Meet Our Faculty
College and Expository Writing Program
Department Chair
Mariel Rodney
Associate Professor of Literaturemariel.rodney@purchase.edu- BA, Queens College, City University of New York
- MA, PhD, Columbia University
Full-Time Faculty
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Emily Sausen
Visiting Assistant ProfessorDirector of College Writingemily.sausen@purchase.edu- AB, Princeton University
- JD, New York University School of Law
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Bradley Brookshire
Professor of Music- BM, University of Michigan
- MM, Mannes College of Music
- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
bradley.brookshire@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
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Gaura Narayan
Associate Professor of Literature- BA (Honors), University of Delhi (India)
- MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University
gaura.narayan@purchase.edu2022-2023 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Aviva Taubenfeld
Associate Professor of Literature and WritingDirector, School of HumanitiesBA, MA, PhD, Columbia University
aviva.taubenfeld@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Amy Beth Wright
Professor of Practiceamy-b.wright@purchase.edu- BA, Oberlin College
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
Part-Time Faculty
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Ellen Brooks
Lecturer of Writingellen.brooks@purchase.edu- BA, Pennsylvania State University
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
- MEd, Temple University
- EdD, University of Pennsylvania
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Deborah Cooper
Lecturer of Writingdeborah.cooper@purchase.edu- BA, Wayne State University
- MPS, Manhattanville College
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Peter Dearing
Lecturer of Writingpeter.dearing@purchase.edu- BA, Hunter College, City University of New York
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Alexandra Dos Santos
Adjunct Assistant Professor of College Writing- SUNY Purchase, BA Journalism and Screenwriting
- MFA, The Writer’s Foundry St. Joseph’s University Brooklyn
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Katherine Dye
Lecturer of Writingkatherine.dye@purchase.edu- BA, Oberlin College
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Alysa Hantgan
Lecturer of Writingalysa.hantgan@purchase.edu- BA, University of Michigan
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Genevieve Mills
Lecturer of Writinggenevieve.mills@purchase.edu- BA, University of Louisville
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
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Peter Polinski
Lecturer of WritingAssistant Director, Advising Centerpeter.polinski@purchase.eduMusB, MM, Purchase College, SUNY
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Olga Seham
Lecturer of Writingolga.seham@purchase.edu- BA, Yale University
- MPS, Manhattanville College
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Emily Stout
Lecturer of Writingemily.stout@purchase.edu- BA, Journalism, Western Washington University
- MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
