’13 with Jamie Simiele ’26 as production coordinator, will screen Oct. 18.
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- Athar Abdul-Quader
- Elliott Abrams
- Evan Adamson
- T. Adamson
- Ennis Addison
- Ndukwe Daniel Agwu
- Abby Ahmad
- Lily Akerman
- Carlos Amado
- Alan Anderson
- Chris Anderson
- Robert Anderson
- Michael Angelis
- Judy Anker
- Caroline Arout
- Georgina Arroyo
- Graham Ashton
- Janis Astor del Valle
- Troy Atkinson
- Christian Bailey
- Jane Bailey
- Thomas Baird
- Kate Baker
- Gail Baldoni
- Michi Barall
- Nicholas Barbato
- Kimberly Bartosik
- Maria Bauman
- Michael Bell-Smith
- Frank Bellevue
- Jesus Benavente
- Leandro Benmergui
- James Bergesen
- Lawrence A. Berglas
- Daniel Berman
- Jeffrey Berner
- Sue Bernhard
- Adam Birnbaum
- Christopher Bisignano
- Billy Blanken
- Tyler Blanton
- Tyler Blanton
- Emily Blumenfeld
- Bina Bora
- William T. Borger
- Christine Botta
- Paul Boyd
- Virginia Breen
- Timothy Briner
- Ellen Brooks
- Bradley Brookshire
- Silas Brown
- Stephanie Brown
- Stephen Buck
- Tom Burckhardt
- Brigitte Bürgler
- Tom Burkhardt
- James Burton
- Esteban Cabeza de Baca
- Naydu Carmona
- Jessica J. Carnevale
- John Carney
- Darrah Carr
- Ramon E. Carrero Martinez
- Diana Cassells
- Carolyn B. Cates
- Cédric Ceulemans
- Sabrina Charney Hull
- Tania Chelnov- Snitow
- Iuliia Chikish
- Tesia Childs
- Laura M. Chmielewski
- Jeesun Choi
- Tracy Christensen
- Simona Cipriani
- Larry Clark
- Jason Clarke
- Timothy Cobb
- Nicole Colwell
- Lee Conell
- Stephen A. Cooke
- Deborah Cooper
- Sara Cooper
- Caroline Copeland- Nizam
- MaKenzie Copp
- Megan Corkrum
- Donna Cornachio
- Alex Correia
- Natalie Cruz
- Meagan Curtis
- Kevin Czerwinski
- James G. Daly
- Ross A. Daly
- Annette Courniotes Davies
- Alexander Davis
- Malachi Davis
- William C. De Vos
- Peter Dearing
- Bill Deere
- Benjamin Degen
- John Delate
- Peter Denenberg
- Kim Detterbeck
- Emiliano Diaz
- Rachel Dickstein
- Alexia Toskos Dils
- Alexander Dodge
- Lora LaVon Dole
- Anthony Paul Domestico
- Alexandra Dos Santos
- Sara Duell
- Colleen Duffy
- Helen Dwyer
- Katherine Dye
- Erika Ebbs
- Stella Ebner
- Jill Echo
- Monika L. Eckenberg
- Alexander Edwards
- Marianne Eggler-Gerozissis
- Adar Eisenbruch
- Bradley Teal Ellis
- Shinelle Espaillat
- Laura Esposito
- Murielle Etienne
- Maruti Evans
- Rachel Fabian
- Rachel Fabian
- Jan Robert Factor
- Jon Faddis
- Oren Fader
- Andy Farber
- Patrizia Farina
- Abigail Fayette
- Gene Fein
- Phyllis Fein
- Monica Ferrell
- Stephen Ferri
- Maximiliano Ferro
- Janene Fetky
- Colyn Fiendel
- Edmund Fisher
- Scott Fisher
- Tracy Schpero Fitzpatrick
- Elizabeth Flood
- Melissa Forstrom
- Jean Freebury
- Lisa Frey
- Brandalyn Fulton
- Alessandra Galassi
- Sam Galloway
- Maria Luisa Gambale
- Mtume Gant
- Viveca Gardiner
- Shawn Garnier
- Rudolf Gaudio
- Danielle George-Lucas
- Darcy Gervasio
- Patrice Giasson
- Kate Gilmore
- Kristyan Gilmore
- Steven Glavey
- Zhanna Glazenburg
- Isabel Lepanto Gleicher
- Charles Gomez
- Ager Gondra
- Lupita Gonzalez
- Christopher Graham
- Amelia Gramling
- Pasquale Grasso
- Christopher Greco
- Russell Greenberg
- David Grill
- Roni Gross
- Maria Guralnik
- Andy Hall
- Rachel Hallote
- Paula Halperin
- Bonnie Hamilton
- Dan Hanessian
- Alysa Hantgan
- Lauren Harburger
- Amy Hargreaves
- Stephen Harris
- Casey Haskins
- John Hasselback, III
- Rebecca Haviland
- David Hazeltine
- Xiang He
- Amber Heaton
- Gerard Hecht
- Kristen Heinrich
- Amina Henry
- Alison Hublard Hershman
- Yanine Hess
- Knoelle Higginson
- Gretchen Hildebran
- Nathan Holmes
- Cassandra Hooper
- Mara T. Horowitz
- Sharon Horvath
- Matthew Immergut
- A. Dean Irby
- Allyson K. Jackson
- David H. Jameson
- Ben Janse
- Camilla Jantke-Chiappari
- Kemp Jernigan
- Jonathan Jetter
- Khari Johnson-Ricks
- Phil Joly
- Mark Jonas
- William E. Jones, III
- Myna Joseph
- Liam Joynt
- Le’Asha Julius
- Allison Kahn
- Laura Kaminsky
- Daniel Kang
- Morris B. Kaplan
- Paul Kaplan
- Lisa Keller
- Abbi Kenny
- Howie Kenty
- Howie Kenty
- Anne M. Kern
- George Keteku
- Sun Hee Kil
- David J. Kim
- Janet S. Kim
- Mina Kim
- Yong Hee Kim
- Suzannah Kincannon
- Mariana Carreño King
- Sarah King
- Francois Kiper
- Jared Kirby
- Ted T. Kivitt
- Marin Kosut
- Susan Kouguell
- Tatiana Kouguell-Hoell
- Robert Kozma
- George P. Kraemer
- Julian Kreimer
- Jane Kromm
- Gari Laguardia
- Ralph Lalama
- Steven Lambert
- Keith Landa
- Lorraine LaPrade
- Andrew LaVerne
- Elise Lemire
- Jamie Leonhart
- Michael Leonhart
- Francesca Levine
- Jessica Levy
- Judy Lieff
- Cynthia Lin
- Kristen Lindberg
- Adam Linn
- Greg Lisi
- Dianey Lujan
- Joshua Lutz
- Martin Løfsnes
- Tim Mackabee
- James Madejski
- Sara Magenheimer
- Joseph Malbrough
- Pete Malinverni
- Hardeepak Nick Malvai
- Eric Mandelbaum
- Kerry Manzo
- Ana Margineanu
- Samantha Marine
- Mark Marshall
- Carrie Marten
- Beatriz Martin-Ruiz
- Brian Maston
- Donnie Mather
- Ina Mayhew
- Rachael McArthur
- Christopher McCann
- Mitchell McCoy
- Scott McCrea
- Lisa McGinn
- Shaka McGlotten
- Joseph McKay
- Barbara E. McMullen
- Sade Meeks
- Paul Megna
- Jess Mehr
- Ernesto Menedez-Conde
- Deborah Mesa-Pelly
- Elizabeth Rose Middleton
- Johnny Milani
- William Bryant Miles
- Genevieve Mills
- Phil Moffa
- Adolfo Monterroso
- Lisa Jean Moore
- Roberta Morell
- Elliot Moss
- Michael Mossman
- Meredith Mowder
- Cat Munroe
- Hugh Murphy
- Bryan Murray
- Katie Murray
- Gaura Narayan
- Djordje Nesic
- Jaime Neudecker
- Rosalind Newman
- Matt Noble
- Melanie Noblit-Gambino
- Kayle Nochomovitz
- Mehdi Tavana Okasi
- Ugonna Okegwo
- Rebecca Albrecht Oling
- Hochi Ortega-Asiatico
- Ayako Oshima Neidich
- Matt Otto
- Sherry Overholt
- Rose Owen
- Rachel Owens
- William Owens
- Anna Ozbek
- Edward O’Blenis
- Lawrence O’Neil
- Brian Paccione
- Nancy Palmatier
- Adam Pape
- Samantha Pasapane
- Goldie Patrick
- Margaret Peot
- Rodolfo Edward Perez
- Krystal Perkins
- Eh-den Perlove
- Sarah Peters
- Stephen Peters
- Sarah Petersiel
- Liz Phillips
- Adam Pietrykowski
- Jason A. Pine
- Bradley Pitts
- Lorraine Plourde
- Janine Polak
- Jesse Edward Poleshuck
- Peter Polinski
- Edward Pomerantz
- Jessica Pozzuoli
- Sunita Prasad
- Gavin Pritchard
- Stephanie Prugh
- Andoveloniaina Rasolofo
- David Recca
- Chris Reineck
- Adam Resnick
- Laura Ricciardi
- Benjamin Rice
- Rebecca Rich
- Attilio Rigotti
- Patricia Rind
- Nicholas Roberts
- Kristen Robinson
- Mariel Rodney
- Melissa Rodriguez
- Tessa Rossi
- Megan Rossman
- Rachel Rumore
- Bridgette Saba
- Yael Levitin Saban
- Andrew Saito
- Jonathan Salamon
- Steven Salcedo
- Peter James Saleh
- Andrew Salomon
- Sara Saltzman
- Timothy Samara
- Alana Sanko
- Joseph Sannicandro
- Zachary Santamaria
- Benjamin Santiago
- Corinne Santiago
- Kaori Sato
- Emily Sausen
- Jack Schatz
- Marisa Scheinfeld
- Jordan Schildcrout
- Jennifer Schriever
- Jenna Schultz
- David Schwartz
- Mark Schwartz
- Kate Scorza Ingram
- Jeana Scotti
- David Seabrook
- Aaron Seeber
- Olga Seham
- Lane Sell
- Lane Sell
- Sequoia Sellinger
- Tori Sexsmith
- Irina Shablinsky
- Susan Shopmaker
- Jordan Shue
- Paul Siegel
- Alexis M. Silver
- Linda Celeste Sims
- Brooke Singer
- Kyle Sitzman
- Joseph Skrivanek
- Alan McIntyre Smith
- Gary Smulyan
- Tova Snyder
- Deana So Oteh
- Gregory Spears
- Samuel Spillman
- James Spione
- David Srebnik
- Peggy Stafford
- Haralabos (Harry) Stafylakis
- Alexandra Stamson
- Howard Stern
- Ronni Stewart
- Purva Bedi Stoler
- Emily Stout
- Maggie Surovell
- Simon Surowicz
- Holly Sutton
- Rob Swainston
- Joe Swatski
- Deborah Symons
- Patricia Szobonya
- Jack Tamburri
- Aviva Taubenfeld
- Gregory Taylor
- Ryan W. Taylor
- Amanda J. Thackray
- Paul Thayer
- Lamine Thiam
- Andrea Thome
- Joy Marie Thompson
- Beau Thorne
- Chuyu Tian
- Joshua Tonsfeldt
- Stephanie Tooman
- Hakan Topal
- Jacque Trussel
- Wayne Tucker
- Knarik Tunyan
- Lee Tusman
- Noriko Ueda
- Jennifer K. Uleman
- Michelle Thompson Ulerich
- Michael Umile
- Jennifer Undercofler
- Ragnhild Utheim
- Nelly van Bommel
- Caleb van der Swaagh
- Ricardo Varona
- Doug Varone
- Will Vicari
- Margaret Vignola
- Marian Villota
- Mark Viola
- Loretta Violante
- Bridget Visser
- Virginia Wagner
- Dave Walsh
- Jo Ann Walters
- ZhiWei Wang
- Sophia Ward
- Sarah Warren
- Michelle Weinberg
- Michelle Weinberg
- Sean Weiner
- Lori R. Wekselblatt
- Les Wertheim
- Jonah Westerman
- Tony White
- Grant Wilcoxen
- Brendan Williams
- Cezar Williams
- Christopher Williams
- Megan Williams
- Rosalyn Coleman Williams
- Allison Williams-Gant
- David Wilson
- Matthew Wilson
- Drew Wimmer
- David Woolard
- Lachell Workman
- Amy Beth Wright
- Anita Yavich
- Zhu Yi
- John G. Young
- Megan Zahay
- Agustín Zarzosa
- Sharon Zechowski
- J.D. Zeik
- Chen Zhang
- Ling Zhang
- William Zimmerman
- Raphael Zollinger
Faculty Emeriti
- Shemeem Burney Abbas
- Karen L. Baird
- Carol Bankerd
- David Bassuk
- Linda Bastone
- A. Dean Bell
- Allyson Bellink
- Judith Bernstein
- Naomi Block
- Shirley Neilsen Blum
- Nancy Bowen
- Iris Cahn
- Richard Cameron-Wolfe
- Marcia Cavell
- Michael J. Cesario
- Lenora Champagne
- Taina Chao
- Kimberly E. Christensen
- James Cookman
- Todd Coolman
- Elysse Craddock
- Nancy Davidson
- Donna Dennis
- Raymond Des Roches
- Leigh Dillon
- Dominic Donato
- Lee Ehrman
- Frank B. Farrell
- Joseph Fashing
- Joe Ferry
- Robert Fertitta
- Geoffrey G. Field
- Nancy Foner
- Juan Alejandro Forrest de Sloper
- Albert Fried
- Lana Fritz
- Maria Gagliardo
- Elaine Galen
- John S. Gitlitz
- Elizabeth Guffey
- Ronnie Halperin
- Frederic Hand
- John Handron
- Dennis Helmrich
- Roger Hendricks
- Faye Hirsch
- Naomi Holoch
- John R. Howard
- Alfred Hunt
- Thomasenia M. Hutchins
- Sanford Ikeda
- Anthony Kadleck
- Kristen Karlberg
- Suzanne Kessler
- Marianna Khazanova-Salzman
- Warren Lehrer
- Martin Lewinter
- Catherine Lewis
- Julia Lichten
- Philip Listengart
- Connie Lobur
- Steven Lubin
- Humbert Lucarelli
- Robin Lynch
- Donald MacCourt
- Kathleen McCormick
- James McElwaine
- Maryann McEnroe
- Wendy McKenna
- Jeanine Meyer
- Marjorie Miller
- Sandra Miller
- Doug Munro
- William Needham
- Anthony Newman
- Esther Newton
- Eulalie Noble
- Julius Novick
- Paul Ostrovsky
- David F. Ostwald
- Séamus O’Cléireacáin
- Tara Helen O’Connor
- Dennis Parichy
- Ted Piltzecker
- Pamela Prather
- Peter Reit
- Jon Rubin
- Ronnie Scharfman
- Lee Schlesinger
- Peter Schwab
- Leonard Seastone
- Rosanna Seravalli
- Nathaniel H. Siegel
- Bettijane Sills
- Renneth Sorhaindo
- Mette Spaniardi
- Daphne Spottiswoode
- Sarah Stackhouse
- Leonard Stokes
- Nina Pelikan Straus
- Ken Strickland
- Wayne te Brake
- Joel Tenenbaum
- Joanne Kivela Tillotson
- Michael Torlen
- James Utter
- David Villecco
- Carol K. Walker
- Gary Waller
- Kalin Wang
- Kenny Washington
- Philippa Wehle
- Lynn Winters
- Louise Yelin
- Renqiu Yu
- Murray Zimiles
- Philip Zimmermann
- Carmit Rinehart Zori