Nadia Williams

Nadia Williams is Director of the Parsons Scholars Program, and is an Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Design. She is an Innovative Cultural Advocacy Fellow with CCCADI (Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute), participates in Race Forward’s Racial Equity Art Innovation Lab, sits on the National Advisory Council of NCORE (National Conference of Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education), and co-founded the Radical Mama Educator inquiry-to-action group through NYCoRE (NY Collective of Radical Educators). Nadia is a graduate of the Parsons BFA Fashion Design department who began her career designing in corporate environments, and later moved to Mexico, where she explored part of her cultural identity and her commitment to social justice through design. At The New School, Nadia has has led a range of university-wide initiatives that center communities of color, and is continually impressed by the brilliance of our students who hold our university accountable to values of social justice. Over the course of 14+ years of teaching design courses at Parsons and in numerous public schools, she's had the joy of working with young people who actively give her hope for the future. At the center of all of Nadia’s work is the conviction that creative thinkers and makers as well as those who are tasked with devising creative solutions simply to survive modern society are are positioned to make the most meaningful societal impacts.