Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Shaka McGlotten
Professor of Media StudiesJuanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor 2023-2024shaka.mcglotten@purchase.edu- BA, Grinnell College
- PhD, University of Texas, Austin
Full-Time Faculty
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Rudolf Gaudio
(on leave: Fall 2024-Spring 2025)Professor of Anthropologyrudolf.gaudio@purchase.edu- BA, Yale University
- MIA, Columbia University
- PhD, Stanford University
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Jason A. Pine
(on leave: Fall 2024)Professor of Media Studies and Anthropologyjason.pine@purchase.edu- BA, University of Chicago
- MA, New School for Social Research
- PhD, University of Texas, Austin
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Lorraine Plourde
Associate Professor of Media Studies and Anthropologylorraine.plourde@purchase.edu- BA, Hampshire College
- MA, University of Washington
- PhD, Columbia University
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Adam Resnick
Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studiesadam.resnick@purchase.edu- BA, Stony Brook University, SUNY
- MA, PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Part-Time Faculty
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Joseph Sannicandro
Lecturer of Media Studiesjoseph.sannicandro@purchase.edu- MA, McGill University
- PhD, University of Minnestota, Twin Cities
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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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David J. Kim
Associate Professor of Anthropologydavid-j.kim@purchase.edu- BA, Trinity College
- MA, New York University
- PhD, Columbia University
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Marin Kosut
Professor of Sociologymary.kosut@purchase.edu- BA, MA, University of New Orleans
- PhD, New School for Social Research
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Hakan Topal
Professor of New Media and Graphic DesignDoris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Professor 2023-2025hakan.topal@purchase.edu- BS, MS, Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
- MA, PhD, New School for Social Research
Faculty Emeriti
Joseph Fashing
Associate Professor Emeritus of Sociology- BA, MA, University of California, Santa Barbara
- PhD, University of Oregon
- JD, Pace University
Juan Alejandro Forrest de Sloper
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology- BA, MA, University of Oxford (England)
- PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
John R. Howard
Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology- BA, Brandeis University
- MA, New York University
- PhD, Stanford University
- JD, Pace University
