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

Want to Attend the Cannes Film Festival in 2027?
Join Michael Bremer, Head of Student Programs for IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking, to learn about hands-on industry experience and networking opportunities at some of the world's leading film and media festivals. Michael will introduce The American Pavilion's student programs at Cannes, SXSW, SXSW London, and the Venice International Film Festival, with a special focus on Cannes 2027. He will address scholarship opportunities to attend. Drawing on his extensive international film and television career, Michael will also share insights into the state of the industry and career opportunities in traditional and digital content creation, marketing and the business side of media. This event is hosted by Mark Walton, Associate Professor, Media Management Program.Learn more: https://www.ampav.com/

Multispecies Lab Collective Show and Tell 2026
November 13: In person at The New School Hirshon SuiteNovember 14: Online (register for the link) The Multispecies Lab Research Collective brings together scholars, designers, artists, and practitioners exploring how human relationships with more-than-human life might be reimagined.Our annual Show and Tell is an opportunity to share ongoing research, creative practices, and works in progress. Through informal presentations and discussion, we will learn from one another's approaches, identify shared questions, and explore collaborations that can shape the Lab's collective work in the coming year. This gathering is intended for Collective members and people interested in joining. We also warmly welcome members of The New School community interested in multispecies inquiry and in becoming part of the Collective. Website: https://www.multispecieslab.net/

MFA Interior Design Radically Inclusive Interiors and Spatial Inclusion Lab | Rituals of Belonging Events
Join us for a transformative series of public events hosted by the Parsons MFA Interior Design program and the Spatial Inclusion Lab, centered on radically inclusive interiors and spatial belonging. Taking place across November 9th, 16th, and 19th with ten (10) interactive affinity events, and culminating in a public exhibition across The New School campus on December 7th, this initiative invites participants to rethink traditional interior design paradigms and explore how spaces can be shaped by inclusivity, health, and joy. MFA Interior Design graduate students are redefining interiors as “action settings,” a framework inspired by Sarah Hendren’s What Can a Body Do?. Prioritizing spatial justice and radical access, this approach evaluates interiors not by decorative style, but by their capacity to hold and facilitate interactions of care, equity, and mutual support. Through agency, love, and respect, the studio interrogates who the built environment truly serves—challenging existing architectural barriers across intersections of gender, race, disability, neurodiversity, body shape and size, mental health, culture, age, indigeneity, spirituality, and marginalized experience.This exhibition and series of spatial activations showcase graduate research centering diverse community perspectives. With student designers representing over 17 countries, the cohort values lived experience as a primary engine of design innovation—pushing beyond standard compliance and ADA requirements to celebrate a full spectrum of human identities, abilities, and embodiments. Join us to reimagine interiors as sanctuaries of inclusive belonging for all.The Spatial Inclusion Lab at Parsons addresses the intersection of:Gender, Disability, Race, Neurodiversity, Body Types & Fat Positivity, Mental Health, Spirituality, Culture & Heritage, Age, Indigeneity, Sexuality, and the Built Environment.Click here for more details on each group’s time, location, and sign ups.Faculty:Michele GormanKimberly TateJulian (Camilo) Trujillo MoralesTeaching Assistants: Omar Seda and Isac BlucherThank you to MFA Interior Design Director, Arianna Deane, Constructed Environments Dean Cotter Christian, Facilities, Safety and Space Planning Team: Directors Paul Gottlieb and Kelly Powell and Vice Dean of Infrastructure and Planning, Adam Parker.

CD Lecture Series: Betty Wang
Betty Wang is an art director, designer, and educator working across editorial, branding, and visual culture. She holds a BFA from RISD and an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale. She was previously an Art Director at Elle Magazine and Apple, and has a design practice that works with clients across fashion, architecture, art, music, and technology.https://bettywang.studio/@studiobettywang

What Are People For: NYC Premiere
Join Parsons School of Design at The New School on November 17, 2026 for the New York City premiere of acclaimed design documentarian Gary Hustwit’s (Helvetica, Objectified, Urbanized, Rams, Eno) new short film, What Are People For: Design Philosophy by Patrick Whitney.What Are People For is a multimedia project offering a 360-degree view of a system designer’s life and legacy. What Are People For serves both as a portrait of a visionary thinker and a timely meditation on the role design can play in shaping a more meaningful and democratic future.The screening will be followed by a conversation with director Gary Hustwit, producer Ashley Lukasik, and additional speakers.Tickets are free for Parsons School of Design and The New School students with a valid student ID.🎟️ Reserve your tickets here!Doors at 7:30pm 🟡 Screening at 8pm 🟡 Filmmaker conversation at 8:30pmSocial Media Tags@mur.mur.ring@gary_hustwit
- 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