Faculty
Faculty
At Parsons, our faculty of leading artists, designers, and scholars lead change both in the classroom and in their industries. They work directly with you, building your skills and professional networks. And they develop new ways to make online learning productive and classroom communities close. On our Faculty Stories page, you can explore faculty accomplishments and projects with students.
Faculty
Leala Abbott
Part-time Assistant ProfessorHala Abdel Malak
Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and ManagementSonya Abrego
Part-time Assistant ProfessorKimberly Ackert
Part-time Assistant ProfessorCassius Adair
Assistant Professor of Media StudiesBarbara Adams
Assistant Professor of Art, Design and Social JusticeJody Adams
Part-time LecturerAdegboyega Adefope
Assistant Professor of Interior DesignGolnar Adili
Part-time Assistant ProfessorJacques Agbobly
Part-time LecturerShana Agid
Full-time FacultyHasin Ahmed
Part-time LecturerOlubusola Ajayi
Part-time Assistant ProfessorScott Aker
Part-time Assistant ProfessorAarati Akkapeddi
Part-time LecturerSusan Cottle Alberto
Part-time Assistant ProfessorRhea Alexander
Associate Professor of Strategic Design and ManagementAlexandra Alguire
Part-Time FacultyYasi Alipour
Part-time LecturerKevin Allen
Part-time Associate Teaching ProfessorPeter Allen
Part-time Assistant ProfessorArly Amaya
Assistant Manager Sewing - Sewing and Soft ConstructionAdam Ames
Part-time Assistant ProfessorErica Ammann
Part-time Assistant Professor
Sareeta Amrute
Associate Professor of Strategic Design and ManagementKenneth Anand
Part-time LecturerVivette Ancona
Part-time Associate Teaching ProfessorNoel Anderson
Associate Professor of Fine ArtsPaul Andrejco
Part-Time Assistant ProfessorGregory Scott Angel
Part-time Assistant ProfessorHarun Arikan
Part-Time FacultySandra Arndt
Part-time Assistant ProfessorSara Arnell
Part-time Assistant ProfessorClarissa Arocena
Part-Time FacultyJaime Arredondo
Part-time Assistant ProfessorJury Artola
Part-time LecturerPeter Asaro
Professor of Media StudiesGabriel Asfour
Part-time Assistant ProfessorCat Ashley
Part-time LecturerDamian Ashton
Part-time LecturerMichael Assis
Part-time LecturerFaculty Events & News

Good Interventions '26 - Design Exhibition
Good Interventions is an annual exhibition of intangible design projects that address the pressing issues of our time by bringing together the power of design and social sciences. For its fourth edition, fifteen projects have been selected to be exhibited. The program is organized by the School of Design Strategies and will take place in its permanent exhibition as a portal in the Platform of Design Strategies.Designers: Alison Thomson | Andrea Wollensak | Azra Sungu | Bilge Merve Aktas | Cem Caliskan | Chuman Rachel Zhang | Diya Basu-Sen | Deborah Swinglehurst | Ece Günesen | Ethan Hoppin | Irem Tekogul | Ishita Bhardwaj | Katja Novak | Mariam Mamaladze | Mariam Mohammedamin Abdul Malek | Nina Fudge | Oriola Omololu | Parisa Mehta | Rachel Barnard | Scheepers Simon | Shemona Singh | Simone De Vivo | Shuruthi Saravanan | Srividhya S | Susanti Vijaykumar | Timo Vreux-Gerbier | Vaibhav Kapri | Yaman Çiçek | Yoon Jungmin

Good Interventions '26 Exhibition Opening
The School of Design Strategies is pleased to announce the opening of the fourth edition of Good Interventions, an annual exhibition dedicated to intangible design projects that address the pressing challenges of our time.This year’s edition will feature 15 projects, representing the work of over 30 designers whose practices span diverse disciplines and geographies. Together, these projects demonstrate how design—combined with the insights of the social sciences—can uncover alternatives, forge connections, and propose new possibilities for shaping our collective future.From reimagining systems of care to creating platforms for collaboration and dialogue, each project embodies design’s potential as both a critical and imaginative force. Visitors to the exhibition will have the opportunity not only to discover these interventions but also to meet the participating designers in person, exchanging ideas and expanding conversations across communities.Hosted within the permanent exhibition portal at the Platform of Design Strategies, Good Interventions affirms the School’s commitment to supporting bold, socially engaged design that sparks reflection and inspires change. Designers: Alison Thomson | Andrea Wollensak | Azra Sungu | Bilge Merve Aktas | Cem Caliskan | Chuman Rachel Zhang | Deborah Swinglehurst | Ece Günesen | Ethan Hoppin | Irem Tekogul | Ishita Bhardwaj | Katja Novak | Mariam Mamaladze | Mariam Mohammedamin Abdul Malek | Nina Fudge | Oriola Omololu | Parisa Mehta | Rachel Barnard | Scheepers Simon | Shemona Singh | Simone De Vivo | Shuruthi Saravanan | Srividhya S | Susanti Vijaykumar | Timo Vreux-Gerbier | Vaibhav Kapri | Yaman Çiçek | Yoon JungminFriday, October 23rd3:00 pm - 5:00pmWollman Hall B50065 W 11th StOr Zoom

RUFF CUTS 2 - FALL 2026
This event will be on campus. Registration is required. We are excited to announce the second RUFF CUTS of the Fall 2026 Semester, which will take place on Friday, October 23, 2026 from 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm at Room UL102 in the University Center, 63 Fifth Avenue. About RUFF CUTS Ruff Cuts is a monthly student-run series in which current students and alumni screen and discuss works-in-progress films. Presenters receive feedback on their work from the audience in attendance made up of fellow students as well as faculty members and invited film professionals. We usually screen an average of 7-10 films on a first come, first served basis. Deadline: Please submit your works-in-progress to ruffcuts@newschool.edu by Wednesday, October 21, 2026.Presented by the School of Art, Media, and Technology's MA Media Studies Program at Parson's School of Design.

Process Pamphlets: Issues 6-9 Launch & Conversation
In conjunction with Parsons Offset Art Book Fair, Process Pamphlets will launch four new issues. Join us for the launch of issues 6-9 from Zoë Pulley, Andrew & Marite Kuus-Hill, No Ideas (Devin Washburn and Philip DiBello), and Kelli Anderson. The event will feature short talks followed by a panel discussion.#6: Zoë Pulley makes an installation for The Armory Show#7: Andrew & Marite Kuus-Hill start an art book fair in Canada#8: No Ideas designs Erik Carter’s Design Harder, the inaugural publication from Book Ideas#9: Kelli Anderson writes, designs, and funds Alphabet in Motion: How Letters Get Their ShapeThe process of design is often hidden. Process Pamphlets asserts that it should be more visible. Each issue of Process Pamphlets presents a single project from start to finish. Through emails, sketches, screenshots, drafts, and a first-person running narration, each issue aims to transparently show how things are made in the world; how people find work, initiate projects, organize, communicate, collaborate, negotiate, experiment, make, iterate, edit, distribute, document, and share.Issues 1-5 can be read and ordered on processpamphlets.comProcess Pamphlets are designed and edited by Ben Denzer (Assistant Professor of Communication Design) and are published as open editions at Parsons CD.

Offset Art Book Fair 2026
Parsons Communication Design is thrilled to announce the 2026 Offset Art Book Fair, hosted in partnership with Draw Down Books.Free and open to the public, The Offset Art Book Fair offers a space for students and recent alumni of The New School to share their printed work. The fair facilitates the exhibition and vending of zines, books, and other print ephemera, supporting independent publishing & zine-making culture. The fair will be prefaced on Friday, October 23, 6-8pm by Process Pamphlets: Issues 6-9 Launch & Conversation in the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium at Parsons. All events are free and open to the public. Please note: Registration for the Offset Art Book Fair is free but requires a timed ticket entry (11am, 1pm and 2:30pm). Advance ticket registration is required due to limited capacity in the building. External visitors to The New School must register in advance. For more information contact offsetartbookfair@gmail.com.
- Julia Sonnevend, Associate Professor of Sociology and Communications at Parsons, Named Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Communication
- Henry VI at The Public Theater Showcases Collaboration Between Parsons and Performing Arts
- Parsons Healthy Materials Lab Showcases Healthy, Climate-Positive Products and Ideas at International Contemporary Furniture Fair
- Daniel Jonas Roche, Parsons Faculty Member, Co-Writes New Book on Antifascist Architecture
- Arianna Deane, Parsons Faculty Member, Earns Recognition and Awards from Architecture Organizations with Firm A+A+A