• Leadership

  • The New School for Social Research is supported and advised by a Board of Governors. Our board is committed to upholding the core values that have defined our school since its beginning as the University in Exile and to fostering an intellectual environment that challenges orthodoxy, promotes public debate, and cultivates academic rigor.

    The NSSR Board of Governors upholds our mission to create a school of free inquiry for students and faculty of different ethnicities, religions, and geographical origins who are willing to challenge academic tradition, connect social theory to empirical observation, and take the intellectual and political risks necessary to improve social conditions.

    Board of Governors

    Susan L. Foote, PhD, Co-chair
    Caitlin McKoy, PhD, Co-chair
    Paul Vidich, Vice Chair
    Drake Bennett
    Diana Gordon, PhD
    Eva Susan Haller
    Phineas Lambert
    Paul B. Marrow, Esq.
    Robert Mass
    Ethan McCarty
    Ilse Melamid
    Montie Mills Meehan, PhD
    Robert H. Mundheim, Esq. 
    Lauren Pattani
    Robert N. Pollin, PhD
    David Poma
    Guido Zanni, PhD

    Office of the Executive Dean

    Alex Aleinikoff
    Executive Dean, NSSR
    212.229.5777 x3038
    aleinikt@newschool.edu

    Laila Gardner
    Executive Assistant to the NSSR Executive Dean
    212.229.5777 x3038
    gardnerl@newschool.edu

    Robert Kostrzewa 
    Vice Dean, NSSR
    212.229.5712 x3003
    KostrzeR@newschool.edu

    Ellen Freeberg
    Associate Dean of Faculty and Curriculum, NSSR
    212.229.5777 x3000
    FreeberE@newschool.edu

    Francesca Ferrono
    Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, NSSR
    FerronoF@newschool.edu  

    Leah Iannone
    Assistant Dean, Faculty Affairs for Part-Time Faculty, NSSR and Lang
    IannoneL@newschool.edu

    Cecilia Ponte
    Assistant Dean, Faculty Affairs for Full-Time Faculty, NSSR and Lang
    PonteC@newschool.edu

    Maeve Carey
    Operations Manager, NSSR
    maevek@newschool.edu

    Seth Cohen
    Senior Director of Budget and Operations, NSSR and Lang
    212.229.5777 x3395
    CohenS@newschool.edu

    Sherri Cohen
    Director of Communications and Events, NSSR
    212.295.5777 x3019
    Sherri.Cohen@newschool.edu

    Katherine Delgado
    Director, Academic Planning, NSSR & Lang
    delgadok@newschool.edu

    Zlatko Dimitrioski
    Associate Director of Faculty Affairs and Curriculum, NSSR
    212.229.5700 x3039
    dimitriz@newschool.edu

    Christina Gasparini
    Assistant Director, Administration, NSSR and Lang
    gasparic@newschool.edu

    Bianca Lominy
    Associate Director of Communications and Events, NSSR and Lang
    lominyb@newschool.edu

    Jennifer MacDonald
     Senior Director, Center for Career Development
    212.229.5600 x1768
    MacdonaJ@newschool.edu

    Aaron Neber
    Coordinator of Academic and Student Affairs (Terminal Master's Programs), NSSR
    nebea360@newschool.edu

    Christelle Petit-Homme
    Associate Director of Academic and Student Affairs, NSSR
    petithoc@newschool.edu 

    Dirk Van Stee
    Director of Operations, NSSR and Lang
    VansteeD@newschool.edu


  • Contact Us

    General Admission Contact
    The New School for Social Research
    Office of Admission
    79 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
    New York, NY 10003
    212.229.5600 or 800.523.5411
    SocialResearchAdmit@newschool.edu

  • Admission

  • Take The Next Step

Submit your application

Undergraduates

To apply to any of our undergraduate programs (except the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs) complete and submit the Common App online.

Undergraduate Adult Learners

To apply to any of our Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

Graduates

To apply to any of our Master's, Doctoral, Professional Studies Diploma, and Graduate Certificate programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.