Overview | SDS (School of Design Strategies)
Welcome
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For SDS-specific questions, please contact SDS@newschool.edu. For other questions, please see Key Contacts | Parsons Operations.
SDS Team
Administration
Molly Davy | Associate Director of Operations
David Marquez | Program Administrator | BBA Strategic Design & Management, MS Strategic Design for Global Leadership (GEMs)
Gabriel Vanlandingham-Dunn | Program Administrator | BFA Integrated Design, MFA Transdisciplinary Design
Camilo Lizarralde | Program Administrator | MS Strategic Design & Management, MS Design and Urban Ecologies
Shannon Finnell | Manager of Course Planning
Ashley AuPont | Associate Director of Part-Time Faculty Affairs
Leadership
Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo | Dean (Fall 2024)
Jeongki Lim | Associate Dean (Fall 2024) & Dean (Spring 2025)
Matthew Villarreal | assistant Dean of Art and Design Education
Programs
Otto von Busch | Interim Director | BFA IDP - Integrated Design
Ross Tibbles | Associate Director | BFA IDP - Integrated Design
Michael Sainato | Director | BBA SDM - Strategic Design & Management
Jennifer Rittner | Associate Director | BBA SDM - Strategic Design & Management
Raz Godelnik | Associate Director | BBA SDM - Strategic Design & Management
Robert Rabinovitz | Associate Director | BBA SDM - Strategic Design & Management
Miguel Robles-Duran | Director | MA DUE - Design and Urban Ecologies | SDS Urban Council
Miodrag Mitrasinovic | Co-Chair | MA DUE - Design and Urban Ecologies | SDS Urban Council
Gabriela Rendon | MA DUE - Design and Urban Ecologies | SDS Urban Council
Evren Uzer | MA DUE - Design and Urban Ecologies | SDS Urban Council
Michele Kahane | Director | MS SDM - Strategic Design & Management
Sareeta Amrute | Associate Director | MS SDM - Strategic Design & Management
Sharon Counts | Associate Director | MS SDM - Strategic Design & Management
John Bruce | Co-Director | MFA TD - Transdisciplinary Design
Eduardo Staszowski | Co-Director | MFA TD - Transdisciplinary Design
Melissa Rancourt | Senior Director | Executive education, MS GEMS - Strategic Design for Global Leadership
Matthew Villarreal | Director | PSP - Parsons Scholars Program
Juliet Gomez | Associate director | Curriculum, Instruction & College Access | PSP - Parsons Scholars Program
Pey Emery | Associate director | Recruitment & Daily Operations | PSP - Parsons Scholars Program
Daphne Ballesteros | Program Administrator | PSP - Parsons Scholars Program
University-Wide Information
Academic Information
Parsons-Wide Information
- Key Links | Parsons Operations (your trusted resource for most Parsons-wide questions and processes)
- Parsons Organizational Chart
- Parsons Acronyms (Glossary)
- Parsons Faculty Listings
Contact Information
- Key Contacts | Parsons Operations (links to key contacts for processes across Parsons)
Faculty Resources
- Key Links | Parsons Full Time Faculty (links to benefits information, funding cycles, Provost Office resources, leadership trainings, etc.)
- Key Links | Parsons Part Time Faculty
- Course, Classroom & Student Support FAQ | Parsons Faculty
General Resources
- External Resource List | Parsons (general art supplies, fashion supplies, photography supplies, bookstores, start-up support, mentorship, organizations, etc.)
- Equipment Rental | SDS
Faculty Storage
- Locker Requests (see contact info for more information)
Hiring
- Employment & Service Providers (general resources, research assistants, temp/misc. employees, FTF supplemental pay, PTF MOU, and service providers)
Communications
- Parsons Communications (links to folder with Parsons Communications resources including, but not limited to, web updates, photography & videography, social media, blogs, event marketing, Parsons News, and Student Communications Index)
- Logo - Parsons School of Design
- Email Signature Generator
- SDS Letterhead | SDS
Parsons First Year
- First Year Contacts (within the ADHT Admin, Leadership, and Program sections)
- Learning Portfolio | Parsons First Year
- Parsons Notes
- First Year Faculty Center
- First Year (FY) Telescope Sign-Up
- Parsons First Year Courses Summary
SDS Information
Admin & Committees
- Admin Planning & Events Calendar | SDS
- Overview | Parsons Faculty Council
- School Leadership Committees (SLC) | Parsons
- Research, Scholarship, and Creative Practice (RSCP) Committees | Parsons
- School Curriculum Committees (SCC) | Parsons
- Making Center Advisory Committee (MCAC)
Events
- Events Central | SDS
- Event Request Form | SDS
- Campus Locations for Events & Meetings
- TNS Public Programs & Events
Room Requests (non-events)
Guest Lecturers, Museum Visits & Visiting Scholars
Honoraria & Museum Visits
- Honoraria Request Form | SDS (use this form for honoraria for SDS funding only; for other funding [general research funding, etc.], see Key Contacts)
- Honoraria
Visiting Scholars
Purchases
- Expenses & Travel | Parsons Guide (general university purchasing guidelines for all non-program purchases; all program purchases must be made through your Program Administrator)
Social Media
- SDS Digest | SDS (bi-weekly Digest released by SDS Operations geared towards SDS students)
- BBA Instagram
- MS SDM Instagram
- TD Instagram
- Integrated Design Instagram
- Urban Ecologies Instagram
- PSP Instagram
- DEED Lab Instagram
- ELab Instagram
Program-Related Resources
- Academic Program Leadership Resources (links to Guru folder with various training videos and resources)
- Program Pages (links to Guru folder with information on the process to update program pages)
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