THE NEW

SCHOOL
FOR SOCIAL
RESEARCH
NEW YORK CITY
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 about the neW schooL
TABLE OF CONTENTS Located in the heart of New York City’s historic Greenwich Village, The
New School was founded in 1919 by a group of prominent progressive
1 Message from the Dean scholars including Charles Beard, John Dewey, James Harvey Robinson, and
Thorstein Veblen. In planning their school, these distinguished intellectuals
1 Degrees Offered envisioned a center for instruction and counseling for mature men and
women. They planned it as an alternative to traditional universities, with an
Areas of Study and Faculty open curriculum, minimal hierarchy, and free discussion of controversial
2 Anthropology ideas. In 1933, The New School for Social Research gave a home to the
4 Economics University in Exile, a refuge for scholars forced from Europe by the Nazis.
6 Historical Studies In 1934, the University in Exile was incorporated into The New School for
8 Liberal Studies Social Research as the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science.
10 Philosophy
In the decades since, The New School has grown into a university of eight
12 Political Science
undergraduate and graduate schools. From the beginning, the institution has
14 Psychology
been called simply The New School. In 2005, this name was made official;
18 Sociology at the same time, the eight academic divisions were renamed to emphasize
their affiliation with the university. The founding division is now called The
20 Research Centers
New School for General Studies, and the Graduate Faculty is again The New
School for Social Research. The other schools are Parsons The New School for
21 Faculty Information
Design, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, Eugene
Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, Mannes College The New
24 Academic Publications
School for Music, The New School for Drama, and The New School for Jazz
25 Academic Resources and Contemporary Music.

The university’s commitment to transcending the boundaries between

26 Student Life
traditional academic disciplines, its close connections to the cosmopolitan
cultural and professional life of New York City, and its willingness to reinvent
27 Career and Alumni Services
itself remain unchanged, as does its dedication to the ideal of lifelong
28 University Information education for all citizens. The New School holds a place in the avant-garde of
American universities, attracting adventurous, creative, civic-minded scholars
30 A History of The New School who are interested in pursuing careers that improve the world.
for Social Research

32 The Office of Admission

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from the dean
Degrees
Welcome to the extraordinary experiment in American graduate education and
intellectual life that is The New School for Social Research. Our community of scholars,
gathered at a university dedicated to the new, aspires to the deepest, best informed, most

Offered
critical, most globally aware, most forward-thinking scholarship possible. Being part of
this community is stimulating and challenging at every level.

Visionary thinking has characterized The New School for Social Research since its
founding in 1933. Known at that time as the University in Exile, the school offered
refuge to a group of distinguished German social scientists who faced the loss of their MASTER OF ARTS (MA)
Anthropology, Economics, Global Political
livelihood and citizenship and whose very lives were in danger under National Socialism.
Economy and Finance, Historical Studies,
The University in Exile, renamed the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science,
Liberal Studies, Philosophy, Political
internationalized American social science. Since then, it has stood as a beacon of Science, Psychology, Sociology
internationalism and critical engagement with the issues of the day.
Students may earn an MA with a special
Today The New School for Social Research carries on the tradition of research, critique, concentration, such as an MA in philosophy
political and ethical engagement, and innovation—even assistance to endangered with a focus on psychoanalysis, an MA in
scholars. Each department and program excels in its own area of inquiry while promoting psychology focusing on substance abuse and a
and taking part in dialogue that transcends the concerns of its individual field. In research MA in psychology.
interdepartmental courses, multidisciplinary conferences and forums for discussion, MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
and collaborations with faculty and students in other parts of The New School, our Economics
graduate students participate in interdisciplinary conversation with other social scientists,
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PhD)
humanists, designers, and artists who challenge their assumptions and expand their
Anthropology, Clinical Psychology,
intellectual and professional horizons.
Economics, Philosophy, Political Science,
Psychology and Sociology
The vibrancy of The New School for Social Research comes in large part from its location
in downtown New York City. New York is simply one of the most exciting places one
can be, with more people from more cultures speaking more languages assembled in one
urban area than the world has ever seen. The breadth of cultural, artistic, intellectual,
and political activity occurring in New York is unparalleled. Our home in a hub of the
globalized world is part of what makes us special.

Our dynamism also comes from the diversity of our students, who represent a broad range
of nationalities, ages, and life experiences. When colleagues from other universities meet
our students, they regularly comment on their maturity and engagement and wonder what
we are doing to attract scholars of such excellence. The unique profile of The New School
for Social Research attracts students whose energy, intellect, and openness to exploration
enable them to take graduate education to new heights.

I look forward to your joining in the conversation at The New School for Social Research.

Michael Schober, Dean

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ANTHROPOLOGY
The Department of Anthropology at The New School for Social Research embodies the Courses taught recently:
university’s commitment to addressing urgent social and political problems of the 21st
Border Economies
century. Through engaged scholarship supported by rigorous theoretical and empirical
Janet Roitman
work, innovative research methodologies, and a sustained commitment to historical and
ethnographic sensibilities, a close-knit group of lively scholars thrives in an intellectual Truth Productions: Historical and
environment that fosters individual exploration. Faculty and students in the department Cultural Frames
see themselves not as consumers of knowledge but as producers of new ways of Ann Stoler
understanding today’s world. Medicine, Science, and Citizenship
Miriam Ticktin
The anthropology master’s program is designed to provide students with a broad
understanding of the development of the discipline and to introduce key concepts Epidemiology of Beliefs
and questions. The PhD program prepares students for careers as teachers and for Lawrence Hirschfeld
original independent research. Students develop topics that are personally meaningful, Posthuman/Ethnographic
intellectually stimulating, and socially important. Recent dissertation topics include Hugh Raffles
• The privatization of the military in Somalia The Anthropology of Global Flows
• Th
 e emergence and experience of post-traumatic stress disorder in the United States Vyjayanthi Rao

• Th
 e impact and future of open-access publishing If you are interested in learning
more about these courses, visit us at
•D
 iscourses of corruption in post-socialist Albania
www.newschool.edu/nssr/anthro
• The politics of the press in Mumbai and select “Courses.”
•E
 mergent technologies of text-based communication in East Asia
Anthropology Faculty
• The socialization of schoolchildren in Israel
Lawrence Hirschfeld, Professor
Students can refine their ideas in the biweekly student-led Anthropology Workshop and of Anthropology and Psychology
in a series of colloquia featuring visiting speakers. They can participate in faculty courses
Nicolas Langlitz, Assistant Professor
and projects developed both individually and in collaboration with other programs and
of Anthropology
divisions of The New School, including the graduate program in International Affairs,
Parsons The New School for Design, the India China Institute, the Committee on Benjamin Lee, Professor of Anthropology
Historical Studies, the Janey Program in Latin American Studies, and the Transregional and Philosophy
Center for Democratic Studies. They can also take courses through the regional Inter-
Hugh Raffles, Professor of Anthropology
University Consortium.
Vyjayanthi Rao, Assistant Professor
Degrees Offered of Anthropology and International Affairs

The Department of Anthropology offers MA and PhD degrees. All anthropology students Janet Roitman, Associate Professor
at The New School enter the MA program. Students who complete MA requirements with of Anthropology and International Affairs
sufficient distinction may petition for admission to PhD study.
Ann Stoler, Willy Brandt Distinguished
University Professor
of Anthropology and Historical Studies
Sharika Thiranagama, Assistant
Professor of Anthropology
Miriam Ticktin, Assistant Professor
of Anthropology and International Affairs

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AN EXCEPTIONAL PLACE
It has a great
“The New School is an exceptional place,” says Vyjayanthi Rao, an assistant
professor in the Department of Anthropology. After teaching at the University tradition of
of Chicago as a graduate student and then at Yale University, Rao came to The
New School five years ago, drawn by its “great tradition of interdisciplinary social interdisciplinary
research and pedagogy. The ability to test the boundaries between disciplines and
to connect with practitioners in different fields is very exciting.” social research
According to Professor Rao, students in the Department of Anthropology value the
opportunity to explore the field from unique perspectives and undertake research
and pedagogy.
and projects that have personal significance. She says, “Students benefit from a The ability to test
cutting-edge, contemporary department within The New School for Social Research,
with its esteemed reputation and established political traditions.” Professor Rao the boundaries
recently taught The Limits of Ethics, a course on human rights, humanitarianism,
and ethnography in which anthropology students took part in an art project with between
fellows from the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School.
As a researcher, Professor Rao is interested in the relationship between ethics,
disciplines and
aesthetics, and globalization. She was among the first group of fellows selected
to participate in the India China Institute. Her work with ICI developed into a
to connect with
collaborative project in Mumbai involving urban interactions and mobile phones and
an ongoing ethnography examining the internationalization of the design process for
practitioners in
China’s new monumental architecture.
different fields is
Professor Rao looks forward to continuing her interdisciplinary work combining her
interests in anthropology, design, and globalization and to helping students develop very exciting.
their own interests.

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Economics
The Department of Economics offers a multifaceted graduate program that places what Courses taught recently:
Robert Heilbroner called “the worldly philosophy”—informed, critical, and passionate
World Political Economy
investigation of the economic foundations of contemporary society—at the heart of its
Anwar Shaikh
curriculum. Students learn about a range of economic theories, including Keynesian and
post-Keynesian economics; the classical political economy of Smith, Ricardo, and Marx; Political Economy of the Environment
structuralist and institutionalist approaches to economics; and neoclassical economics. Lance Taylor
They also acquire a comprehensive understanding of conceptual, mathematical, and Graduate Macroeconomics
statistical modeling techniques used in economic research. Coursework emphasizes Willi Semmler
the relationship between the history of economic ideas, contemporary economic policy
debates, and conflicting interpretations of economic phenomena. Graduate Microeconomics
Lopamudra Banerjee
Along with their coursework, students in the Department of Economics engage in
Economics of Technological
research on topics reflecting their own interests and shaped by their interactions with
Innovation and Design
professors throughout the university. The Department of Economics fosters intellectual William Milberg
inquiry leading to practical solutions to contemporary problems and framing new
questions for study. Recent research has included If you are interested in learning
more about these courses, visit us at
• Changes in the world economy
www.newschool.edu/nssr/econ
• Global financial markets and institutions comprising the world economy and select “Courses.”
• Problems of regulating and guiding economic development
Economics Faculty
• The complexity of economic systems
Lopamudra Banerjee, Assistant Professor
• Economic aspects of class, gender, and ethnicity of Economics
The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) conducts research that Duncan Foley, Leo Model Professor
complements the work of the Department of Economics and offers students opportunities of Economics
to pursue original research.
Teresa Ghilarducci, Professor and
Degrees Offered Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz Chair in
Economic Policy Analysis
The Department of Economics offers MA, MS, and PhD degrees. Students who complete
William Milberg, Professor of Economics
MA requirements with sufficient distinction may be considered for admission to PhD
study. Applicants who have completed a comparable degree in economics at another Deepak Nayyar, Distinguished University
institution may be considered for direct PhD admission. Professor of Economics
Edward Nell, Malcolm B. Smith Professor
of Economics

Christian Proaño, Assistant Professor

of Economics

Sanjay Reddy, Assistant Professor

of Economics

Willi Semmler, Professor of Economics

Anwar Shaikh, Professor of Economics

Lance Taylor, Arnhold Professor

of International Cooperation and
Development

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FREEDOM TO RESEARCH
Students are
Mamadou Bobo Diallo came to The New School from his home in Guinea for
graduate study in economics because “it is one of the few places that you can encouraged to
study heterodox economics, and because students are encouraged to study in
areas that programs in other schools would never allow. At The New School, you are study in areas
given the freedom to research areas that interest you personally.” Bobo is working
on a dissertation that combines economic growth theory with open economy that programs
macroeconomics, building on work he did with Professor Willi Semmler for the World
Bank. Together they developed a model and applied it to three groups of countries— in other schools
low income, lower and middle income, and middle and upper income. Their research
showed that shifting expenditure toward social programs such as health care,
would never
education, and public infrastructure was the most effective way for countries in all
three categories to enhance economic growth. These findings can inform the design
allow. At The New
of future fiscal policy.
School, you are
When Bobo is not doing research, he serves as a teaching assistant for the
Advanced Macroeconomics II course and teaches master’s students Mathematics given the freedom
for Economics. When he returns to Guinea, he may pursue a career in higher
education or government. to research areas
For now, Bobo thrives on the diversity and academic experience offered by The
New School for Social Research. “I don’t just mean nationality, religion, or race but
that interest you
diversity as in academic interest. [Students] come from all walks of life: people who
never studied economics, or those who have studied philosophy or sociology.”
personally.

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Historical Studies
The Committee on Historical Studies was founded in the mid-1980s by Charles Tilly, Courses taught recently:
Louise Tilly, Aristide Zolberg, and Ira Katznelson on the premise that a knowledge
Fascism and Theory: Latin American
of history is critical to all human understanding. The committee saw The New School
and European Approaches to
for Social Research as a natural place for historians, philosophers, and social scientists
Totalitarianism and Populism
to come together to develop theoretically informed approaches to historical questions
Federico Finchelstein
and critical histories of the present. It recognizes that historical inquiry can transform
interpretation and theory in the social sciences. Its mission is to rejuvenate the Markets in History: Interdisciplinary
empirically based social sciences with linguistically informed and pictorially sympathetic Approaches
approaches inspired by the humanities. The committee provides The New School for Julia Ott
Social Research—an institution that has in the past represented the European critical Historical Roots of a “Fiasco”: Iraq
tradition—with an archive and a perspective on the world from the outside in. Eli Zaretsky

Recent student and faculty research topics include Becoming Other: Mimesis, Alterity,
and History in Time-Based Media
• Popular conservatism and political disorder
Orit Halpern
• Forms of democracy and forms of representation
Historiography and Historical Practice
• The history of socialism and communism Oz Frankel
• State making, nation building, market reform, and civil society in Ukraine If you are interested in learning
• Immigration and religion in New York City more about these courses, visit us at
www.newschool.edu/nssr/history
Degrees Offered and select “Courses.”

Historical Studies offers the MA degree. Students with an MA in Historical Studies, Historical Studies Faculty
Sociology, or Political Science at The New School for Social Research may apply to study
in the PhD program in Sociology and Historical Studies or in Political Science and Elaine Abelson, Associate Professor
Historical Studies. Students with an MA in history or politics from another institution of History
may apply for admission to the PhD program in Political Science and Historical Studies. Federico Finchelstein, Associate
Professor of History
Oz Frankel, Associate Professor of History
Orit Halpern, Assistant Professor of History
Julia Ott, Assistant Professor of History
David Plotke, Professor of Political Science
Ann Louise Shapiro, Professor of History
of Economics

Ann Stoler, Willy Brandt Distinguished

University Professor of Anthropology and
Historical Studies
Jeremy Varon, Associate Professor
of History
Louise Walker, Assistant Professor
of History
Eli Zaretsky, Professor of History

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HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE
Students in
The New School for Social Research attracted Federico Finchelstein in part
because it was founded by intellectuals who escaped from European fascism. “I was Historical Studies
born in Argentina just one year before the creation of the last military dictatorship
(1976–1983), the most violent and criminal of many military regimes in the history identify with
of my country. I spent my early childhood in a totalitarian context where political and
even historical questions were banned from public life. My own historical experience our approach
informs my view.”
Professor Finchelstein has engaged in extensive research on ties between European
to history, an
and Latin American fascism. His graduate dissertation from Cornell University was approach that
published as a book by Duke University Press in 2010, titled Transatlantic Fascism:
Ideology, Violence, and the Sacred in Argentina and Italy, 1919–1945. In the book is contextually
Professor Finchelstein explores an indigenous form of fascism which derived from
European fascism and was shaped by Catholic traditions. He has also written on the preoccupied
mythology associated with Argentine fascism.
Professor Finchelstein finds that students “identify with our approach to history,
and theoretically
an approach that is contextually preoccupied and theoretically inclined. They also
find the empirical training very beneficial.” Other topics explored in Historical
inclined. They also
Studies include the history of capitalism, intellectual and cultural history, the
history of the book, visual culture, imperialism, the history of psychoanalysis, the
find the empirical
history of science, history and politics, history and memory, history and theory,
and gender history.
training very
beneficial.”

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Liberal Studies
Bringing together students interested in research and writing in the humanities and Courses taught recently:
social sciences, the Committee on Liberal Studies enables students to design their own
The Dialectics of Women and
interdisciplinary curriculum. Students are free to work with their choice of scholars
Enlightenment
at The New School for Social Research, and also to study with a distinguished group
Gina Luria Walker
of journalists and creative writers, including Jed Perl, art critic for the New Republic;
Christopher Hitchens, columnist for Vanity Fair; Margo Jefferson, a Pulitzer Prize- Politics and the Novel
winning critic, formerly with the New York Times; and Robert Boyers, editor of the Robert Boyers
literary quarterly Salmagundi. Faith in Modern Thought and
Literature: Supreme Fictions and
To complete a master’s thesis, students write about topics reflecting their creativity and
Gods That Failed
diversity of interests. Titles of past theses include
Melissa Monroe
• Futurism, Fascism, and Henri Bergson’s Philosophy of Time
The Concept of Culture
• Single Women in Sex and the City and Beyond Elzbieta Matynia
• The Aura of the Brand: Nike and Postmodern Capitalism Methods of Cultural Criticism
• Camp Aesthetics in Andy Warhol Christopher Hitchens, Melissa Monroe

• Biblical Allusions in Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra Social Construction of the

Avant-Garde
• The Pinochet Case: Universal Jurisdiction and State Sovereignty
Vera Zolberg
• The Concept of Self-Government in Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln
Realism: An Introduction
• Franz Kafka and Hannah Arendt’s Image of Totalitarianism Neil Gordon

The Liberal Studies program is ideal for students who wish to enrich their education or The Exiled Self
pursue a career in writing or journalism, as well as those planning to earn a PhD in a Randy Fertel
related program. Recent graduates are working as writers, painters, and musicians. One Modernity and Its Discontents
edits her own literary journal. Others are working toward PhDs in philosophy, political James Miller
science, and sociology at The New School; English at CUNY; architecture at Columbia
University; and art history at UC Berkeley. If you are interested in learning
more about these courses, visit us at
Degrees Offered www.newschool.edu/nssr/liberal
and select “Courses.”
The Liberal Studies program offers the MA degree. Students who fulfill MA requirements
in one of the six PhD-granting departments in the course of completing the MA in
Liberal Studies may petition for admission to PhD study in that department.

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LIVING IN PLATO’S REPUBLIC
“It’s the closest I could come to living in Plato’s Republic,” says Alex McCown of his
experience in the Liberal Studies program. Alex decided to enroll at The New School
because “it had an interdisciplinary focus and was much more open to new ideas
and ways of thinking than other schools. Also, the history is a real recommendation;
you know that this is the way they have approached education for a long time, which
means that a new chairperson won’t come a month after you arrive and turn the
department into a bland and uptight place.”
Alex says that his experience has been anything but bland; the Liberal Studies
program has been ideal for him because “the interdisciplinary core program offered
through Liberal Studies allowed me to figure out what I really wanted to go after.”
He decided to pursue a PhD combining political theory with contemporary media.
Alex values the exposure the program has given him to a group of informed,
intelligent, and dedicated scholars. “The program is hugely international. I have
become friends with a journalist from Norway, a writer from Africa, a psychologist
from Brazil, and a marketing guy from IBM, all of whom wanted to enrich themselves
and understand the world better through literature, art, and philosophy.”
Alex’s experiences at The New School working as a teaching assistant and with
his professors have led him to plan a career in academia.

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Liberal Studies Faculty

Robert Boyers, Part-Time Faculty, Paul Kottman, Associate Professor of

The New School for Social Research
Stefania de Kennesey, Associate
Professor of Music
Laura Frost, Associate Professor of
Literary Studies
The program
Comparative Literature
is hugely
Elzbieta Matynia, Associate Professor of
Liberal Studies and Sociology international.
James Miller, Professor of Political I have become
Science and Liberal Studies

Christopher Hitchens, Part-Time Melissa Monroe, Part-Time Faculty, friends with a

Faculty, The New School for Social The New School for Social Research
Research
journalist from
Dominic Pettman, Associate Professor
Neil Gordon, Professor of Literary of Culture and Media Norway, a writer
Studies,

Noah Isenberg, Associate Professor of

Jed Perl, Part-Time Faculty, The New
School for Social Research
from Africa, a
Literary Studies
McKenzie Wark, Associate Professor psychologist
Elizabeth Kendall, Associate Professor of Culture and Media
of Writing from Brazil, and
a marketing guy
from IBM.

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Philosophy
The New School for Social Research has always attracted renowned scholars from around Courses taught recently:
the world who foster an open atmosphere for exploration and inquiry through their Platonic Philosophy as a
teaching and research. The eminent philosophers who have helped create and sustain an Mathematical Enterprise
intellectually vibrant Department of Philosophy include Hannah Arendt, Hans Jonas, Dmitri Nikulin
Aron Gurwitsch, and Reiner Schürmann.
Psychoanalysis and Deconstruction
The focus of study in the Department of Philosophy is the history of Western I and II
philosophical thought and the European philosophical tradition, particularly Alan Bass
contemporary Continental philosophy. The graduate curriculum consists of two Mind and Reality
components. The first is the study of major figures such as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Richard J. Bernstein
Spinoza, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Freud,
To Philosophize Is to Learn How to Die
Gadamer, Adorno, Benjamin, Wittgenstein, Foucault, and Derrida. The second explores
Simon Critchley
the movements, schools, branches, and ideas associated with those figures. Philosophy
at The New School is thus the study of phenomenology, hermeneutics, and pragmatism; Philosophy and Literature
political and social thought; ethics, critical theory, and aesthetics; epistemology, Alice Crary
metaphysics, and ontology; logic and language; rationality, methodology, and naturalism Torture and Dignity
within the social sciences; nature, culture, beauty, and goodness; unconscious and J.M. Bernstein
conscious processes; contingency, necessity, and human freedom, tragedy, and truth. If you are interested in learning more
about departmental courses, visit us at
Faculty and students have explored these philosophers and their ideas in depth through
www.newschool.edu/nssr/phil and
research and dissertations, which have recently included
select “Courses.”
• Ethical modernism and political atrocity
• The nature of poetry and ethics Philosophy Faculty

• The ethico-political ground of ancient Greek thinking Zed Adams, Assistant Professor of
Philosophy
• Religiosity in John Dewey
Cinzia Arruzza, Assistant Professor of
The Department of Philosophy reflects the interdisciplinary tradition of its original Philosophy
faculty through the research and writing of its members as well as its distinctive J.M. Bernstein, University Distinguished
collaborative courses. Professor of Philosophy
Degrees Offered Richard J. Bernstein, Vera List Professor
of Philosophy
The Department of Philosophy offers MA and PhD degrees. Students who complete
Omri Boehm, Assistant Professor of
MA requirements with sufficient distinction may petition for admission to PhD study.
Philosophy
Applicants who have completed a comparable MA in philosophy at another institution
may be considered for direct PhD admission. Chiara Bottici, Assistant Professor of
Philosophy
Alice Crary, Associate Professor of
Philosophy
Simon Critchley, Professor of Philosophy
James Dodd, Associate Professor of
Philosophy
Nancy Fraser, Henry A. and Louise Loeb
Professor of Political and Social Science
Dmitri Nikulin, Professor of Philosophy

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A DISTINCTIVE NICHE
Being in New York
Simon Critchley, the chair of the Department of Philosophy, says, “I have spent my
life as a student and teacher thinking and writing about the Continental tradition offers us access
in philosophy. The New School for Social Research, with its unique heritage, is the
most important center for this tradition in the English-speaking world. Being in New to the cultural and
York offers us access to the cultural and intellectual riches of the city, giving The
New School an absolutely distinctive niche in the philosophical life of America.” intellectual riches
Professor Critchley describes the students in the Department of Philosophy as
“tenacious, smart, and open-minded.” He especially enjoys teaching his large
of the city, giving
weekly lecture course on Tuesday evenings. The New School
When Professor Critchley is not in the classroom, he can often be found researching
and writing. In 2007, he published Infinitely Demanding (Verso), a widely reviewed an absolutely
book about ethics and politics that is currently being translated into five languages.
distinctive niche in

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The Book of Dead Philosophers (Vintage) was published in 2009, is currently being
translated into ten languages, and was on the New York Times best seller list. In
the book, Professor Critchley suggests that studying what great thinkers have
the philosophical
said about death can provide profound insights into the meaning and possibility of
human happiness. In other words, as people learn to die, they also learn to live. He
life of America.
is currently completing a book on politics, religion, and violence called The Faith of
the Faithless (Harvard).
Passionate about research and teaching, Professor Critchley helps students navigate
the study of philosophy as they develop interests and expertise of their own.

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PoliticS
To study politics is to study power: how it positions actors unequally, who has it and Courses taught recently in each field
who fights to get it, how it is used, and for what purposes. In the politics department of study:
of The New School for Social Research, the relations and manifestations of power are
Democracies in Theory and Practice
studied in many contexts ranging from the family to the transnational environment.
Conceptions of Democracy: History,
Power relations are critically analyzed across political, social, and economic systems;
Theory, Comparison
ethnic groups; social classes; genders and sexualities; divisions of labor; citizenships; and
Sanjay Ruparelia
species lines. Particular attention is paid to historical and contemporary movements
and struggles to reshape power and define its possibilities. Students think deeply and Political Thought and Its History
critically about prospects for overcoming social injustice and political domination. They Sovereignty and Its Critics
explore whether the exercise of power benefits a few or promotes the welfare of the many Banu Bargu
and how struggles for power advance or obstruct the possibility for a better world. Those History and Politics of Tyranny
continuing to doctoral study gain proficiency in two of the three areas offered by the Andreas Kalyvas
department: American politics, comparative politics, and political theory. Courses and
university events also include opportunities to explore the field of international relations. Identities, Culture, and Politics
The academic interests of students and faculty often cross fields and can be augmented by Visual Politics
courses organized around particular issues and themes. Students are also encouraged to Victoria Hattam
take advantage of interdisciplinary courses available throughout the university. International Politics
Theories of Imperialism
Students in the Department of Politics also belong to the broader community of The New Nancy Fraser
School for Social Research, which gives them access to a wide array of extracurricular
lectures, conferences, and seminars. Interactions with scholars from different regions with The United States and the World:
unique perspectives and fresh ideas, make the study of politics at The New School for Hegemony and Democracy
Social Research an academically enriching, personally gratifying experience. David Plotke

Political Development in Historical

Degrees Offered
Perspective
The Department of Politics offers MA and PhD degrees. Students who complete MA Immigration and Citizenship in the
requirements with sufficient distinction may be considered for admission to PhD study. American Experience: Then and Now
In rare cases, the department grants direct PhD admission to applicants who have Aristide Zolberg
completed a comparable MA in political science at another institution. Politics in Economic and Social
Context
Gender Politics: State, Economy,
and Family
Mala Htun

Political Ethnography
Timothy Pachirat

If you are interested in learning

more about these courses, visit us at
www.newschool.edu/nssr/polsci
and select “Courses.”

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POLITICAL CONVICTION AND INTELLECTUAL SERIOUSNESS
During the 16 years James Miller has taught at The New School, he has found that
“the students are the most interesting thing about the university. The fact that
The New School actually stands for something, starting with the University in Exile,
still attracts students from around the world.” The political science students in
particular “come to The New School out of a sense of political conviction, as well as
intellectual seriousness. The students vary greatly in background and training, but
almost all have a profound passion for politics; they care about changing the world
as well as understanding it.”
Professor Miller is currently working on a book entitled Examined Lives, a collection
of biographical essays that begins with Socrates, ends with Nietzsche, and
discusses 10 other “philosophers who tried to live philosophically.” He began writing
Examined Lives as a result of research he did for an earlier book, The Passion of
Michel Foucault.
Professor Miller particularly enjoys teaching Modernity and Its Discontents, a course
whose interdisciplinary curriculum juxtaposes novels and pamphlets, essays and
manifestos, by writers ranging from Rousseau, Goethe, and Robespierre to Joseph
Conrad, André Breton, and Hannah Arendt.
“The New School attracts extraordinary students from around the world, creating
a distinctly cosmopolitan student body,” says Miller. It is these scholars who will
become the political activists and leaders of the future.

“
Political Science Faculty
The students
Banu Bargu, Assistant Professor Timothy Pachirat, Assistant Professor vary greatly in
of Political Science of Political Science and International
Affairs background and
Nancy Fraser, Henry A. and Louise Loeb
Professor of Political and Social Science David Plotke, Professor of Political training, but
Science
Victoria Hattam, Professor of Political
Science Sanjay Ruparelia, Assistant Professor almost all have a
of Political Science
Mala Htun, Associate Professor of profound passion
Political Science Deva Woodly, Assistant Professor

Andreas Kalyvas, Associate Professor of

of Politics for politics;
Political Science Aristide Zolberg, Walter P. Eberstadt
Professor of Political Science and
they care about
James Miller, Professor of Political
Science and Liberal Studies
University in Exile Professor Emeritus changing the
Rifi Youatt, Assistant Professor
of Politics world as well as
understanding it.”

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Psychology
The Department of Psychology was founded as part of the University in Exile by the Courses taught recently:
pioneering Gestalt psychologist Max Wertheimer. Over the years, its distinguished
Cultural Psychology
faculty has included Leon Festinger, Jerome Bruner, Hans Wallach, Irving Rock, Kurt
Joan Miller
Goldstein, Serge Moscovici, Solomon Asch, Sandor Ferenczi, and Erich Fromm. Within
the program, there is a strong emphasis on conducting research that contributes to basic Remembering Trauma
psychological knowledge and that is sensitive to social, cultural, and political influences William Hirst
and concerns. Political Psychology
Jeremy Ginges
Students entering can earn a master’s degree in General Psychology. In the 30-credit
General Psychology MA Program, students take basic courses in cognitive, social, Dehumanizing Others
personality, developmental, and abnormal psychology and in research methods Emanuele Castano
and statistics.
Clinical Neuropsychology
Marcel Kinsbourne
Alternatively, students can complete the 30-credit MA concentration in Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Counseling. This concentration prepares students to fulfill the Psychology of Women and Gender
academic eligibility requirements for the New York State Alcohol and Substance Abuse Lisa Rubin
Counseling Certificate exam.
Ethnicity in Clinical Theory
Student dissertations from the Psychology department as a whole have recently included and Practice
such topics as Doris Chang

• Sociocultural factors that affect HIV/AIDS disclosure Attachment Across the Lifespan
Howard Steele, Miriam Steele
• The use of animated agents in surveys
Relational Psychoanalysis
• Attachment representations of youth aging out of foster care Jeremy Safran
• Forgetting, emotion, and trauma
Clinical Applications of Attachment
• Linguistic cohesion in psychotherapeutic process and outcome Theory
• Laterality and embodiment effects in response to emotionally valent words Howard Steele

• Cultural influences on emerging adulthood If you are interested in learning

more about these courses, visit us at
• The impact of classism and stereotyping on low-socioeconomic-status individuals
www.newschool.edu/nssr/psy
Doctoral Studies and select “Courses.”

Master’s students are not guaranteed admission to the doctoral program and must
formally apply. Those with an overall GPA of 3.5 are eligible to apply and may submit
applications either to the PhD Program in Cognitive, Social, and Developmental
Psychology (CSD) or to the Clinical Psychology PhD Program.

Cognitive, Social, and Developmental Psychology

The Cognitive, Social, and Developmental Psychology doctoral program is distinguished

by sensitivity to issues of culture and context. Faculty research centers on areas such as
language and thought, semantics, cognitive psychology, perception, political psychology,
social psychology, social cognition, cognitive development, close relationships, and
social development. The graduate program is based on an apprenticeship model in which
students work closely with individual faculty. Students concentrate in cognitive, social, or
developmental psychology but are welcome to bridge these concentrations with courses,
research, and work with faculty.

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A FRUITFUL ENVIRONMENT
The student
What drew Bernhard Leidner from his home in Germany to The New School was his
interest in “moral disengagement,” the tendency to downplay the violence in which body is very
one’s own country is engaged, effectively evaluating actions as “not that bad.”
As a graduate student in Germany, Bernhard learned that New School Professor international and
Emanuele Castano was studying moral disengagement in international conflicts,
and he wanted to participate in this research. diverse. You can
Bernhard has now been at The New School for more than three years pursuing a
PhD in social psychology. For his dissertation, he is studying the moral principles
collaborate with
people apply in weighing their own country’s actions against those of countries other students
perceived as antagonistic or neutral.
Bernhard has found his experience at The New School rewarding because “the and professors
student body is very international and diverse. You can collaborate with other
students and professors easily, and there is a lot of interaction and overlap easily, and
among departments, which gives you exposure to many different people and
ideas. It is a very liberal school, so if you are interested in research it is a very
there is a lot of
fruitful environment.”
interaction and
Bernhard plans to conduct postdoctoral research and pursue a career in academia
as a professor. Until then, he will continue doing research in the field of Moral overlap among
Psychology while teaching Statistics II and III.
departments.

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Clinical Psychology Psychology Faculty

The clinical psychology doctoral program follows the scientist-practitioner model of Daniel Casasanto, Assistant Professor of
clinical training and is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). Psychology
It combines a psychoanalytic emphasis with cognitive behavioral approaches. The program Emanuele Castano, Associate Professor
integrates theory, research, and practice and promotes an appreciation for diversity of Psychology
and pluralism with respect to race, culture, and theoretical perspective. Students are
encouraged to develop critical thinking skills and a high level of scholarship in order to Doris Chang, Assistant Professor of
both build their clinical skills and contribute to the field of clinical psychology. While Psychology
fulfilling doctoral dissertation requirements, students gain hands-on experience outside Christopher Christian, Assistant
The New School. First-year doctoral students participate in a practicum at the New School Professor of Psychology
Beth Israel Center for Clinical Training and Research. In the second and third years, they
continue with externship placements throughout the city. The fourth year culminates for Wendy D’Andrea, Assistant Professor of
most students with a year-long, full-time placement at an APA-accredited internship site. Psychology

Jenifer Francisco, Assistant Professor of

Degrees Offered
Psychology
The Department of Psychology offers MA and PhD degrees. All psychology students at Jeremy Ginges, Assistant Professor of
The New School enter the master’s program. After earning 30 credits with a GPA of at Psychology
least 3.5, students may apply for admission to the doctoral program. Students seeking
admission to the PhD program in clinical psychology are evaluated on the basis of their Lawrence Hirschfeld, Professor of
entire records and admission interviews conducted independently by two clinical faculty Anthropology and Psychology
members. No admission interview is required for PhD students applying to the CSD William Hirst, Professor of Psychology
program. Students who have been provisionally accepted into the two doctoral programs
must either pass the Comps Examination or complete a research project as part of the Xiaochun Jin, Assistant Professor of
research master’s program. In rare cases, the department grants advanced-standing Psychology
admission to applicants who have completed a comparable MA in psychology with Marcel Kinsbourne, Professor of
distinction at another institution. Psychology

Arien Mack, Alfred J. and Monette C.

Marrow Professor of Psychology

Joan Miller, Professor of Psychology

Lisa Rubin, Assistant Professor of

Psychology

Jeremy Safran, Professor of Psychology

Michael Schober, Professor of

Psychology

Howard Steele, Professor of Psychology

Miriam Steele, Professor of Psychology

McWelling Todman, Associate Professor

of Psychology

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A STRONG FOUNDATION
The clinical
An emphasis on clinical psychology, diverse faculty viewpoints, culturally nuanced
approaches to research, and a focus on social justice are just a few of the reasons psychology
that Sophia Haeri chose to pursue her PhD in clinical psychology at The New School.
“The program has a long psychodynamic tradition yet there is an infusion of newer program is
faculty who are cognitive-behaviorally oriented. Students get the unique benefit of
being trained from both perspectives.” unique because
The partnership between the clinical psychology program and Beth Israel Hospital
also influenced Sophia’s decision. “The clinical psychology program is unique
through Beth
because through Beth Israel Hospital, we get hands-on group training with inpatients Israel Hospital,
and individual experience working with outpatients. Part of this fieldwork is in the
context of a psychotherapy research study, so we really see the integration between we get hands-on
research and practice.”
Sophia also appreciates the multicultural perspectives offered by faculty; group training
building on the results of her master’s thesis, Sophia is currently working with
Dr. Doris Chang to complete an investigation of intimate partner violence in a
with inpatients
national epidemiological sample of Asian and Pacific Islander immigrants for her
dissertation.
and individual
Sophia believes that the solid foundation that she is receiving at The New School will experience
enable her to pursue a career in research, teaching, and clinical work in the future.
working with
outpatients.

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Sociology
The Department of Sociology offers a unique curriculum with a mix of critical, historical, Courses taught recently in each field
comparative, and theoretical courses organized into six specializations—sociology of of study:
culture, comparative and historical analysis, sociology of politics, urban sociology,
Sociology of Culture
social thought, and sociology of the media. The graduate program emphasizes the
Fundamentals of the Sociology of
intellectual connections between these areas. The ultimate goal is to ensure that students
Culture
understand the major transformations in modern and postmodern societies and are
Vera Zolberg
prepared to devise concrete solutions to challenges posed by these changes.
Comparative and Historical Analysis
Understanding these challenges and formulating solutions requires solid research. Market, Capital, and Culture:
Through sustained treatment of a single topic, doctoral students draw on existing An Introduction to New Economic
theories and methods to develop new forms of sociological study that cross disciplines in Sociology
innovative and imaginative ways. In recent years, faculty and students have researched Eiko Ikegami
topics such as
Ethnographies of Class
• Civility and state formation in Japan Rachel Sherman
• Urbanism and culture Sociology of Politics
• Critical theory of art and technology Fundamentals of Political Sociology
Andrew Arato
• Mass media, propaganda, and the visibility of power
Globalization and the Politics of
To acquire the grounding necessary for such ambitious research, students are encouraged Public Memory
by faculty in the Department of Sociology to participate in interdisciplinary courses Elzbieta Matynia
and projects developed with the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, the
Urban Sociology
Department of Liberal Studies, the Department of Political Science, and the Department
Consumption and the City
of Philosophy.
Terry Williams
Degrees Offered Social Thought
The Interpretive Turn in Contemporary
The Department of Sociology offers MA and PhD degrees. All sociology students at
Social Science
The New School enter the master’s program. After completing 30 credits and passing
Carlos Forment
the master’s exam, they may petition for admission into the doctoral program.
The Sociology of Erving Goffman
Jeff Goldfarb

If you are interested in learning

more about these courses, visit us at
www.newschool.edu/nssr/soc
and select “Courses.”

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FLUIDITY BETWEEN DISCIPLINES
PhD candidate Hector Vera says, “One of the most attractive things about The New
School for Social Research is the fluidity between disciplines; you are in constant
contact with people in other fields.” According to Hector, The New School’s location,
in the heart of New York City—home to some of the richest intellectual, cultural,
and human resources in the world—has enhanced his education immensely: “The
New School is exciting. With its research libraries, other universities, and the people
who come from all over the world to give lectures on diverse topics, the city is a very
good place to be in contact with a lot of people and ideas.”
Hector arrived in the United States after earning his BA at the Universidad
Iberoamericana and his MA at the National University in Mexico. The New School
was a “natural fit” for him because “some of the sociologists that I admired the
most were from The New School, which has a very good reputation among social
scientists in Mexico.”
Hector is currently conducting a sociological analysis of the history of the decimal
metric system, which was invented during the French Revolution and has been
adopted in all but three countries in the world—the United States, Liberia, and
Myanmar. For his dissertation, he is comparing the implementation of the metric
system in Mexico with the failed attempts in the United States to adopt it.
Hector plans to continue in higher education as a teacher and researcher after
completing his PhD.

“
Sociology Faculty
One of the most
Andrew Arato, Dorothy Hirshon Iddo Tavory, Assistant Professor of attractive things
Professor of Political and Social Theory Sociology
Carlos Forment, Associate Professor Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Professor of
about The New
of Sociology Sociology School for Social
Jeffrey Goldfarb, Michael E. Gellert Terry Williams, Professor of Sociology
Professor of Sociology Research is the
Vera Zolberg, Professor of Sociology
Eiko Ikegami, Professor of Sociology fluidity between
Elzbieta Matynia, Associate Professor
of Liberal Studies and Sociology
disciplines; you
Virag Molnar, Assistant Professor of are in constant
Sociology

Rachel Sherman, Assistant Professor

contact with
of Sociology people in
other fields.

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research centers
Center for Public Scholarship
The Center for Public Scholarship (CPS)
is an intellectual crossroads between
the academy, the public, and policy-
makers, and between disciplines within
the academy. The Center is envisioned
as a bridge to many initiatives at The
New School and serves as a catalyst for
new programs within the university.
Its activities include: Social Research:
An International Quarterly, an award-
winning journal that has been mapping
the landscape of intellectual thought
since 1934; the Social Research conference
series, which engages experts and the
public in critical and contested issues as
a way of influencing public policy (since
1988); the Journal Donation Project, a
major library assistance program to create
scholarly journal archives in 35 countries
which, for political or economic reasons
have been unable or unwilling to do so on
their own (since 1990); and Endangered
Scholars Worldwide, an activist initiative
responding to the wrongful imprisonment
of scholars and students around the world
(since 2008).
For more information, contact:
Center for Public Scholarship
80 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10011
Telephone: 212.229.5776
Fax: 212.229.5476
Email: socres@newschool.edu
Website: www.newschool.edu/cps
Janey Program in Latin American
Studies
Ongoing struggles over social justice,
equality, human rights, and political
liberty in Latin America resonate deeply
with the commitments of The New School
for Social Research, reflecting many of
the concerns that led to the founding of
the University in Exile in 1933. The Janey
program supports fellowships for students
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from Latin America and the Caribbean
who are pursuing graduate studies at the
school, summer fellowships for fieldwork
and research in Latin America and the
Caribbean, an annual conference, lectures,
and occasional visits to The New School by
scholars from Latin America.
For more information, contact:
Janey Program in Latin American Studies
The New School for Social Research
6 East 16th Street, room 711A
New York, NY 10003
Telephone: 212.229.5905
Email: janeyprogram@newschool.edu
Website: www.newschool.edu/nssr/janey
Schwartz Center for Economic Policy
Analysis
The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy
Analysis (SCEPA), created through a
generous gift from Irene and Bernard L.
Schwartz, is the economic policy research
arm of the Department of Economics
at The New School for Social Research.
SCEPA activities are organized around
three broad areas: economic growth,
employment, and inequality. The center
focuses on the U.S. economy but always
with an eye to global implications. The
underlying purpose of SCEPA’s research
activities is to identify the conditions
under which a more stable, equitable, and
prosperous economy is possible, both in
the United States and globally, and to
develop domestic and international policies
necessary to bring about these conditions.
For more information, contact:
Schwartz Center for Economic Policy
Analysis
6 East 16th Street, room 1112
New York, NY 10003
Telephone: 212.229.5901 x4911
Fax: 212.229.5903
Email: cepa@newschool.edu
Website: www.newschool.edu/cepa
Transregional Center for
Democratic Studies
Building on the interdisciplinary tradition
of The New School for Social Research,
the Transregional Center for Democratic
Studies offers cross-departmental programs
for graduate study and advanced research.
Following the social and political
transformations of recent years, two
contradictory trends—globalization and
fragmentation along ethnic lines—have
become dominant modes. TCDS’s
activities use geographical region as a
perspective from which to examine the
complex relations between the local and
the global. The center’s programs, designed
to foster understanding of how “new” and
“old” democracies are converging, focus
on the problems faced by democratic
institutions at the local, national, and
regional levels in five target regions: central
and eastern Europe; Central Asia and
the Caucasus; sub-Saharan Africa; Latin
America; and North America.
Democracy and Diversity Graduate
Summer Institutes
Regional Democracy and Diversity
Institutes are held annually in January (in
Cape Town, South Africa) and July (in
Kraków, Poland). In these intensive three-
week programs, an international body of
participants examines critical issues of
democracy and democratization as they
manifest themselves in the host region
and beyond.
For more information, contact:
Transregional Center for Democratic
Studies
The New School for Social Research
80 Fifth Avenue, room 517
New York, NY 10011
Telephone: 212.229.5580 x3136
Fax: 212.229.5894
Email: tcds@newschool.edu
Website: www.newschool.edu/tcds
FACULTY INFORMATION
Elaine Abelson
Associate Professor of History
PhD 1986, New York University
Zed Adams
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
PhD 2008, University of Chicago
Andrew Arato
Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of
Political and Social Theory
PhD 1975, University of Chicago
Cinzia Arruzza
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
PhD 2005, University of Rome
Lopamudra Banerjee
Assistant Professor of Economics
PhD 2007, University of California, Riverside
Banu Bargu
Assistant Professor of Political Science
PhD 2007, Cornell University
J.M. Bernstein
University Distinguished Professor
of Philosophy
PhD 1975, University of Edinburgh
Richard J. Bernstein
Vera List Professor of Philosophy
PhD 1958, Yale University
Omri Boehm
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
PhD 2010, Yale University
Chiara Bottici
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
PhD 2004 European University Institute,
Florence
Daniel Casasanto
Assistant Professor of Psychology
PhD 2005, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Emanuele Castano
Associate Professor of Psychology
PhD 1999, Catholic University of Louvain
Doris Chang
Assistant Professor of Psychology
PhD 2000, University of California,
Los Angeles
Christopher Christian
Director of The New School-Beth Israel Center
of Clinical Training and Research and Assistant
Professor of Psychology
PhD 1996, University of Massachusetts
at Amherst
Alice Crary
Associate Professor of Philosophy
PhD 1999, University of Pittsburgh
Simon Critchley
Professor of Philosophy
PhD 1988, University of Essex
Wendy D’Andrea
Associate Professor of Psychology
PhD 2008, University of Michigan
James Dodd
Associate Professor of Philosophy
PhD 1996, Boston University
Federico Finchelstein
Associate Professor of History
PhD 2006, Cornell University
Duncan Foley
Leo Model Professor of Economics
PhD 1966, Yale University
Carlos Forment
Associate Professor of Sociology
PhD 1991, Harvard University
Oz Frankel
Associate Professor of History
PhD 1998, University of California, Berkeley
Jenifer Francisco
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
PhD 2007, Virginia Tech
Nancy Fraser
Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of
Political and Social Science
PhD 1980, City University of New York
Laura Frost
Associate Professor of Literary Studies
PhD 1998, Columbia University
Theresa Ghilarducci
Irene and Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of
Economics and Policy
PhD 1984, University of California, Berkeley
Jeremy Ginges
Assistant Professor of Psychology
PhD 2004, Tel Aviv University
Jeffrey Goldfarb
Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology
PhD 1976, University of Chicago
Neil Gordon
Professor of Literary Studies
PhD 1991, Yale University
Orit Halpern
Assistant Professor of History
PhD 2006, Harvard University
Victoria Hattam
Professor of Political Science
PhD 1987, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Lawrence Hirschfeld
Professor of Anthropology and Psychology
PhD 1984, Columbia University
William Hirst
Professor of Psychology
PhD 1976, Cornell University
Mala Htun
Associate Professor of Political Science
PhD 1999, Harvard University
Eiko Ikegami
Professor of Sociology
PhD 1989, Harvard University
Noah Isenberg
Associate Professor of Literary Studies
PhD 1995, University of California, Berkeley
Xiaochun Jin
Assistant Professor of Psychology
PhD 2003, Adelphi University
Andreas Kalyvas
Associate Professor of Political Science
PhD 2000, Columbia University
Ronald Kassimir
Associate Provost for Curriculum and Research
and Associate Professor of Political Science
PhD 1996, University of Chicago
Stefania de Kenessey
Dean of Eugene Lang College The New School
for Liberal Arts and Associate Professor of Music
PhD 1984, Princeton University
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FACULTY INFORMATION
Marcel Kinsbourne Julia Ott Michael Schober
Professor of Psychology Assistant Professor of History Dean and Professor of Psychology
DM 1963, Oxford University PhD 2007, Yale University PhD 1990, Stanford University

Paul Kottman Timothy Pachirat Willi Semmler

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
PhD 2000, University of California, Berkeley
Nicolas Langlitz
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
PhD 2007, University of California, Berkeley
and San Francisco
Benjamin Lee
Professor of Anthropology
and Philosophy
PhD 1986, University of Chicago
Arien Mack
Alfred J. and Monette C. Marrow Professor
of Psychology
PhD 1966, Yeshiva University
Elzbieta Matynia
Associate Professor of Liberal Studies
and Sociology
PhD 1979, University of Warsaw
William Milberg
Professor of Economics
PhD 1987, Rutgers University
James Miller
Professor of Political Science and Liberal Studies
PhD 1975, Brandeis University
Joan Miller
Professor of Psychology
PhD 1985, University of Chicago
Virag Molnar
Assistant Professor of Sociology
PhD 2005, Princeton University
Deepak Nayyar
Distinguished University Professor
of Economics
PhD 1973, Balliol College, University of Oxford
Edward Nell
Malcolm B. Smith Professor of Economics
BLit 1962, Oxford University
Dmitri Nikulin
Professor of Philosophy
PhD 1990, Institute of Philosophy of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Assistant Professor of Political Science and
International Affairs
PhD 2008, Yale University
Dominic Pettman
Associate Professor of Culture and Media
PhD 1997, University of Melbourne
David Plotke
Professor of Political Science
PhD 1985, University of California, Berkeley
Christian Proaño
Assistant Professor of Economics
PhD 2008, Bielefeld University
Hugh Raffles
Professor of Anthropology
DFES 1999, Yale University
Vyjayanthi Rao
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
and International Affairs
PhD 2002, University of Chicago
Sanjay Reddy
Associate Professor of Economics
PhD 2000, Harvard University
Janet L. Roitman
Associate Professor of Anthropology and
International Affairs
PhD 1996, University of Pennsylvania
Lisa Rubin
Assistant Professor of Psychology
PhD 2005, Arizona State University
Sanjay Ruparelia
Assistant Professor of Political Science
PhD 2006, University of Cambridge
Jeremy Safran
Professor of Psychology and Director of
Clinical Training
PhD 1982, University of British Columbia
Herbert Schlesinger
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
PhD 1952, University of Kansas
Professor of Economics
PhD 1976, Free University of Berlin
Anwar Shaikh
Professor of Economics
PhD 1973, Columbia University
Ann-Lousie Shapiro
Professor of History
PhD 1980, Brown Univeristy
David Shapiro
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
PhD 1950, University of Southern California
Rachel Sherman
Assistant Professor of Sociology
PhD 2003, University of California, Berkeley
Ann Snitow
Senior Lecturer in Liberal Studies and Associate
Professor of Literature and Gender Studies,
Eugene Lang College The New School for
Liberal Arts
PhD 1979, University of London
Howard Steele
Professor of Psychology
PhD 1991, University College, London
Miriam Steele
Professor of Psychology and Assistant Director
of Clinical Training
PhD 1990, University College, London
Ann Laura Stoler
Willy Brandt Distinguished University Professor
of Anthropology and Historical Studies
PhD 1982, Columbia University
Iddo Tavory
Assistant Professor of Sociology
PhD 2010, University of California, Los Angeles
Lance Taylor
Arnhold Professor of International Cooperation
and Development
PhD 1968, Harvard University
Sharika Thiranagama
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
PhD 2006, University of Edinburgh

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Miriam Ticktin
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and
International Affairs
PhD 2002, Stanford University

McWelling Todman
Associate Professor of Clinical Practice and
Director of the Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Counseling Program
PhD 1986, The New School for Social Research

John VanderLippe
Associate Dean of Faculty and Curriculum and
Associate Professor of Historical Studies
PhD 1993, University of Texas

Jeremy Varon
Associate Professor of History
PhD 1998, Cornell University

Robin Wagner-Pacifici
Professor of Sociology
PhD 1983, University of Pennsylvania

Louise Walker
Assistant Professor of History
PhD 2008, Yale University

McKenzie Wark
Associate Dean of Eugene Lang College The
New School for Liberal Arts and Associate
Professor of Culture and Media
PhD 1998, Murdoch University

Terry Williams
Professor of Sociology
PhD 1978, City University of New York

Deva Woodly
Assistant Professor of Political Science
PhD 2008, University of Chicago

Rafi Youatt
Assistant Professor of Political Science
PhD 2007, University of Chicago

Eli Zaretsky
Professor of History
PhD 1978, University of Maryland

Aristide Zolberg
Walter A. Eberstadt Professor of Political Science
and University in Exile Professor Emeritus
PhD 1961, University of Chicago

Vera Zolberg
Professor of Sociology
PhD 1974, University of Chicago

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Academic
Publications
Constellations
Constellations is an international peer-reviewed quarterly
committed to publishing the best in contemporary political and
social theory. With roots in the Frankfurt School tradition of
critical theory, it brings together a range of perspectives, including
those of the Continental and Anglo-American traditions.
www.constellationsjournal.org
Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal
The Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal is a professional
publication that provides a forum for contemporary authors to
engage with the history of philosophy and its traditions. Past issues
have included contributions from Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jacques
Derrida, Jürgen Habermas, and Reiner Schürmann. The journal
publishes twice yearly and is edited and produced by advanced
graduate students in the Department of Philosophy at The New
School for Social Research.
www.newschool.edu/nssr/GFPJ
Graduate Faculty Psychology Bulletin
Launched in 2003, the Graduate Faculty Psychology Bulletin is a
semi-annual peer-reviewed research journal created and produced
by graduate students at The New School for Social Research.
Articles in the bulletin cover ongoing work and collaborations at
The New School and include new research, research proposals,
research methods projects, and a New School psychology
historical series, as well as work from the annual Graduate
Faculty Poster Session.
www.newschool.edu/nssr/bulletin
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International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society
The International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society publishes
articles and reviews on issues that arise at the intersections of
nations, states, civil society, and global institutions. It is concerned
with the interplay of macroscopic and microscopic structures and
processes, including changing configurations of ethnic groups,
social classes, religions, and personal networks and the impact of
new communication technologies and media on public and private
life. Interdisciplinary in orientation and international in scope, the
journal focuses on the connection between theory and substantive
normative concerns and encourages disciplined creativity.
www.newschool.edu/nssr/ilwch
Social Research
An award-winning international quarterly of the social sciences,
Social Research has been mapping the landscape of intellectual
inquiry since 1934. Most issues of the journal are theme driven,
combining historical analysis, theoretical explanation, and
reportage by some of the world’s leading scholars and thinkers.
www.socres.org
New School Economic Review
The New School Economic Review is a student-run journal whose
content is influenced by The New School’s history and traditions
and embraces a multidisciplinary and heterodox approach to
the social sciences as espoused by early classical thinkers such
as Smith, Ricardo, and Marx. The NSER provides a forum for
professors, practitioners, and students to debate world politics
and social affairs, discuss current issues in economics, and share
insights from other disciplines.
www.newschooljournal.com
 Libraries
academic resources
The New School operates three libraries,
which are open to all university students.
Each library specializes in a particular area.
The Raymond Fogelman Library collection
is weighted toward the social sciences and
philosophy; its extensive reserve collection is
used by the entire university. The Adam and
Sophie Gimbel Design Library serves Parsons
The New School for Design. The Harry
Academic Computing
Scherman Library serves Mannes College
University Academic Computing currently operates three general-
The New School for Music and specializes in
access facilities for students. Each facility offers a wide variety
European and American classical music.
of software, such as word processing, spreadsheet, database,
The Research Library Consortium of electronic mail, graphics, and statistical packages. Students using
South Manhattan the centers are supported by a full-time staff and assisted by lab
In addition to offering the resources of its aides. Training seminars and documentation are available on
own libraries, The New School is a member supported software and hardware. Each facility is fully networked
of the Research Library Association of South and offers access to the Internet.
Manhattan. Other consortium members are
Online Resources
New York University, The Cooper Union for
MyNewSchool, the university’s customizable Web portal, uses
the Advancement of Science and Art, and
a single secure sign-on to provide access to Blackboard Online
the New York Library of Interior Design.
Learning; ALVIN, where you can find student academic and
This association is one of the largest inter-
financial information; webmail; library resources; personal and
university library consortia in the country—
campus announcements; information about events; and much more.
NYU’s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library alone
Campus-wide wireless Internet access on a secure network allows
houses more than three million volumes.
you to check your email, download files, and surf the Web anytime.
Most holdings of the consortium libraries
are listed in BobCat, a user-friendly online Students also have access to New School library e-resources, which
catalog that can be accessed over the Internet allow them to find a particular journal, magazine, newspaper,
or by direct dial-in. All the libraries provide or report in the library’s periodical databases quickly and easily
information resource training and orientations and to search remotely for the holdings of the three New School
for students, normally at the beginning of libraries and the consortium libraries.
each semester.
The New School for Social Research Dean’s Office:
New School students also have reading Student Academic Affairs
access to materials at the nearby Cardozo Student Academic Affairs promotes academic community within
Law School of Yeshiva University. Through the school by supporting student activities and organizations
membership in the Metropolitan Reference and providing academic and career services. It administers
and Research Library Agency, students have scholarships, fellowships, assistantships, prizes, and other financial
access to more than 300 other libraries in the awards designated specifically for graduate students of The New
New York City area. School for Social Research.

For more information about university Student Academic Affairs also oversees academic advising,
libraries and consortium privileges, visit the academic policies, and graduation procedures. The office
website at www.newschool.edu/library. newsletter, GRADFACTs, contains news and resource information
for students.

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STUDENT LIFE
Throughout the academic year The New School offers many
kinds of workshops, lectures, and other activities designed to
enrich students’ experience. Student Services activities reflect the
diversity of our student population—intellectually, artistically,
culturally, and socially. Student Services also offers a recreation
program and health education workshops. Graduate students
are encouraged to participate in student organizations for their
professional development.

Housing
New School housing offers graduate students convenient living
and learning spaces with amenities suitable for diverse needs
and budgets. Residence hall and leased apartment facilities are
fully furnished. Security is provided 24 hours a day in all of our
residences, and our staff is trained to handle emergencies.

The Office of Student Housing also offers students assistance

in finding off-campus accommodations. Printed and electronic
listings for rental properties, shared apartments, sublets, and
short-term accommodations are available in the office. For more
information, visit www.newschool.edu/studentservices.

International Student Services

The New School is authorized under federal law to enroll non-
immigrant-alien students. International Student Services offers
workshops, printed materials and other media, and individual
advice and support throughout the year by appointment. For more
information, visit www.newschool.edu/studentservices.

Services for Students with Disabilities

The New School is committed to ensuring that people with
disabilities enjoy full access to academic and other services and will
make arrangements to assist students with disabilities as required
by the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws.
Students who may require special arrangements are encouraged to
self-identify by contacting the office of Student Disability Services
as soon as possible after they have been admitted to study. Call
212.229.5626 or email sds@newschool.edu.

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CAREER AND ALUMNI SERVICES

The New School for Social Research

Academic Affairs office provides students
with information explaining the demands
and requirements of both the academic and
the nonacademic job markets. The office
provides assistance on writing curriculum
vitae, résumés, and cover and follow-up letters
and on job search, job interviewing, and
networking techniques. Workshops discuss
how students can obtain teaching jobs while
attending graduate school, prepare for the
academic job market after graduation, or secure
a postdoctoral position. The office also sponsors
speakers and events relevant to employment
outside of academia for those with degrees in
philosophy and the social sciences. The office
maintains job listings for both short-term and
long-term assignments, professional positions,
“survival” jobs, and internships. Students
interested in work opportunities are encouraged
to explore these listings. The office also provides
information on external funding opportunities.

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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION
Eight Schools, One University

The New School for General Studies The founding school

of the university has always remained faithful to its original
mission. It continues to serve the intellectual, cultural, and
professional needs and interests of adult students through its
unique bachelor’s degree program for continuing students,
graduate degree programs that integrate theory and practice
in original ways, and broad and serious curriculum open
to noncredit students. The New School for General Studies
offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of
Science in Liberal Arts, Master of Arts and Master of Science in
International Affairs, Master of Arts in Media Studies, Master of
Fine Arts in Creative Writing, and Master of Arts in TESOL, as
well as graduate- and undergraduate-level certificates. A pioneer
of lifelong education in the United States, The New School for
Parsons The New School for Design was founded in 1896
General Studies remains a center of innovation and imagination
by the noted artist William Merritt Chase. In the 1930s, it was
in American higher education.
named Parsons School of Design for its long-serving president
The New School for Social Research Established in 1934 as Frank Alva Parsons, whose career was dedicated to merging
the Graduate Faculty of Social and Political Science by scholars of visual art and industrial design. Today it is one of the preeminent
the University in Exile, The New School for Social Research has design schools in the world. Its graduates are known for the
been a seat of world-class scholarship since then, in an academic quality products, built environments, and visual communications
setting where disciplinary boundaries are easily crossed. The school they design. Parsons offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
awards master’s and doctoral degrees in anthropology, economics, in architectural design, communication design, design and
philosophy, political science, psychology (including clinical management, design and technology, fashion design, fine arts,
psychology), and sociology and terminal MA degrees in historical illustration, interior design, photography, and product design and
studies and liberal studies. in its integrated design curriculum. Master’s degrees are offered in
architecture, lighting design, history of decorative arts, painting
and sculpture, photography, and design and technology. Parsons
also offers an AAS degree and a continuing education program.

Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts

is a small four-year college for traditional-age undergraduates.
Lang offers seminar-style classes in 12 interdisciplinary areas of
study leading to the bachelor of arts degree: literature and writing;
arts in context; theater and dance; religious studies; social and
historical studies; psychology; philosophy; science, technology and
society; education studies; urban studies; and cultural studies and
media. Qualified students can earn dual bachelor of arts/bachelor
of fine arts degrees in conjunction with Parsons The New School
for Design or The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.
Lang also offers accelerated bachelor’s/master’s degree options in
association with several of The New School’s graduate programs.
The school began in 1973 as an experimental program and became
a full division of the university in 1985, thanks to a generous gift
from the well-known educational philanthropist and New School
trustee Eugene Lang.

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Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
Since 1975, Milano’s graduate programs have been developing
the analytical, managerial, and leadership skills of working
professionals with the goal of facilitating positive change in
communities, governments, and corporations on the local,
national, and global levels. Originally known as the Graduate
School of Management and Urban Professions, the school
was renamed for the university trustee Robert J. Milano, who
generously supported its mission. Milano offers the master of
science degree in urban policy analysis and management, nonprofit
management, and organizational change management and a PhD
degree in public and urban policy.
Mannes College The New School for Music Founded in
1916 by David Mannes, this distinguished conservatory became
a division of The New School in 1989. Mannes offers aspiring
young musicians an unusually comprehensive conservatory
curriculum in a supportive setting, training students in
instrumental and vocal performance, composition, conducting,
and music theory. The college offers the following degrees and
credentials: bachelor of music, bachelor of science, diploma,
master of music, and professional studies diploma. Unique among
New York’s conservatories, Mannes remains true to its origins as
a community music school through its Extension Division and
children’s Preparatory Division.
The New School for Drama Since the 1940s, when Erwin
Piscator brought his Dramatic Workshop to The New School, the
university has had a close association with the theater. The New
School for Drama trains actors, writers, and directors side by side
in an integrated curriculum. In their third year students present a
festival featuring of original works by the graduating playwrights,
along with works from the classical and contemporary repertoire,
for a public audience. Students receive training rooted in the
Stanislavski Method. The New School for Drama’s full-time
three-year program leads to the master of fine arts degree in acting,
directing, or playwriting.
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music offers
young musicians a unique mentor-based course of study with a
faculty of professional artists who have close links to New York
City’s jazz scene. It is a program for students who expect to make
a living from their music. Jazz has traditionally been taught by
one musician to another rather than in schools. The New School
keeps that heritage alive. Its students benefit from direct exposure
to the traditions of jazz and the latest professional practices in
an intellectual environment that encourages exploration and
innovation. The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
offers the bachelor of fine arts degree in jazz performance and jazz
composition and arranging. Qualified students can pursue a dual
BA/BFA degree in collaboration with Eugene Lang College The
New School for Liberal Arts.
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A HISTORY OF THE NEW SCHOOL
FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
The history of The New School for Social Research began in 1919,
when a group of distinguished Columbia University professors
were censured for taking a public stand against World War I.
In protest, they resigned and founded their own university as a
place where adult scholars and artists could exchange ideas freely.
This university became The New School for Social Research,
located in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood. The original
faculty included Charles Beard, Thorstein Veblen, James Harvey
Robinson, Wesley Clair Mitchell, and John Dewey.
The founders maintained strong personal and professional ties
to Europe, which strongly influenced the school’s academic and
institutional development. In the 1920s, Alvin Johnson, The New
School’s first president, served as co-editor of the Encyclopedia
of the Social Sciences, collaborating regularly with European
colleagues. As tensions in Europe mounted, Johnson was alerted
to the danger Hitler represented. He responded immediately and
in 1933—with the financial support of the Rockefeller Foundation
and philanthropists such as Hiram Halle—created a University
in Exile within The New School, a haven for scholars and artists
whose lives were threatened by National Socialism. The University
in Exile sponsored more than 180 individuals and their families,
providing them with visas and jobs.
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In 1934, the University in Exile, later renamed the Graduate
Faculty of Political and Social Science, received authorization from
the Board of Regents of the State of New York to offer master’s
and doctoral degrees. Johnson created faculty positions for nine
distinguished scholars: five economists (Karl Brandt, Gerhard
Colm, Arthur Feiler, Eduard Heimann, and Emil Lederer) two
psychologists (Max Wertheimer and Erich von Hornbostel, also a
leading musicologist) one social policy expert (Frieda Wunderlich)
and one sociologist (Hans Speier). Other leaders of Europe’s
intelligentsia soon joined. These scholars introduced students to
Western traditions in the social sciences and philosophy, and The
New School established a reputation for upholding the highest
standards of scholarly inquiry while addressing issues of major
political, cultural, and economic concern.
In the early 1940s, The New School also created the École Libre
des Hautes Études to promote French scholarship in the United
States. The school received an official charter from de Gaulle’s Free
French government in exile and attracted refugee scholars who
taught in French, including the philosopher Jacques Maritain, the
anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, the linguist Roman Jakobson,
and the political thinker Henri Bonnet, who originated the idea of
the European community.
The New School for Social Research has always attracted
distinguished and socially active faculty. Economist Gerhard
Colm, political scientist Arnold Brecht, and sociologist Hans
Speier served as policy advisors for the Roosevelt administration
during the Second World War. Max Wertheimer introduced
Gestalt, or cognitive, psychology, which challenged the dominant
American paradigm of behaviorism. The philosopher Hans Jonas’
work was little known when he came to the Graduate Faculty,
but it now frames much scholarly writing on bioethics and the
environment. The work of Hannah Arendt has attracted attention
for decades as political theorists have reevaluated their assumptions
about totalitarianism, democracy, and revolution. Other Graduate
Faculty scholars whose works remain influential include Alfred
Schutz, Leo Strauss, Aron Gurwitsch, and Adolph Lowe.
The mission of The New School for Social Research—
inspired by progressive American thought, European
critical theory, and the legacy of the University in Exile—
is grounded in the core social sciences and broadened with
a commitment to philosophical and historical inquiry. In
this intellectual setting, disciplinary boundaries are easily
crossed. Students learn creative democracy—the concepts,
techniques, and commitments for the world’s people to
resolve multiple conflicting interests and live together
peacefully and justly. Today, The New School for Social
Research remains true to Alvin Johnson’s ideal of a university
for students and faculty of different ethnicities, religions, and
geographical origins who are willing to take the intellectual
and political risks our world requires.

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THE OFFICE OF ADMISSION The Office of Admission of The New School for Social Research
assists prospective applicants with the graduate application
process. The Admission staff is available to answer your questions
weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
You are invited to contact us:
Telephone: 800.523.5411 (toll free) or 212.229.5630
Email: socialresearchadmit@newschool.edu
In person: 72 Fifth Avenue, floor 3, New York, NY 10001
Online Application
To expedite application, The New School for Social Research
uses an online system. To access the system, go to
www.newschool.edu/nssr and select the “Apply Online” link.
Required Materials
The following materials are required for application to The New
School for Social Research:
• $50 nonrefundable application fee
• Completed application form Visit us online at www.newschool.edu/nssr.
• Current résumé
• Transcripts from all postsecondary institutions attended
• Three academic or professional letters of recommendation
• Short autobiographical essay (250–500 words)
• E ssay outlining your academic interests (500–750 words)
• Academic writing sample (10–20 pages double-spaced)
• GRE score (required of U.S. citizens and permanent
residents who have earned a bachelor’s degree within the
five years preceding the date of their applications)
• TOEFL score (required of all international applicants
except citizens and permanent residents of Australia,
Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the
United Kingdom)
All materials must be received before an application can
be considered complete. Only completed applications will
be reviewed.
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Application Deadlines
The New School for Social Research has a
rolling admissions policy, but please note the
following deadlines:
Fall Semester (September)
January 15
Priority deadline for consideration for
fellowship and certain special scholarships
June 15
Last day for fall semester applications
Spring Semester
October 15
Priority deadline for consideration for
fellowship and certain special scholarships
November 15
Last day for spring semester applications
For More Information
From the Admission page you can also
download and print the current New School
for Social Research catalog.
Select an office or subject from the column on
the left. You will find answers to commonly
asked questions about admission policies
and procedures and student life. Select
“Departments” for detailed information on
our programs.
In the department pages you will find
• Faculty profiles
• Current and previous course offerings
• Degree requirements
• Department contact information
• Departmental news
In addition to the admission staff, student
admission advisors are available to answer
questions about courses, research possibilities,
and life at The New School. To contact an
advisor, select “Admission Advisor” on the
Admission page menu.
The New School for Social Research
Office of Admission
72 Fifth Avenue, Floor 3
New York, NY 10003
800.523.5411 or 212.229.5630
socialresearchadmit@newschool.edu
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