School of Humanities:
Cinema Studies Faculty (Board of Study)

Casey Haskins
Associate Professor of Philosophy
School of Humanities
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. Philosophy of art; 20th-century philosophy; philosophy of religion; Kant; American philosophy.
casey.haskins@purchase.edu

Anne M. Kern
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies
School of Humanities
B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison; M.A., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University. Early cinema; classical Hollywood cinema; French and Italian literature, theatre, and cinema; literary, film, and psychoanalytic theory.
anne.kern@purchase.edu

Elise V. Lemire
Associate Professor of Literature
School of Humanities
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University. American literature; women's studies; film.
elise.lemire@purchase.edu

Lindy Leong
Visiting Lecturer in Cinema Studies (2008–09)
School of Humanities
B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles.

Michelle Stewart
Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
School of Humanities
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Critical and cultural theory; critical media studies; documentary film; third cinema; race and representation; feminist film theory; popular music; culture and globalization.
michelle.stewart@purchase.edu

Gregory Taylor
Associate Professor of Film
and Interim Dean, Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film
B.A., University of Toronto; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison. Film criticism and theory.
gregory.taylor@purchase.edu

Agustin Zarzosa
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies
School of Humanities
B.A., Universidad Iberoamericana; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. Film theory and philosophy; film genres; Latin American cinema; international art cinema.
agustin.zarzosa@purchase.edu

Updated August 22, 2008