The New School will be open for regular hours on January 27, 2026. All regularly scheduled events and activities will occur as planned. Learn More

  • Sara McElroy

  • The Ecology of Disruption

    Advising

    Routines generate the landscape of my life; their consistency stabilizes and anchors my world. Their invisible tracks offer guidance, keeping me from swerving into danger beyond their rails. Often they operate overlooked, forgotten, and condemned to the background. They go unnoticed and quickly my daily experiences turn stagnant, flat, and mundane.

    The Ecology of Disruption investigates daily routine and plays with the experience of disruption as an instrument to both unsettle and enhance the everyday landscapes of our lives.

  • Program Details

    Inspired by this work? Explore program features, curriculum, faculty, and more.

  • Related Work

    •  Interior Design (MFA)

      Zoha Tasneem

      PINKY - Healing Rituals in Cancer Care
    • Interior Design (MFA)

      Sofia Davila

      The Reclaimed Atelier: Challenging the Aesthetics of Reuse

  • Take The Next Step

Submit your application

Undergraduates

To apply to any of our undergraduate programs (except the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs) complete and submit the Common App online.

Undergraduate Adult Learners

To apply to any of our Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

Graduates

To apply to any of our Master's, Doctoral, Professional Studies Diploma, and Graduate Certificate programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.