Stephanie Helms Pickett, EdD, Vice President for Equity, Belonging & Culture at Antioch University, was celebrated among the distinguished Women to KNOW in North Carolina—a prestigious honor profiling outstanding women…
For Lance Wheeler, Business Strategy and Museum Studies Belong Together
In a polarized society, genuine discussions around history can be hard to start—even for museum professionals. For Lance Wheeler, the Vice President of Learning and Engagement at Charles H. Wright…
Amy Rutstein-Riley Brings Vision, Continuity, and Leadership to Role as Dean
Amy Rutstein-Riley, PhD, was appointed Dean of Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change last July, bringing with her a deep appreciation for what she calls “the creative genius…
Antioch Alum Rebecca Blankinship Builds Inspired Development Through Purpose-Driven Leadership
For Rebecca Blankinship, a 2023 graduate of Antioch University’s MBA with a concentration in Leadership and Teams, the journey from student to founder of her own consulting and coaching firm…
From Leading Boat Tours to Becoming a Social Marketing Expert—and Promoting Koala Conservation
How do you make a career around the thing you love? For Liz Foote, the second part was easy, there was no question what it was she loved. She grew…
PsyD Core Faculty Helps Students Challenge Power Structures and Bi+ Stigma
Rachel Chickerella grounds her teaching philosophy in authenticity, humor, and pragmatism. In her work as Core Faculty in the PsyD in Clinical Psychology on Antioch’s New England Campus, she emphasizes…
Mid-Career MFA Leads a Documentarian Back to Fiction—and to the Stage
In April of 2023, the playwright and documentarian Dara Padwo-Audick made an ambitious request: that her community give $20,000 to underwrite staging her play, Onion Skin, as part of the…
Coalition for the Common Good’s New Director of Education is Here to Learn
Recently, Sue Constable participated in the Antioch Doctor of Education program’s online residency. She was there in her new role as Executive Director of Education Programs for the Coalition for…
Lesley Jackson Has a Vision for Education that Embraces Complexity and Self-Care
Before self-care became a buzzword appropriated by consumerist culture and leisurewear, the concept was developed and spread by Black feminist activists, including the poet Audre Lorde, who wrote, “Caring for…
We Are the Storytellers: How MFA Alum Ligiah Villalobos Is Changing Film and TV Writing
Ligiah Villalobos Rojas was an executive at The Walt Disney Company, where part of her job was to review scripts written by fellows in the Writing Fellowship Program, giving each…
Tiffany Owens: Collaborating with Others to Change the Arts Education Landscape
Throughout her life, the artist, educator, and Antioch alum Tiffany Owens has been deeply influenced by spaces on the borders that straddle divides. “I am a person who has always lived in liminal spaces—racially, socioeconomically, educationally, and between artistry and bureaucracy,” explains Owens…
A Founding Dean with a New Vision for Healthcare Education
Everyone in nursing has a story that changes them. Diane White’s happened at the Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta in the nineties. While she was working the night shift in the trauma unit, a police officer was brought in who had been shot in the head.