The following are new members of the Purchase College Faculty for the coming year.

Genevieve Hyacinthe has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Art History. Dr. Hyacinthe received her B.A. in the history of art from the University of Pennsylvania, her M.A. in art history from Purchase College, and her Ph.D. in the history of art and architecture from Harvard University. Her research interests include West African and contemporary art. She has taught at Wellesley College and served as an associate curator of African art at the college’s Davis Museum and Cultural Center, where she was a discussant at the Black Womanhood Symposium, held in conjunction with the exhibition Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body. She also organized the Afro-Futurism Festival, a four-day event that included a symposium, lectures, and films exploring futurist themes and technological innovation in black art and culture.

Julian Kreimer, an artist and writer, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Art+Design in the painting/drawing area. He is also a cooperating faculty member in art history. Mr. Kreimer received his B.A. in art history, summa cum laude, from Princeton University, his M.A. in painting from the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, and his M.F.A. in painting, with honors, from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). A regular contributor to Art in America, he has also written for Modern Painters magazine, and his work has been exhibited at galleries in New York City; Providence, Rhode Island; and Prague, Czech Republic. He has taught at RISD, Pratt Institute, the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, and New York University. This fall, he is teaching Painting III and Artists on Art.

Joseph D. McKay has been appointed as Assistant Professor of New Media. He earned his M.F.A. in the practice of art at the University of California at Berkeley, where he received the Eisner Award. His interdisciplinary art, which includes video, sound and interactive computer installations, and performance, has been exhibited across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Introducing Mr. McKay on www.nyfa.org , Chris Ashley wrote, “As versatile conceptually as he is materially, what drives McKay’s work is social interaction—his pieces usually require viewer interactivity to make them fully come to life.” Mr. McKay has taught at UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and Diablo Valley College in California. This fall, he is teaching Creating Web Documents, Senior Seminar I in New Media, and a new course, Intro. to Physical Computing: Getting Outside the Box.

Marisa S. Olson has also been appointed as Assistant Professor of New Media. A new-media artist, critic, and curator, Ms. Olson earned an M.A. in the history of consciousness at the University of California at Santa Cruz and an M.A. and C.Phil. in rhetoric at the University of California at Berkeley, where she is completing her Ph.D. Her work, featured on www.marisaolson.com   and Rhizome , “combines performance, video, Internet art, sound, drawing, and installation to address the cultural history of technology, the politics of participation within pop culture, and the aesthetics of failure.” It has been presented at such prestigious institutions and venues as the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the 52nd Venice Biennale, the British Film Institute, the Sundance Film Festival, and the Pacific Film Archive. She is teaching Basic Visual Literacy and Experimental Web Practice this fall.

Diana Reinhard has been appointed as Assistant Professor of History. Dr. Reinhard began teaching at Purchase in 2008–09 as a visiting assistant professor. She earned her B.A. in history and psychology at Loyola College, her M.A. in history at American University, and her Ph.D. in U.S. history at Temple University. Dr. Reinhard is a specialist in late 19th- and early 20th-century U.S. history. This fall, she is teaching Development of the U.S. I, The American Century: The U.S. in the 20th Century, and History of Gender and Sexuality in the U.S.

Andrew Salomon has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Journalism. Mr. Salomon, who earned his M.S. at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, began teaching at Purchase in Spring 2009 as a part-time lecturer. He has served as the news editor at Back Stage (www.backstage.com ), a national print and online resource for actors, since 2006. He was an editor at Newsday from 1997 to 2005 and at The Washington Post from 1987 to 1996. This fall, he is teaching Journalism I and The Art of Sportswriting.

Mary Alice Williams has also been appointed as Assistant Professor of Journalism. She began teaching at Purchase in 2008–09 as a visiting assistant professor. Ms. Williams came to national attention as one of the founding prime-time anchors and designers of CNN, the first worldwide TV network. She was later named vice president, one of the highest-ranking female executives in American television. At NBC, she became the first woman to win an Emmy Award for anchoring an evening newscast, NBC Nightly News. She is also the recipient of other prestigious industry awards and 14 honorary doctorates. Ms. Williams earned her B.A. in English and mass communications at Creighton University. This fall, she is teaching College Writing, Intro. to Broadcast Journalism, and Multiple Platform Writing.

Anita Yavich, an Obie Award–winning costume designer, has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Theatre Design/Technology. Ms. Yavich received her B.A. in theatre studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara and her M.F.A. in design from the Yale School of Drama. Her extensive professional credits include costume design for theatre, opera, dance, and film productions. This fall, she is teaching Costume Design III and Sources of Stage Design.

Four full-time visiting assistant professors are also joining us this fall: two in arts management and one each in cinema studies and literature.

Maria Guralnik has been appointed as Visiting Assistant Professor of Arts Management through 2011–12. Ms. Guralnik, the past-president of the North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents (NAPAMA), earned her undergraduate degree in flute performance at New York University and her Master of Nonprofit Organizations (M.N.O.) at Case Western Reserve University’s Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations. She began her career at Columbia Artists Management and received an Arts Management Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1992. For the past 15 years, she has served as the general manager and artistic administrator of the Van Cliburn Foundation, where she has overseen career development for the winners of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, including the contracting and servicing of all U.S. engagements and coordination of international tours following each quadrennial competition. Since January 2007, she has also directed the undergraduate minor in arts administration at Texas Christian University. This fall, she is teaching Intro. to Arts Management and a new course, Making the Case for the Arts.

Barbara Hauptman has also been appointed as Visiting Assistant Professor of Arts Management through 2011–12. Ms. Hauptman earned her B.F.A. at the University of Texas at Austin and her M.F.A. in theatre administration at the Yale School of Drama. After 12 years, she retired as executive director of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, a national independent labor union, in December 2007. At the SSDC, she was instrumental in restructuring the Broadway contract, pursuing major property-rights issues, doubling the membership, and enhancing the foundation programming. She has produced Twyla Tharp on Broadway and has been a Broadway Tony voter since 1996. During her extensive career, she has also served as executive director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, executive director of the Bardavon 1869 Opera House, director of operations for the Theatre Development Fund and TKTS booth, and general manager at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. As an arts analyst for the New York State Council on the Arts in the late 1970s, Ms. Hauptman helped nurture many theatres that are among the mainstays of the industry today. This fall, she is teaching Fundraising and Development in the Arts and two new courses, Renowned Arts Leaders and Creative Producing.

Christian Gay has been appointed as Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies for this academic year. Dr. Gay received his B.A. in sociology from Rollins College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in film studies and communication from the University of Miami. His research interests include Hollywood cinema and queer studies. This fall, he is teaching Television Studies and Topics in Classical Cinema.

Gaura Narayan has been appointed as Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature for this academic year. Dr. Narayan has taught at Purchase for several years, most recently as a part-time assistant professor in 2008–09. She earned her B.A. with honors at Delhi University in India and her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. at Columbia University. Her research interests include 18th- and 19th-century British literature, South Asian literature, and both narrative and feminist theory. This fall, Dr. Narayan is teaching College Writing, Colloquium I: Studies in Literature, and Victorian Poetry.

Five full-time lecturers are joining the faculty this fall, in language and culture/literature, studio production, film, anthropology/media, society, and the arts, and philosophy. Also continuing as full-time lecturers this academic year are Yun Chu in psychology, Lindy Leong in cinema studies, and Kristine Potter in photography.

Marc Brudzinski has been appointed as Lecturer in Language and Culture/Literature for this academic year. Dr. Brudzinski earned his B.A. at Williams College and his Ph.D. at Duke University. His research interests include the Caribbean and postcolonial literature. This fall, he is teaching Beginning French I, Intermediate Spanish I, and Classics of French Literature on Film.

Peter Denenberg has been appointed as Lecturer in Studio Production through 2011–12. He began offering master classes in the Conservatory of Music in 2006 as a visiting affiliate artist and became a part-time lecturer in January 2007. Mr. Denenberg is a producer, engineer, and owner of the award-winning Acme Recording Studios, which he co-founded in 1979. He has worked on tracks for a veritable Who’s Who of contemporary musicians, and has produced and engineered multiplatinum recordings, Grammy and Emmy-nominated projects, and music for feature films. Among his many accomplishments are Spin Doctors recordings that he produced and engineered (15 million sales worldwide) and music restoration and mixing for the Academy Award–winning film When We Were Kings. Mr. Denenberg earned his bachelor’s degree in professional studies in the arts, with a concentration in music studio production and recording, from Empire State College, SUNY.

Soyoung Yoon has been appointed Visiting Assistant Professor of Film for this academic year. She first started teaching at Purchase in 2007–08 as a part-time lecturer. She received her B.A. in art history and English literature from Seoul National University and her M.A. in modern/contemporary art and film studies from Stanford University, where she is completing her Ph.D. This fall, she is teaching Cinematic Expression I, Italian Cinema After Neorealism, and a new course, Theory and Praxis Seminar: The Soviet School of Montage.

Lorraine Plourde has been appointed as Lecturer in Anthropology and Media, Society, and the Arts for this academic year. Dr. Plourde earned her B.A. at Hampshire College and her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology from Columbia University. Her research interests include popular culture and music in contemporary Japan, avant-garde aesthetics, art and politics, listening and aurality, and gender and consumption. She is teaching Intro. to Social and Cultural Anthropology and a special topics course on Japanese popular culture this fall and is developing a new course, Anthropology of Music and Sound, for the spring semester.

Jared Russell has been appointed as Lecturer in Philosophy for this academic year. He earned his B.A. in European studies at the American University of Paris; his M.A. in forensic psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York; and his M.S. in psychoanalytic studies at New School University, where he is completing his Ph.D. in philosophy. This fall, he is teaching Philosophy and Film and a core curriculum course for freshmen, Engaging Texts.