Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Yanine Hess
Associate Professor of Psychologyyanine.hess@purchase.edu- BA, New York University
- MA, PhD, University of California, Davis
Full-Time Faculty
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Jessica J. Carnevale
Associate Professor of Psychology- BA, Boston University
- MA, PhD, Ohio State University
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Carolyn B. Cates
Assistant Professor of Psychology- BA, BS, MS, PhD Lehigh University
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Meagan Curtis
Director of the School of Natural and Social SciencesAssociate Professor of Psychology- BA, Hampshire College
- PhD, Dartmouth College
2022-2023 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
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Alexia Toskos Dils
Associate Professor of Psychology- BS, Indiana University
- PhD, Stanford University
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Adar Eisenbruch
Assistant Professor of Psychology- BA, Johns Hopkins University
- MA, Queens University, Belfast
- PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Lupita Gonzalez
Assistant Professor of Psychology- BA, Bethel College
- PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
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Lauren Harburger
Assistant Professor of Psychology- BS, Cornell University
- MS, Yale University
- PhD, Yale University
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Cat Munroe
Assistant Professor of PsychologyPhD, Miami University
MA, Miami University
AB, Smith College -
Krystal Perkins
Associate Professor of PsychologyChair of Global Black Studies- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Part-Time Faculty
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Paul Siegel
Professor of Psychology- BA, Amherst College
- PhD, Adelphi University
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Christopher Williams
Lecturer of Psychology- B.A., Morehouse College
- M.A., Ph.D., Northeastern University
- Post-Doctoral Training: Columbia University
- Certificate: Harvard University Medical School
Faculty Emeriti
Linda Bastone
Associate Professor Emerita of Psychology- BA, Binghamton University, SUNY
- PhD, City University of New York
linda.bastone@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
Ronnie Halperin
Associate Professor Emerita of Psychology- BS, City College of New York
- PhD, City University of New York
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
John Handron
Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology- BA, Iona College
- MA, PhD, St. John’s University
Suzanne Kessler
Professor Emerita of PsychologyDean until 7/31/18- BA, Carnegie Mellon University
- PhD, City University of New York
suzanne.kessler@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
William Needham
Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology- BS, Boston College
- MLS, University of Rhode Island
- MA, PhD, Northeastern University
bill.needham@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Lynn Winters
Associate Professor Emerita of Psychologylynn.winters@purchase.edu- BA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
- MA, PhD, New School for Social Research