Principal of Creative Community Builders (CCB) and PhD in Leadership and Change alumnus Dr. Tom Borrup has authored The Power of Culture in City Planning (Routledge, 2020). The book, which…
Consuelo Flores
Consuelo Flores ’06 ’08 (Los Angeles, BA, MFA) was featured by the Los Angeles Times in a cover story about the Chicano Moratorium and its vast 1970 march that ended…
Jake Bailey ‘20
Jake Bailey ‘20 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) read his poem, “Hallucinatory Experiment No. 8,” for Illanot Review’s Toxic virtual launch party. Bailey had several poems published including “Portrait…
Alumna Launches New Storytelling Platform
PhD in Leadership and Change alumna Dr. Pam Ferris-Olson has launched Women Mind the Water, a new collaborative space that hosts a myriad of storytelling projects from across the country….
Alumnus Joins The Journal of Asia-Pacific Business
Senior Customer Support Manager for GE Aviation and PhD in Leadership and Change alumnus Dr. Nate Woods has been appointed to The Journal of Asia-Pacific Business. The journal provides a blend…
PhD in Leadership and Change Student Launches New Anti-Racist Movement
Community Organizer, Spoken Word Activist, and PhD in Leadership and Change student Kavon Ward has teamed up with fellow activists in California to launch Anti-Racist Movements (ARMs) Around the South Bay (L.A.)….
PhDLC Student Appointed New Assistant Dean at Occidental College
PhD in Leadership and Change student Marcus A. Rodriguez has been appointed the Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Student Leadership, Involvement, and Community Engagement (SLICE) at Occidental College….
MFA Alum Susan Southard Publishes Opinion Piece in the Washington Post
Susan Southard, MFA in Creative Writing alum and author of Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War, published an opinion piece in the Washington Post about the questions Americans ask, and often…
Alumna Highlights the Powerful Concepts of Cultural Pivoting and Contextual Creativity
Dr. Jeanine Soucie has published her dissertation entitled, Contextual Creativity and the Experience of Cultural Pivoting in the Workplace. The study explores the lived experience of foreign-born professional highly skilled…
Theordore Burnes Elected to CALPCC Board
Professor and Core Faculty in Los Angeles’ Clinical Psychology program Dr. Theordore Burnes, was elected to the California Association for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (CALPCC) Board of Directors. Dr. Burnes began…
PhD Alumna Shares Reflections on Life Changing Encounter with Civil Rights Icon C. T. Vivian
Nonprofit and Organizational Leadership Development Leader, PhD in Leadership and Change alumna, and Advisory Team Member for the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, Dr. Janet Rechtman recently shared deep…
Alumna Leveraging Expertise in Leadership Development and Executive Coaching at Home and Abroad
PhD in Leadership and Change alumna Dr. Tami France, is fully embracing the post-doctoral practitioner-scholar role as she serves Mayo Clinic in a leadership capacity inside Workforce Learning and as Assistant Professor…