Bodega owners and customers were included in a peer-reviewed article on attitudes toward online grocery shopping co-authored by an NYU Steinhardt professor.
NYU Steinhardt's one-of-a-kind integration of education, communication, health, and the arts puts us at the heart of a movement: education for social change.
Our mission is to advance knowledge, creativity, and innovation at the crossroads of culture, education, and human development.
NYU Steinhardt was founded in 1890 as the first school of education at an American university. Its creation was groundbreaking; it allowed female teachers to get a university education at a time when women didn’t yet have the right to vote.
Among the School’s first students were teachers and administrators of all races and ethnicities, who took the ideals of higher education from their classrooms out into New York City’s diverse communities. It was the mission of our founders to give both teachers and students tools for social and economic mobility.
Today, NYU Steinhardt is a diverse, dynamic, uniquely interdisciplinary school devoted to a holistic understanding of people and human development across the lifespan. Here, members of our community study art, music, culture, media and communications, health and wellness, education, and more. Each day, we foster equity by supporting the research, scholarship, and practices that advance the education, health, and well-being of people and communities worldwide.
At its best, education can offer a solution to pressing social problems and enrich the world we live in. We thank you for joining us in this movement and invite you to accompany us as we continue in our mission.
— Jack H. Knott, Gale and Ira Drukier Dean
Social Impact
Teaching and Learning Students Work with Young Learners with Dyslexia
Three new partnership organizations in the Teacher Education program specialize in assisting students with one of the most common learning disabilities.
How Music Can Help Heal Trauma and Connect Communities
As part of the UN’s Healing Arts Week, Steinhardt hosted a symposium exploring the ways music, art, theater, and dance can improve health and well-being. Director of Music Therapy Ken Aigen explains music's healing power.
Heddy Lahmann Leads International Youth Musicians in Cultural Exchange
700+ students participated in cultural exchange and peacebuilding workshops as part of Carnegie Hall’s World Orchestra Week (WOW!) Festival.
Faculty Thought Leadership
Baby Steps: Applied Psychology Professor Catherine Tamis-LeMonda's Observational Study
By observing babies at home for hundreds of hours, researchers are gaining unique insights into child development and the ways little ones learn. Turns out the tots also have something to teach AI.
Spanking and Other Physical Discipline Lead to Exclusively Negative Outcomes for Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
A study led by Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology Jorge Cuartas found physical punishment is linked to behavior and health problems, poor academic outcomes, and impaired social-emotional development.
Okhee Lee Publishes E-Book with National Science Teaching Association
The e-book incorporates a decade of research and tools from Lee and her team’s work to advance equity in STEM and language education.
Recent Outreach
Students, staff, and faculty from across NYU Steinhardt came together to support the New York City community and beyond.
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Evaluation for Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative across New York was co-conducted by NYU Steinhardt and Grossman researchers and funded by two NY foundations.
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NYU Steinhardt students conducted speech-language intervention for patients with Huntington's Disease at an NYU Health Care Center.
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Free counseling sessions offered to food and beverage workers through NYU Steinhardt's Center for Counseling and Community Wellbeing.
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Occupational Therapy Department volunteers acted as guides for a wheelchair skating course at the Wheeling Forward Adaptive Skate Clinic in NYC.
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Older adults at risk for Type 2 diabetes enrolled in a prevention program conducted by NYU Steinhardt and NYU Langone professors.