Emeriti Faculty Members

The title “Emeritus” or “Emerita” is bestowed upon those individuals who, while at Columbia, made significant contributions to the culture of their times, in keeping with the college's overall mission. This designation signifies a career marked by vision and leadership, whereby the designee had a marked impact on the lives of those within the Columbia community and actively shaped the future of the college while serving also as a model for professional peers outside of the college.

For more information, please visit 445 Emeritus/emerita faculty in the Faculty Manual.

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• Gerald Adams, Ph.D.
  gadams@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emeritus
  Science

• Jaafar Aksikas, Ph.D.
  jaksikas@colum.edu
  Professor Emeritus
  Cultural Studies

• Randall Albers, Ph.D.
  ralbers@colum.edu
  Chair Emeritus
  Fiction/Creative Writing

• Doreen M. Bartoni, M.F.A.
  dbartoni@colum.edu
  Dean Emerita
  Media Arts

• Beau Basel Beaudoin, Ph.D.
  bbeaudoin@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Television

• Rose L. Blouin, M.A.
  rblouin@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  English

• Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, M.A.
  speshkin@colum.edu
  Professor Emeritus
  Journalism

• Adam Brooks, M.F.A.
  abrooks@colum.edu
  Professor Emeritus
  Art and Design

• Ivan Brunetti, B.A.
  ibrunetti@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emeritus
  Illustration

• Cari Callis, M.A.
  ccallis@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Film and Television

• Luying Chen, Ph.D.
  lchen@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Humanities

• Wilfredo Cruz, Ph.D.
  wcruz@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emeritus
  Humanities

• Dan Dinello, M.F.A.
  ddinello@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emeritus
  Film and Video

• Rami Gabriel, Ph.D.
  rgabriel@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emeritus
  Social Sciences

• Norma Green, Ph.D.
  ngreen@colum.edu
  Professor Emerita
  Journalism

• Ann Hetzel Gunkel, Ph.D.
  agunkel@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Humanities

• Re'Lynn Hansen, M.A.
  rhansen@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  English

• Ann C Hanson, M.S.
  ahanson@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Mathematics

• Peter Hartel, B.A.
  phartel@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emeritus
  Film and Video

• Deborah Holdstein, Ph.D.
  dholdstein@colum.edu
  Professor Emerita
  English

• Barbara Iverson, Ph.D.
  biverson@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Journalism

• Douglas R. Jones, M.A.
  djones@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emeritus
  Audio Arts and Acoustics

• Benjamin Kanters, M.M.
  bkanters@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emeritus
  Audio Arts and Acoustics

• Chris Koules, M.F.A.
  ckoules@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emeritus
  Design

• Ilya Levinson, Ph.D.
  ilevinson@colum.edu
  Professor Emeritus
  Music

• Sara Livingston, M.A.
  slivingston@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Television

• Carol Lo Verde, B.A.
  cloverde@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Music

• Matthew McCurrie, Ph.D.
  mmccurrie@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emeritus
  English

• RoseAnna M. Mueller, Ph.D.
  rmueller@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Humanities

• Michael Niederman, M.F.A.
  mniederman@colum.edu
  Chair/Professor Emeritus
  Television

• Niki Nolin, M.F.A.
  nnolin@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Interdisciplinary Arts

• Cecilia O'Reilly, B.A.
  coreilly@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Theatre

• Karen L. Osborne, Ph.D.
  kosborne@colum.edu
  Professor Emerita
  English

• Katie Paciga, Ph.D.
  kpaciga@colum.edu
  Professor Emerita
  Humanities

• Debra Parr, Ph.D.
  dparr@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Art History

• Jackie Penrod, B.F.A.
  jpenrod@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Theatre

• Kathleen Perkins, M.F.A.
  kperkins@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Theatre

• Kristin Pichaske, Ph.D.
  kpichaske@gmail.com
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Film and Television

• Teresa Prados-Torreira, Ph.D.
  tprados-torreira@colum.edu
  Professor Emerita
  History

• Matt Rappaport, M.F.A.
  mrappaport@colum.edu
  Professor Emeritus
  Film and Television

• J. Dennis Rich, Ph.D.
  jdrich@colum.edu
  Chair and Professor Emeritus
  Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management

• Mehrnaz Saeedvafa, M.F.A.
  msaeedvafa@colum.edu
  Professor Emerita
  Film and Television

• Jeff Schiff, Ph.D.
  jschiff@colum.edu
  Professor Emeritus
  English

• Donald Smith, M.F.A.
  dsmith@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emeritus
  Film and Television

• Eunju Sohn, Ph.D.
  esohn@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emerita
  Mathematics

• Josef Steiff, M.F.A.
  jsteiff@colum.edu
  Professor Emeritus
  Film and Television

• Christopher Swider, M.F.A.
  cswider@colum.edu
  Professor Emeritus
  Film and Video

• Robert Watkins, Ph.D.
  rwatkins@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emeritus
  Political Science

• Bobbi Wilsyn
  bwilsyn@colum.edu
  Professor of Instruction Emerita
  Music

• Gary Yerkins, B.M.
  gyerkins@colum.edu
  Professor of Instruction Emeritus
  Music

• Peter Xinya Zhang, Ph.D.
  pzhang@colum.edu
  Associate Professor Emeritus
  Audio Arts and Acoustics