Office of Admission
72 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212.229.5150 or 800.292.3040
Fax: 212.229.5355
lang@newschool.edu
Karen Williams
Director of Admission
Recruitment Territories: Special Students, Visiting Students, Exchange Students, Readmits
Favorite Borough That's Not Manhattan: Home of the Yankees, Justice Sotomayor and me... The Bronx!
Favorite movies: Coming to America and The Color Purple (I've seen both over 300 times!)
Favorite TV Shows: Frasier, The Cosby Show, The Office, and ANY version of Law and Order
Favorite Dessert: Red velvet cupcakes
Favorite Late-Afternoon Boost: Tootsie Rolls
Favorite Blog: The Huffington Post
Favorite Extracurricular Activities: Family night, date night, and brunch with the girls
Email: williaka@newschool.edu
Katie Barton
Assistant Director of Admission
Recruitment Territories: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY
Favorite New York City Subway: The L- home sweet home
Favorite Borough That's Not Manhattan: Brooklyn
Favorite Movies: Amelie, The Science of Sleep, Igby Goes Down, Never Let Me Go, Pan's Labyrinth
Favorite TV Shows: Once Upon A Time, Downton Abbey, Criminal Minds
Favorite Cheap-Eat: Crispy eggplant torta at Tortaria
Favorite Magazines: Kinfolk, Anthology, Domino (R.I.P.)
Favorite Extracurricular Activity: Hunting for vintage goods and browsing bookstores
Favorite Blog: Oh Joy!, Designlovefest, Apartment Therapy, SwissMiss
Email: bartonk@newschool.edu
Ryan May
Assistant Director of Admission
Recruitment Territories: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, International Students
Favorite Borough That's Not Manhattan: Brooklyn
Favorite Movies: Y Tu Mama Tambien, Ma Mere, 8 1/2, Romance, The Hanging Garden
Favorite TV Shows: Twin Peaks, Parks and Recreation, Breaking Bad
Favorite Cheap-Eat: Pad See Euw at Qi, Grey Dog
Favorite Late-Afternoon Boost: Latte from Joe's
Favorite Magazines: Artforum, Juxtpoz, The New Yorker
Favorite Extracurricular Activity: Writing, going to readings, perusing used book stores, coddling my cat
Favorite Blog: Was Gertrude Stein a Punjabi?
Email: mayr@newschool.edu
Lark Morgenstern
Admission Counselor
Recruitment Territories: NY
Favorite Borough That's Not Manhattan: Brooklyn (home of the greatest rappers!)
Favorite Movies: Annie Hall, I Heart Huckabees, It's A Wonderful Life, Rushmore, Philadelphia Story
Favorite TV Shows: Parks & Recreation, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, True Blood
Favorite Cheap-Eat: Tacos from the Endless Summer Taco Truck!
Favorite Magazine: National Geographic
Favorite Late-Afternoon Boost: Iced Mate from O Cafe
Email: morgensl@newschool.edu
Ben Reese
Admission Counselor
Recruitment Territories: CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, RI, VT
Favorite Borough That's Not Manhattan: Brooklyn
Favorite New York City Subway: The G. Just kidding! The L.
Favorite Movies: Lost in Translation, The Royal Tenenbaums, Memento, Bloodsport, Point Break
Favorite TV Shows: Six Feet Under, The Wire, Battlestar Galactica, Party Down
Favorite Graphic Novels: The Pride of Baghdad, Ex Machina
Favorite Cheap-Eat: Mamoun's Falafel Sandwich with extra hot sauce
Favorite Blog: The Stone, Opinionator
Email: reeseb@newschool.edu
Sarah LeWarn
Admission Counselor
Recruitment Territories: DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, MD, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, OK, PA, SD, VA, WI, WV
Favorite Movies: Moulin Rouge, Igby Goes Down, The Royal Tenenbaums, Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Favorite TV Shows: Rome, Six Feet Under, Parks & Recreation, 30 Rock
Favorite Cheap-Eat: Half-price sushi at Zen Sushi on St. Mark's Place
Favorite Late-Afternoon Boost: A big cup of green tea
Favorite Books: The God of Small Things, Catcher in the Rye, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Sandman series
Favorite Blogs: Postsecret, P.S. I Made This, Typewriter Blues
Favorite Extra-curricular Activity: writing, people watching, yoga, drawing, second hand shopping
Email: lewarns@newschool.edu
Danny Conforti
Admission Office Coordinator
Email: lang@newschool.edu
