Faculty Directory
Full-time Faculty
- Kofi Benefo
- Christopher J. Bonastia
- Thomas M. Conroy
- Susan A. Dumais, Department Chair
- Dana Fenton
- Brittany N. Fox-Williams
- Jennifer Laird
- Alyssa Lyons
- Susan Markens, Deputy Chair
- Madeline H. (Engel) Moran
- Shehzad Nadeem
- Dialika Sall
- Naomi Spence
- Elin Waring
- Esther I. Wilder
- Devrim Yavuz
Emeriti Faculty
Fall 2023 Adjunct Faculty
- Jonathon Ament
jonathon.ament@gmail.com - Wilma Borrelli
wilma.borrelli@lehman.cuny.edu - Daniel Boudon
daniel.boudon@lehman.cuny.edu - J. Elise Brown
jelise.brown@lehman.cuny.edu - John Frank
john.frank@lehman.cuny.edu - Cassondra Kellam
cassondra.kellam@lehman.cuny.edu - Albert Garcia
agarcia3@gradcenter.cuny.edu - Frank Mercogliano
frank.mercogliano@lehman.cuny.edu - Janet Michello
janet.michello@lehman.cuny.edu - Nathan Newman
nathan.newman@lehman.cuny.edu - Dale Patrias
dale.patrias@lehman.cuny.edu - Anna Da Silva
anna.dasilva@lehman.cuny.edu - Nara Roberta Silva
nararoberta@gmail.com - August G. Smith
agsmith@gradcenter.cuny.edu - Insoo Sohn
insoo.sohn@lehman.cuny.edu
Kofi Benefo
Associate Professor
Degrees: B.A., Univ. of Ghana; M.A., Univ. of Iowa; M.A., Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan
Phone: 718-960-6784
Office: Carman Hall, Room B64
E-mail: kofi.benefo@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Benefo
Christopher J. Bonastia
Professor
Degrees: Ph.D., New York Univ
Phone: 718-960-1126
Office: Carman Hall, Room B62
E-mail: christopher.bonastia@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Bonastia
Thomas M. Conroy
Lecturer
Degrees: B.A., St. Peter's Coll.; M.S., Univ. of Wisconsin; Ph.D., Boston Univ.
Phone: 718-960-8015
Office: Carman Hall, Room B59
E-mail: thomas.conroy@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Conroy
M. Herbert Danzger
Professor Emeritus
Degrees: B.A., Yeshiva Univ.; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia Univ.
Francis A. DellaCava
Professor Emeritus
Degrees: M.A., Columbia Univ.; Ph.D., Fordham Univ.
Susan A. Dumais
Professor, Department Chair
Degrees: B.A., Columbia Univ.; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard Univ.
Phone: 718-960-7863
Office: Speech and Theatre 130
E-mail: Susan.Dumais@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Dumais
Dana Fenton
Lecturer
Degrees: B.A., M.S., New York Univ.; M.D.I.C.C., M.Phil., Union Theological Seminary; M.PHI, CUNY Graduate Center
Phone: 718-960-8200
Office: Carman Hall, Room B63A
E-mail: dana.fenton@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Fenton
Brittany N. Fox-Williams
Brittany N. Fox-Williams
Assistant Professor
Degrees: B.A., Cheyney University of Pennsylvania; M.P.A and Ph.D., Columbia University
Office: Carmen Hall B62
E-mail: brittany.foxwilliams@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile – Fox-Williams
Jennifer Laird
Assistant Professor
Degrees: Ph.D., University of Washington
Phone: 718-960-4132
Email: jennifer.laird@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Laird
Alyssa Lyons
Lecturer/Adviser
Degrees: B.A., Lehman College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Phone: 718-960-
Office: Carman Hall, Room
E-mail: alyssa.lyons@lehman.cuny.edu
Susan Markens
Associate Professor, Deputy Chair
Degrees: B.A., Brandeis Univ.; Ph.D., U.C.L.A.
Phone: 718-960-8007
Office: Carman Hall, Room B63A
E-mail: susan.markens@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Markens
Madeline H. (Engel) Moran
Professor
Degrees: B.A., Barnard Coll.; M.A., Ph.D., Fordham Univ.
Phone: 718-960-8300
Office: Carman Hall,Room B60
E-mail: madeline.moran@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Moran
Shehzad Nadeem
Associate Professor
Degrees: B.A., James Madison Univ.; M.A., Ph.D., Univ. of California, San Diego
Phone: 718-960-1894
Office: Speech and Theatre 129
E-mail: shehzad.nadeem at lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Nadeem
Dialika Sall
Assistant Professor
Degrees: B.A., Pomona College; PhD., Columbia University
Phone:
Office:
E-mail: dialika.sall@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Sall
Naomi Spence
Associate Professor
Degrees: B.A., Univ. of New Orleans; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State Univ.
Phone: 347-577-4002
Office: : Carman Hall, Room B62
E-mail: naomi.spence@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Spence
Elin Waring
Professor
Degrees: B.A., Swathmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale Univ.
Phone: 718-960-7820
Office: Speech and Theatre 128
E-mail: elin.waring@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Waring
Esther I. Wilder
Professor
Degrees: B.A., Univ. of Mass. at Amherst; M.A., Ph.D., Brown Univ.
Phone: 718-960-1128
Office: Carman Hall, Room B61
E-mail: esther.wilder@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Wilder
Devrim Yavuz
Assistant Professor
Degrees: B.S., Middle East Technical Univ., Ankara, Turkey; M.A., Ph.D., McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada
Phone: 347-577-4035
Office: Carman Hall, Room B61
E-mail: devrim.yavuz@lehman.cuny.edu
Website: Faculty Profile - Yavuz
