Subject Liaisons

Subject Liaisons for Academic Departments and Programs 

At Purchase College Library, academic departments and programs have a designated liaison. The liaisons are subject specialists who can help you do research, teach an instruction session for your class, advocate for your department’s interests within the Library, and facilitate requests for ebooks and other materials in your discipline for the Library’s collections. If you’re not sure who to ask, begin by contacting your liaison.

Kim Detterbeck

  • Art History
  • Arts Management
  • Graphic Design
  • Entrepreneurship in the Arts
  • Museum Studies
  • New Media
  • Painting and Drawing
  • Photography
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture
  • Visual Arts

Darcy Gervasio 

  • Anthropology
  • Economics
  • Gender Studies
  • Language & Culture
  • Media Studies
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Kristen Heinrich

  • Law and Justice Studies
  • General Studies
  • Global Studies

Lorraine LaPrade

  • History
  • Political Science

Carrie Marten

  • Communications
  • Creative Writing
  • Journalism

Jaime Neudecker

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science / Mathematics
  • Environmental Studies

Rebecca Oling

  • Cinema and Television Studies (with Valencia Wallace)
  • Jewish Studies

Joe Swatski

  • Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Philosophy

Valencia Wallace

  • Dance
  • Cinema  and Television Studies (with Rebecca Oling)
  • Global Black Studies
  • Theatre Arts

For reference and research help, if no subject liaison is assigned to your department,  your librarian is on leave, or your discipline is not listed above, please email ask@purchase.libanswers.com, and a librarian will assist you.  

To request an instruction session for an area without a liaison listed or if your librarian is on leave, please contact Kim Detterbeck, Instruction Coordinator, or fill out the Library Instruction Request Form.