Kirby Chen Mages is a writer, performer, visual artist, and podcast host based in Los Angeles. Their work largely takes up questions of intersectionality, nuance, and how culture and identity…
Antioch Classmates’ Nonprofit Raises Over 600 Caterpillar Species Every Year—and Educates Thousands Across New England
In the summer of 2013, Sam Jaffe was hired by the BBC to raise a crop of caterpillars. Jaffe, at the time, was a student in Antioch’s MS in Environmental Studies,…
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…
With New Poetry Collection, MFA Alum Shonda Buchanan Honors Nina Simone
When Shonda Buchanan was in her twenties, she had a dream of writing a book of poems about singer, classical pianist, and Civil Rights activist Nina Simone, but the prospect…
Seven Alumni Working for Food Justice
Across all its schools and programs, experiential, hands-on learning is at the heart of an Antioch education. This rings particularly true for the Environmental Studies Department based on Antioch’s New…
Exhibit Celebrates 60 Years of Antioch Alumni Community Engagement in New England
In the 60 years that Antioch University has had a campus in New England, thousands of students and alumni have passed through its doors—and then back out into their communities,…
“I’m Going to Vote One Day”: AW4D and Kimberly Hardy Kickstart Civic Engagement With Mississippi Middle Schoolers
Kimberly Hardy had recently been promoted from adjunct to core faculty in Antioch University’s EdD program when she heard about a new initiative called Antioch Works for Democracy, a multi-month…
60 Years of Community Involvement: Celebrating the Alums Who Started Monadnock Food Co-op
Today, the Monadnock Food Co-op is a longstanding hub of activity in downtown Keene. Located centrally, just off Main Street, the Co-op is a favorite local spot not only for…
With “Poetry is Democracy” Event, Antioch’s MFA Brings Art to an Election Year
Last fall, the Antioch MFA in Creative Writing led an initiative known as Poetry Is Democracy that commissioned new poems from six working poets and then brought them and the…
“Poems Cost Nothing Except the Poet’s Life”: Antioch Hosts Conversation About Democracy Between Two Vietnamese American Writers
The Antioch MFA in Creative Writing recently hosted a conversation about democracy, war, and identity between the writer and scholar Viet Thanh Nguyen—author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sympathizer—and the…
Panel on Arts, Culture, and Democracy Sparks Generative Conversation
Six artists, scholars, and activists from a wide range of disciplines recently gathered for a panel broadcast over Zoom where they discussed the interplay between democracy and the arts. The…
Antioch Launches Multidisciplinary and Innovative MS in Allied Health
This fall semester, Antioch University is welcoming the inaugural class of the new MS in Allied Health—the first new program to launch as a result of the partnership between Antioch,…