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Dear NYU Steinhardt Community,

Welcome to the Fall 2023 semester!

I am really excited for the new academic year ahead! Let me give a warm welcome to our wonderful new students joining us and to our current students at our Washington Square and Brooklyn campuses, our Global Sites, and in our online programs. Even as I start my fourth year as Steinhardt’s Dean, I am still in awe of the energy, talent, and passion our students bring each year.

One of the great pleasures of being the Dean of Steinhardt is meeting our amazing students, and I look forward to meeting more of you over the course of the year.

I also extend a warm welcome to our remarkable faculty, administrators, staff, and researchers. I look forward to working with you to achieve Steinhardt’s mission together.

And thank you to all the faculty and staff who helped to plan and carry out the welcome and orientation events — a great start to the semester!

It is my distinct privilege to serve as the Dean of NYU Steinhardt, the mission of which is to improve the education, health and wellbeing of people and communities around the world. I look forward to all of our many accomplishments together over the coming months through learning and education, advancing our fields of study, and making the world a better place.

An image of students in the audience wearing their NYU Steinhardt t-shirts.

Students clapping in the audience at the New Graduate Student Welcome.

Students talking in the audience at the New Graduate Student Welcome.

Photos from NYU Steinhardt Welcome Week, where new undergraduate and graduate students got their first experience of the NYU Steinhardt community.

As we begin this new semester together, I am pleased to share a number of updates with you.

Leadership Updates

I would like to thank our faculty in leadership roles, especially our department chairs, vice chairs, program directors, research center directors, and associate and vice deans. Thank you for all that you do for your department, Steinhardt, and the University. This Fall we also have several faculty who have moved into new leadership roles or have been reappointed to a new term as leader. These new and reappointed leaders are listed below:

Elisabeth King, Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs
Lorena Llosa, Vice Dean of Academic Affairs
Erin Embry, Steinhardt Chief Operating Officer

Anil Chacko, Chair, Applied Psychology
Lisa Suzuki, Vice Chair, Applied Psychology

Marc Scott, Co-Chair, Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities
Jennifer Hill, Co-Chair, Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities

Nancy Deihl, Chair, Art and Art Professions

Tsu-Hsin Howe, Chair, Occupational Therapy

Let me heartily thank these faculty for taking on these new or continuing leadership roles.

Student Government

We enjoy working closely with our student government leaders, so it is my pleasure to welcome the new Undergraduate and Graduate Student Presidents:

Tanisha Thakkar, President, Undergraduate Student Government (USG)
Sarah Brill, President, Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

New Faculty

We are welcoming 18 new faculty members in eight departments. Learn more about these new members of our community.

Scholar-in-Residence

Launched in 2018, the NYU Steinhardt Dean’s Scholar-in-Residence program welcomes distinguished academics, artists, advocates, and other thought leaders to the NYU Steinhardt community to share their expertise; mentor students and faculty; highlight the breadth and depth of the School’s academics, research, and community impact; and emphasize work on equity, belonging, and innovation.

This year, we are proud to announce the residency of Dominique Jackson, a Tobagonian-and-Trinidadian-American actress, author, model, reality television personality, and LGBTQ+ community advocate.

Strategic Planning

I look forward to sharing several new initiatives this Fall as part of my State of the School (SoS) presentations in November. The faculty SoS presentation will take place on November 6th, and the staff and student presentations will take place on November 15th.

As we begin this new semester together, I thank you for being an invaluable part of the NYU Steinhardt community.

Jack H. Knott
Gale and Ira Drukier Dean