Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Cynthia Lin
Associate Professor of Painting and Drawingcynthia.lin@purchase.edu- BA, University of California, Berkeley
- MA, MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Faculty
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Esteban Cabeza de Baca
Lecturer of Painting and Drawing (Part-time)esteban.cabezadebaca@purchase.eduMFA, Columbia University
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Benjamin Degen
Lecturer of Painting and Drawing (Part-time)benjamin.degen@purchase.edu- BFA, Cooper Union
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Travis Fairclough
Lecturer (Part-time)travis.fairclough@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MFA, Columbia University
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Elizabeth Flood
Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawingelizabeth.flood@purchase.edu- BA, University of Virginia
- MFA, Boston University
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Lacey Hall
Lecturer of Painting and Drawing (Part-time) -
Sharon Horvath
Professor of Painting and Drawingsharon.horvath@purchase.edu- BFA, Cooper Union
- MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
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Julian Kreimer
Associate Professor of Painting and Drawingjulian.kreimer@purchase.edu- BA, Princeton University
- MA, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
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Sarah Peters
Lecturer (Part-time)sarah.peters@purchase.eduMFA- Virginia Commonwealth University BFA- University of Pennsylvania
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Naomi Safran-Hon
Lecturer of Painting and Drawing (Part-time)naomi.safranhon@purchase.edu- MFA, Yale
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Alex Schmidt
Lecturer of Painting and Drawing (Part-time) -
Virginia Wagner
Lecturer, Painting and Drawingvirginia.wagner@purchase.eduBA, Oberlin College
MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art -
Dave Walsh
Assistant Professor of Art and Design, Painting and Drawingdave.walsh@purchase.eduBFA, Tyler School of Art
MFA, Yale School of Art -
Chuck Webster
Lecturer of Painting and Drawing (Part-time) -
Michelle Weinberg
Lecturer, Painting and Drawing (Part-time)michelle.weinberg@purchase.edu- BFA, School of Visual Arts
- MFA, Tyler School of Art
Faculty Emeriti
Judith Bernstein
Associate Professor Emerita of Art+Design- BS, MS, Pennsylvania State University
- BFA, MFA, Yale University
Nancy Davidson
Professor Emerita of Art+Design- BEd, Northeastern Illinois University
- BFA, University of Illinois at Chicago
- MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Leonard Stokes
Professor Emeritus of Art+Design- BA, BFA, MFA, Yale University
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Michael Torlen
Associate Professor Emeritus of Art+Design- BFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art
- MFA, Ohio State University
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
