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  • Molly Ragan

    Part-time Lecturer

    Email
    mollyragan@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    L - 2 West 13th Street

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    Molly Ragan

    Profile

    Molly Ragan is a researcher, educator, and labor organizer who has been teaching organizational leadership, strategy, and change at Parsons School of Design since 2022. From managing a music venue to organizing labor unions and everything in between, Ragan has developed a passion for people, processes, and systems. She is particularly interested in the mechanics of workplace democracy, archiving the capitalist experience, and developing strategies for social change. Ragan is currently cataloguing the built environment with her new project, whatdoyousee.nyc.

    Degrees Held

    Master of Science in Strategic Design & Management, Parsons School of Design, NYC (2022)

    Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Political Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (2016)

    Certificate of Humanities and Social Science, Sciences Po, Paris (2015)

    Professional Affiliation

    U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, Union Co-op Council

    Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee

    Independent Organizing Network

    Research Interests

    Participatory research and design

    Democratic organizational behavior

    Organizational change

    Conflict

    Communication

    Capitalist society

    Urban infrastructure

    Portfolio

    What Do You See?

    Unlearning Library

    Current Courses

    Design of Business
    PUDM 3365, Spring 2026

    Past Courses

    Creative Team Dynamics
    PSDS 2115, Fall 2025

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