Growing up surrounded by a family and community of writers, Caroline Ailanthus began writing and taking her craft seriously at an early age. “My parents are both writers, storytellers, and…
Professor Emerita and Alum Publish Article
Gargi Roysircar, Professor Emerita AUNE Clinical Psychology Program, Ashland Thompson, AUNE ’19 PsyD, and Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Kurt…
Dr. Kirsten Grimstad’s “The New Woman’s Survival Catalog” Featured in Multiple Publications
Undergraduate Studies Department Co-Chair Kirsten Grimstad, PhD, with Susan Rennie, is the co-author of The New Woman’s Survival Catalog, a seminal survey of Second Wave feminist efforts. Originally published in 1973,…
Inspiration2Publication Provides Affordable Online Writing Classes and Writing Coaches
Inspiration2Publication, an online program that provides affordable writing classes and writing coaching, is now part of Antioch’s University-wide extended education programs. Once part of the MFA in Creative Writing Program…
An evening with Award-Winning Writer and Producer Felicia D. Henderson
The MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media Program hosted a conversation with award-winning writer and producer Felicia D. Henderson. After beginning her writing career in sitcoms like Family Matters, Moesha,…
MFA Chair Featured on “The Creative Community 2.0”
Chair of the MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media Program Ross Brown was featured on TV Santa Barbara for the show The Creative Community 2.0 with David Starkey. Ross talks…
Enacting Policies for Real Change: Kathy Hoffman
Kathy Hoffman was slated for a retail career at Nordstrom, until a domestic violence incident changed her life. When Hoffman became deeply involved with her case’s legal process in the…
Victoria Chang Awarded a Lannan Foundation Residency Fellowship
Victoria Chang, Chair of the MFA in Creative Writing Program was awarded a Lannan Foundation Residency Fellowship for 2020. The Lannan Residency Fellowship provides uninterrupted writing time for poets, writers, essayists,…
Using Poetry as Vehicle for Change: MFA candidate, Margaret Kean
For Margaret Kean, poetry has always been a part of her. But finding the courage to write and share it with the world, has taken a long time. The MFA…
Harry Alston Jr.: Making a Career Out of Changing People’s Lives
Dr. Harry Alston Jr., a 2010 graduate of the Leadership and Change program, has a personal mission: to develop and promote programs and initiatives that positively impact and empower individuals,…
AUS Counseling Department Sponsors and Presents at the National ACES Conference
The Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) is the premier organization dedicated to quality education and supervision of counselors in all work settings. ACES members are counselors, supervisors, graduate students,…
Antioch University Santa Barbara Introduces “Keep Locals Local” Initiative
Antioch University Santa Barbara (AUSB) recently received a $5000 grant from Wells Fargo, the first in a series of grants sought to support the “Keep Locals, Local” Initiative. AUSB will…