The Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award Advisory Committee has decided to award a 2020 Beckman Award to Dr. Sylvie Taylor, Professor of Psychology at Antioch University Los Angeles. The national award is highly prestigious, and those recognized with the award and
The history of medicine in the United States is not lacking for moments when those sworn to heal have instead used their power in reckless, negligent, and harmful ways. The Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Last century’s forced sterilization of tens of
How Antioch University Los Angeles Helps Students Find their Dream Career After Graduation Psychotherapists, addictionologists, and sober coaches; oh my! From work within the Malibu rehab system to one-on-one coaching and non-profit recovery management, the variety of jobs from which
The Los Angeles Urban League Young Professionals to Mentor Antioch University Students Antioch University and Los Angeles Urban League have partnered to offer scholarships for the members of Los Angeles Urban League Young Professionals (LAULYP). Active members of LAULYP are eligible
Browse the word democracy on any online bookstore (an independent one please) and these titles and more will appear: Books about democracy How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt (2018); The System: Who Rigged it, and How we
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 neglect to ask, about the 1945 atomic bombings of Japan.
On July 5, 2020, Antioch MFA alum Bettina Gilois, who was battling cancer, died in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles. Part of the Zephyr class of 2016, her mentor and friend, Antioch Fiction Faculty Alistair McCartney joins
A Joint Letter from Chancellor Bill Groves and Board Chair Paul Mutty In my letter to the community of June 1, 2020, regarding the George Floyd murder by Minneapolis Police, I promised that the senior leadership team and I would
Rebooting Through Optimism, Facing Fear, Social Support By Matthew Silverstein, PhD Our species has done an amazing job surviving multiple pandemics, ice ages and natural disasters, not to mention our own self-inflicted violence, over the last several million years. It’s in
Dear AU Community, Noose or knee, lynching or suffocation, the result is still death at the hands of the very law enforcement institutions meant to serve and protect. We have all seen the gruesome video of the last minutes of George
As experts warn about a shadow pandemic of emotional distress and trauma-related disturbances, Antioch University Los Angeles’ Graduate Psychology Department is launching a free therapy program to help address this growing need. Arising from a student initiative, Antioch Community Therapy
Antioch University Los Angeles’ Education Department has announced its 2020 Horace Mann Upstanders Winners: Lynne Kelly has won the Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award for Song for a Whale and Gordon Korman, author of Unteachables, has won the Horace Mann
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