Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Janine Polak
Associate Professor of Art+Designjanine.polak@purchase.edu- BA, University of Virginia
- MFA, Yale University
Faculty
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Georgina Arroyo
LecturerMFA, Purchase College
BFA, Lesley University College of Art and Design , Cambridge, MA -
Stella Ebner
Associate Professor of Printmaking- BFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
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Keavy Handley-Byrne
Lecturer (Part-time)BFA, State University of New York, Purchase College
MFA, Rhode Island School of Design -
Cassandra Hooper
Director of the School of Art + DesignProfessor of Printmaking- BFA, California State University, Long Beach
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Cynthia Lin
Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing- BA, University of California, Berkeley
- MA, MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City
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Rachael Mcarther
Lecturer (Part-time) -
Deborah Mesa-Pelly
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Photography (Part-time)- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MFA, Yale University
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Patrick Mohundro
Lecturer, Painting and Drawing (Part-time)BFA , Kendal College of Art and Design of Ferris University (Grand Rapids, MI)
MFA, Hunter College -
Gustavo Murillo Fernandez-Valdes
Lecturer (Part-time)BA, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
MFA , School of Visual Arts, New York -
Sarah Peters
Lecturer (Part-time)MFA- Virginia Commonwealth University BFA- University of Pennsylvania
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Charles Routhier
Lecturer of Graphic Design- BA, Rhode Island College
- MFA, Yale University
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Sara Saltzman
Assistant Professor of Printmaking (Part-time)- BA, New School for Social Research
- BFA, Parsons the New School for Design
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
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Timothy Samara
Visiting Assistant Professor in Graphic Design- BFA, University of the Arts
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Marisa Scheinfeld
Lecturer of Photography (Part-time)- MFA, San Diego State University
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Rob Swainston
Associate Professor of Printmaking- BA, Hampshire College
- MFA, Columbia University
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Dave Walsh
Assistant Professor of Art and Design, Painting and DrawingBFA, Tyler School of Art
MFA, Yale School of Art -
David Wilson
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design- MFA, The University of Texas at Dallas
- MA, The New School for Public Engagement
- BA, San Francisco State University
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Lachell Workman
Lecturer, Sculpture (Part-time)MFA, Visual Arts, Purchase College
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Raphael Zollinger
Lecturer of Sculpture (Part-time)- BFA, Pratt Institute
- MPS, New York University