The New School for Social Research is supported and advised by a Board of Governors. Our board is committed to upholding the core values that have defined our school since its beginning as the University in Exile and to fostering an intellectual environment
that challenges orthodoxy, promotes public debate, and cultivates academic rigor.
The NSSR Board of Governors upholds our mission to create a school of free inquiry for students and faculty of different ethnicities, religions, and geographical origins who are willing to challenge academic tradition, connect social theory to empirical
observation, and take the intellectual and political risks necessary to improve social conditions.
Board of Governors
Susan L. Foote, PhD, Chair
Paul Vidich, Vice Chair
Drake Bennett
Diana Gordon, PhD
Eva Susan Haller
Paul B. Marrow, Esq.
Robert Mass
Caitlin McKoy, PhD
Ilse Melamid
Montie Mills Meehan, PhD
Robert H. Mundheim, Esq.
Lauren Pattani
Robert N. Pollin, PhD
David Poma
Guido Zanni, PhD
Office of the Dean
Alex Aleinikoff
Executive Dean
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Laila Gardner
Executive Assistant to the Dean
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Robert Kostrzewa
Vice Dean
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Ellen Freeberg
Associate Dean of Faculty and Curriculum
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Maeve Carey
Operations Manager
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Seth Cohen
Senior Director of Budget and Operations
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Sherri Cohen
Director of Communications and Events
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Zlatko Dimitrioski
Associate Director of Faculty Affairs and Curriculum
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Francesca Ferrono
Assistant Director of Academic Affairs
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Ryan Gustafson
Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Affairs
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Jennifer MacDonald
Interim Senior Director, Center for Graduate Career and Professional Development
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Aaron Neber
Coordinator of Academic and Student Affairs (Terminal Master's Programs)
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