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Departmental student organizations are an integral part of student life at The New School for Social Research. Department and program-related student associations currently include: Anthropology Student Association, Economics Student Union, Historical Studies Student Association, Liberal Studies Students' Association, Philosophy Forum, People in Support of Women in Philosophy, Union of Political Science Students, Psychology Student Union, and Sociology Student Association.
These organizations serve as a channel for student input into departmental or committee affairs. They organize colloquia and social events intended to enhance students' academic and personal experience at The New School for Social Research. Students are also encouraged to form their own associations around common interests.
Graduate Faculty Student Senate (GFSS)
The Graduate Faculty Student Senate (GFSS) is the representational student governance body for The New School for Social Research (NSSR). It is charged with representing student interests across departments, and it is the student liaison to the NSSR administration. GFSS is the students' liaison to the dean and administration and the University Student Senate (USS). GFSS also oversees the Student Fee Board, which allocates
funds to students who are presenting at academic conferences and to the student journal, canon. Delegates are elected to GFSS by the students of each department. Election to the senate makes students eligible to serve on various divisional committees. While voting rights are only granted to departmental representatives, all NSSR students are invited to participate in the GFSS. Click to see the GFSS constitution and statement of recognition. Email: gfss@newschool.edu.
Dean's Advisory Council
The New School for Social Research Dean's Advisory Council consists of the NSSR Student Senate delegates, departmental student advisors, and other department representatives. The council meets with the dean on a regular basis throughout the academic year to discuss matters related to the quality of student life and the needs of the division in general. At the university level, a similar advisory body with representatives from each of the university's divisions meets regularly with the president of The New School. The members representing The New School for Social Research are chosen by the NSSR Student Senate delegates. Elected student representatives are expected to attend meetings and report to their constituents on a regular basis.
Student-organized Reading Groups at NSSR
Interdisciplinary theory workshop
Interdisciplinary capital (organized by Joe Lombardo)
Sociology film group (organized by Melina Pelaez)
French feminism and psychoanalysis, (on hiatus in fall 2011; organized by Veronica Cassidy)
Semiparametric and nonparametric econometrics (organized by Ali Naqvi)
Agent based modeling (organized by Ali Naqvi)
Memory studies group (organized by Lindsey Freeman)
Philosophy Department reading groups
Phenomenology research group (organized by Christopher Merwin)
Environmental ethics reading group (organized by Eric Godoy)
Psychoanalysis reading group (organized by Karl Fotovat and Benjamin Norris; meets every Wednesday, 12:00-2:00 p.m., at 6 East 16th Street, room 904)
Marx and marxisms reading group (organized by Aaron Jaffe, meets Thursdays, 4:15 p.m.)
