Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies

Full-Time Faculty

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  Alexis M. Silver

  Associate Professor of Sociology

  • BA, Colorado College
  • MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  alexis.silver@purchase.edu
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  Paula Halperin

  Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and History

  Director, School of Film and Media Studies

  PhD, University of Maryland

  paula.halperin@purchase.edu
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  Mariana Carreño King

  (on leave: Spring 2025)

  Assistant Professor of Playwriting

  • BA, Goddard College
  • MFA, University of Southern California

  mariana.carreno@purchase.edu
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  Julian Kreimer

  Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing

  • BA, Princeton University
  • MA, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
  • MFA, Rhode Island School of Design

  julian.kreimer@purchase.edu

• Gari Laguardia

  Associate Professor of Spanish and Literature

  Co-Chair of Language and Culture

  • BA, Columbia University
  • PhD, University of Pennsylvania

  gari.laguardia@purchase.edu
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  Mariel Rodney

  Associate Professor of Literature

  • BA, Queens College, City University of New York
  • MA, PhD, Columbia University

  mariel.rodney@purchase.edu
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  Andrea Thome

  Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance

  • BA, Harvard University
  • MFA, New York University

  andrea.thome@purchase.edu
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  Agustín Zarzosa

  Associate Professor of Cinema Studies

  Juanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor 2022-2023

  • BA, Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico)
  • MA, New York University
  • PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

  agustin.zarzosa@purchase.edu