The Urban Studies community is invited to join us for our Fall 2020 online pre-registration event on Thursday, November 19th from 2-3:30 pm EDT.

Prospective and current students will have the opportunity to meet peers and chat with Urban Studies faculty and advisors about the program and registration. Students will also hear from alumna Kjerstin Pugh about her experience with the Urban Studies program and the pathway following her studies at The New School. 

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Pugh graduated from Eugene Lang College with a double-concentration in Urban Studies and Writing. She worked for several years in small nonprofits and family businesses following graduation. These experiences gave her a greater sense of urgency in the work still needed to be done to foster relationships and repair social systems in a society that increasingly isolates individuals and groups. From 2011 to 2018, Kjerstin worked for a partnership between Yale University, the CT State Department of Education, and New Haven Public Schools to create and administer free, high-quality programming and classes for high school students. During this time, she completed a MS in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University, and is now an Associate Director of that program. Continuing her ongoing youth development work, Kjerstin launched and runs a nonprofit called Offroute Art. Offroute works with and supports emerging visual artists aged 16 - 24 as well as connects the broader public to affordable, handmade art.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kjerstinpugh/
Offroute: www.offrouteart.com

Zoom information will be included in your confirmation email.

*@newschool.edu email is required in order to RSVP.

Questions? Contact Shaked Landor at landors@newschool.edu