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Creative Writing
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Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Mehdi Tavana Okasi
Associate Professor of Creative Writing
Juanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor 2024-2026
BA, Connecticut College
MFA, Purdue University
mehdi.okasi@purchase.edu
Full-Time Faculty
Monica Ferrell
Professor of Creative Writing
BA, Harvard University
MFA, Columbia University
monica.ferrell@purchase.edu
Carlie Hoffman
Lecturer, Creative Writing
BA, Ramapo College
MFA, Columbia University
Catherine Lewis
Professor of Creative Writing
BA, Fontbonne College
PhD, Florida State University
catherine.lewis@purchase.edu
Part-Time Faculty
Nicolette Polek
Lecturer, Creative Writing
BA, Bennington College
MFA, University of Maryland
MAR, Yale Divinity School
Faculty Emeriti
Naomi Holoch
Associate Professor Emerita of French and Literature
BA, Oberlin College
Licence-ès-Lettres, University of Aix-en-Provence (France)
PhD, Columbia University
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