Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
A. Dean Bell
Associate Professor of Practice in Screenwritingdean.bell@purchase.eduBFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Peggy Stafford
(on leave: Fall 2024)Assistant Professor of Playwritingpeggy.stafford@purchase.edu- BA, Seattle University
- MFA, Bennington College
Full-Time Faculty
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Mariana Carreño King
(on leave: Spring 2025)Assistant Professor of Playwriting- BA, Goddard College
- MFA, University of Southern California
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Eric Mandelbaum
Visiting Assistant Professor of ScreenwritingBFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Beau Thorne
Assistant Professor of ScreenwritingMFA, University of Texas, Austin
Part-Time Faculty
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T. Adamson
Lecturer of Playwriting- BFA, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
- MFA, Hunter College, City University of New York
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Lily Akerman
Lecturer, Playwriting- BA, Princeton College
- MFA, Hunter College
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Jeesun Choi
Lecturer of Playwriting and ScreenwritingMFA, Dell’Arte International
BA, Macalester College -
Jaffe Cohen
Lecturer of Screenwriting- BA, Tufts University
- BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
- MFA, Bard College
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Amina Henry
Lecturer of Playwriting- BA, Yale University
- MA, New York University
- MFA, Brooklyn College
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Tatiana Kouguell-Hoell
Lecturer, Screenwriting- BA, Purchase College
- MFA, Columbia University
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Ana Margineanu
Lecturer of PlaywritingMFA, National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest
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Matthew Olmos
Lecturer, Playwriting- BA, University of California at Santa Barbara
- MFA, Actor’s Studio Drama School
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Edward Pomerantz
Associate Professor of Screenwriting- BA, City College of New York
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
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Charly Simpson
Lecturer of Playwriting- BA: Brown University
- MSt: New College, University of Oxford
- MFA: Hunter College
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Cezar Williams
Lecturer of Theatre and PerformanceDirector of New Plays NowBS, New York University
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J.D. Zeik
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and FilmBA, Purchase College, SUNY
Contributing Faculty
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Andrea Thome
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance- BA, Harvard University
- MFA, New York University
Faculty Emeriti
Lenora Champagne
Professor Emerita of Theatre and PerformanceLecturer in Playwriting- BA, Louisiana State University
- MA, PhD, New York University
lenora.champagne@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities