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Author: Dani LaPointe

Dani LaPointe is a Minneapolis-based writer with a love for hand-feeding squirrels, drinking tea, and sitting with cats. A PhD Candidate in Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership & Change, Dani’s emphasis is in public policy with a focus on 2SLGBTQ+ communities, intimate partner violence, and creativity as a means of communication and connection across difference. From burlesque to public policy, and many industries in between, narrative has always been the driving force at the center of Dani’s work.
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  • Posted in
    • Creative Writing

MFA Faculty’s Poetry Collection Named a Finalist for National Book Award

  • Posted byby Dani LaPointe
  • October 3, 2025
  • 2 minute read

Update: On October 7, the National Book Foundation announced that Becoming Ghost is one of five finalists for the National Book Award. The poetry collection Becoming Ghost by Cathy Linh…

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  • Posted in
    • Creative Writing

Antioch MFA Listed as One of “30 Best Film Schools” for Third Year

  • Posted byby Dani LaPointe
  • September 26, 2025
  • 2 minute read

For the third consecutive year, Antioch University’s MFA in Creative Writing has earned a coveted spot on MovieMaker Magazine’s annual list of the 30 Best Film Schools in the U.S….

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  • Posted in
    • Leadership

Antioch Spotlight: PhDLC Alum Alicia Wargo on Researching White Racial Equity Workshop

  • Posted byby Dani LaPointe
  • September 18, 2025
  • 7 minute read

In the ongoing fight for racial equity, the role of white facilitators is a complex and under-explored terrain. Alicia Wargo, a 2025 graduate of Antioch’s PhD in Leadership and Change,…

  • Posted in
    • Leadership

Antioch Spotlight: PhDLC Alum Kader Gümüş on Thrivership and Trauma-Informed Research

  • Posted byby Dani LaPointe
  • August 25, 2025
  • 7 minute read

When Kader Gümüş came to the part of her doctoral studies in Antioch’s PhD in Leadership and Change, where she needed to choose a topic for her dissertation, she decided…

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    • Undergraduate

Community Spotlight: Bridge Program Creates Tapestry

  • Posted byby Dani LaPointe
  • May 9, 2025
  • 3 minute read

Over 60 in-person guests and more than 400 virtual participants came together to honor Antioch’s Bridge Program for a quarter-century of providing free humanities education to low-income adults. They marked…

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  • Posted in
    • Leadership

GSLC Explores Relational Cultural Theory Through Event, Fund, and Partnership With ICGC

  • Posted byby Dani LaPointe
  • April 29, 2025
  • 6 minute read

While political conversations between people who hold different political stances have always been tricky, this problem seems only to be getting worse. In previous decades, the question of how to…

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  • Posted in
    • University

Social Justice Summit Draws Over 150 to Two Days of Events and Reflection

  • Posted byby Dani LaPointe
  • April 2, 2025
  • 3 minute read

The Antioch University community recently came together for two days of events centered on racial healing and social justice. The Social Justice Summit, which was sponsored by both Antioch’s Truth,…

Founders and Directors of Bridge Program (co-founders Shari Foos and David Tripp, co-directors Russell Thornhill and Kathryn Pope)standing in front of a colorful mural.
  • Posted in
    • Undergraduate

Bridge Program Celebrates 25 Years of Promoting Educational Justice With Speeches and Community Tapestry

  • Posted byby Dani LaPointe
  • February 10, 2025
  • 4 minute read

A recent 25th-anniversary celebration drew 60 in-person guests and over 400 virtual participants to commemorate the achievements and milestones of Antioch’s Bridge Program, which has provided free, high-quality humanities education…

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  • Posted in
    • Education

Cool Course: Tech Tools for All Learners

  • Posted byby Dani LaPointe
  • November 7, 2024
  • 7 minute read

We live in a time of tech overload. New apps, software, and other tech tools are constantly advertised, promising to improve our lived experiences. And for educators the situation is…

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