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  • Robert McKinnon

    Part-time Assistant Professor

    Email
    mckinnor@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - 66 West 12th Street

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    Robert McKinnon

    Profile

    Bob McKinnon is the author of Moving Up: The Truth About Getting Ahead in America, and creator of Your American Dream Score. He is also the founder of GALEWiLL Design, a company that designs social change through programming, communications, advocacy and action.

    A thoughtful commentator and prolific storyteller, Bob is a regular contributor to Fast Company, The Huffington Post, and also the creator and editor of Actions Speak Loudest: Keeping Our Promise for A Better World. He has worked on issues ranging from childhood obesity to climate change, partnering with leading change makers within the White House, Ford Foundation, International Olympic Committee, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Vera Institute of Justice, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and many others to help millions of Americans overcome obstacles on their way to a healthier and happier life.
     

    Degrees Held

    MA in Media Studies, The New School

    BA in Communications, Pennsylania State University

     

    Research Interests

    Social Change, Economic Mobility, Inequality, Behavioral Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Media Studies, Film, The American Dream

    Portfolio

    Moving Up

    Actions Speak Loudest

    GALEWiLL Design

    Fast Company

    Medium

    Current Courses

    Creative Team Dynamics
    PSDS 2115, Fall 2025

    Future Courses

    Senior Project 2: Capstone
    PUDM 4121, Spring 2026

    Past Courses

    Senior Project 2: Capstone
    PUDM 4121, Spring 2025

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