• Collage of the 2023 Honorary Degree Recipients
  • Each year, The New School awards honorary degrees to individuals who exemplify the interests and ambitions of the graduating class. The award recipients embody the university’s driving principles of academic freedom, tolerance, and creative experimentation. Like New School students and alumni, honorary degree holders have included a number of bold innovators whose work across disciplines has addressed important contemporary issues. Honorees are invited to briefly address the graduates, sharing insights and advice from their unique vantage point. They are joined by student speakers, who manifest the core values and best qualities of The New School.

    Read more about our 2023 honorees and speakers below.

  • Student Honorees

    The opportunity to serve as a student speaker, performer, and emcee at Commencement is a great honor. Speakers are students who have excelled in their studies at The New School and embody and project the core values and best qualities of the university. These candidates will deliver concise and compelling remarks and performances that will resonate with and inspire their fellow graduates.

  • Distinguished University Teaching Awards

    Since 1988, The New School has recognized outstanding teachers with the Distinguished Teaching Award. In 2014, the university established an Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Justice Teaching to recognize members of the faculty who significantly advance social justice through their teaching and research. Listed below are individuals who have been recognized for their outstanding commitment to teaching.

    2023 Distinguished University Teaching Awards

    • Anjali Khosla, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Design, Eugene Lang College
    • Kenneth Millington, Part-Time Assistant Professor, Parsons First Year, Parsons School of Design
    • Hussein Rashid, Part-Time Lecturer, Religious Studies, Eugene Lang College

    2023 Awards for Outstanding Achievements in Social Justice Teaching

    • Chiara Bottici, Associate Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College
    • Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Part-Time Lecturer, Jazz, College of Performing Arts (team)
    • Caroline Davis, Part-Time Lecturer, Jazz, College of Performing Arts (team)


    University Commencement Faculty Marshal

    Each year, a faculty member is recognized as the Faculty Marshal at University Commencement for their outstanding contributions to the university through their long-standing service, leadership, dedication to our students, and their lived commitment to The New School’s principles and values. It is a tradition in higher education for the Faculty Marshal, carrying a symbolic mace, to lead the procession of university leadership and faculty into the Commencement ceremony.


    2023 Faculty Marshal
    Luciana Scrutchen, Associate Professor of Fashion Design, Parsons School of Design


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