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

Every Contact Leaves a Trace: The Poetic Movements of Lynne Sachs
Every Contact Leaves a Trace: The Poetic Movements of Lynne Sachs Screening of Every Contact Leaves a Trace, Followed by a Talk and Q&A with the Filmmaker

In Conversation with Jenna Lyons
We are pleased to welcome Jenna Lyons (BFA Fashion Design ’90), Partner and Executive Creative Director at FundamentalCo and former President and Executive Creative Director of J.Crew Group, for a conversation with journalist, curator, and cultural critic David Colman. Widely recognized as the creative force behind J.Crew’s rise into one of the country’s most coveted fashion brands, Lyons has built a career at the intersection of fashion, design, and business. A seasoned entrepreneur and tastemaker, she has been named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People and called “The Woman Who Dresses America” by The New York Times. During the conversation, Lyons will reflect on her creative journey, her approach to building a distinctive brand, and her perspective on the evolving fashion industry.Doors open at 6:00 p.m.The program begins at 6:30 p.m.

BFA Photo Artist Talk: Sung Jin Park In Conversation With Alex Lin
Park Sung Jin is a photographer born in Seoul, South Korea. He studied painting and photography at Pratt Institute in New York. His series, Kid Nostalgia, which portrays outsider teenagers in his hometown of Seoul, was selected for the 2005 Art+Commerce Festival of Emerging Photographers in New York and featured in the accompanying catalogue PEEK and Capricious#7. He won first prize in the Photographic Center Northwest’s 12th annual competition which was juried by Charlotte Cotton, then curator of photography at LACMA. His work has been presented internationally, including in Youth Code, curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer for the 2012 Daegu Photo Biennale in South Korea; the third LaNuu Photography Festival in Rubí, Spain, in 2017; and Fluorescent Adolescent, a photobook exhibition at Fondazione Palazzo Magnani during the 2025 Fotograa Europea festival in Reggio Emilia, Italy. His practice has developed through portrait projects, publications, competitions, biennials, photography festivals, and exhibitions presented across the United States, Europe, and Asia. He has published two monographs, Kid Nostalgia (2014) and Southern Breeze (2019), and is currently working on several projects in Bangkok and Seoul. Alex Lin is a New York–based graphic designer and founder of Studio Lin, with a particular focus on photobooks and cultural publishing. Studio Lin has designed numerous titles shortlisted for the Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards, including Sasha Phyars-Burgess’s Untitled, winner of the 2021 First PhotoBook Award, and Genesis Báez’s Blue Sun / Sol Azul, shortlisted in 2025. In 2023, Lin served on the international shortlist jury for the Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards.

Community Convening for Cities and Climate
This event will bring together New School faculty, students, and staff to showcase and explore our collective efforts across the University’s thematic areas of Cities and Climate & Environmental Justice. It aims to create a space for community members to connect, share their work, and foster ongoing collaborations. Lunch will be provided; please RSVP now.Click here to view the program details

New Ubiquities
Design and architectural industries continue to evolve in increasingly complex ways that compromise environmental interests and human health. This moderated discussion presents a selected group of case studies as reference to unpack new ways to consider fabrication and construction methods, rethink systems and materials and reassess values associated with design quality.This moderated discussion between an architect and lighting designer presents a selected group of case studies as reference to unpack new ways to consider fabrication and construction methods, rethink systems and materials and reassess values associated with design quality.Noele de Leon (MFALD ‘13) is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of The Cosine, an international lighting design company that evolved a unique design and procurement business model to ensure oversight of the complete design and construction process.Josh Shelton is currently Principal at Sanders Pace Architects and formerly Partner and President of El Dorado, a multi-disciplinary critical practice that included architecture, urban planning, fixture design and fabrication.Derek Porter (Moderator) is Professor of Lighting Design and founder of Derek Porter Studio, a multi-disciplinary art and design practice that explores human perception and spatial experience.
- Julia Sonnevend, Associate Professor of Sociology and Communications at Parsons, Named Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Communication
- Henry VI at The Public Theater Showcases Collaboration Between Parsons and Performing Arts
- Parsons Healthy Materials Lab Showcases Healthy, Climate-Positive Products and Ideas at International Contemporary Furniture Fair
- Daniel Jonas Roche, Parsons Faculty Member, Co-Writes New Book on Antifascist Architecture
- Arianna Deane, Parsons Faculty Member, Earns Recognition and Awards from Architecture Organizations with Firm A+A+A