Cati Porter ’10 (Los Angeles, MFA) was interviewed for an Artist’s Spotlight in the Daily Bulletin (SoCal) in August, 2018. Porter is currently executive director of the Inlandia Institute, the…
Nikia Chaney ’09
Nikia Chaney ’09 (Los Angeles, MFA) was profiled in the Precinct Reporter Group about her educational trajectory. From growing up in poverty in South LA and San Bernardino, to receiving…
Rob Montoya ’08
Rob Montoya ’08 (Los Angeles, MFA) received a Fulbright grant to work with the nation of Kosovo. Montoya will be partnering with the U.S. Embassy and the National Library of…
Joan Dempsey ’05
Joan Dempsey ’05 (Los Angeles, MFA) and fellow Maine novelist and friend, Margaret Broucek read from their work and discussed becoming debut authors later in life and the joys of…
Sekai K. Ward ’02
Sekai K. Ward ’02 (Los Angeles, MFA) was interviewed in the online literary journal, The Muffin (WOW! Women on Writing). She was a runner-up in the Quarter 4 Creative Nonfiction…
Rebecca Kuder ’01
Rebecca Kuder ’01 (Los Angeles, MFA) contributed a short story “The Only Flower That Mattered” to newly published, multi-author anthology The Book of Flowering. The book features new short fiction…
Arturo Sande
Arturo Sande had a long background in filmmaking before wanting to teach his craft. Once he began working in the classroom, he quickly learned he’d like to combine his passion…
Alumna Publishes Essay in the Wright Memorial Public Library’s Art & Literary Zine (Glide)
Onita Morgan-Edwards, 2017 Bachelor of Arts in Management alumna from Antioch University Midwest, recently had her essay, “Shadows and Benefits of Doubt” published in the Wright Memorial Public Library’s Art…
Victoria Chang is New Chair of the Creative Writing Department
Victoria Chang was recently announced as Chair of Antioch University’s Creative Writing Department. Chang has been a Core Faculty member and part of the Antioch community since October 2017. “Antioch is…
An Evening with Acclaimed Writer and Director Billy Ray
The MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media and KCRW hosted an evening with acclaimed writer and director Billy Ray. Morning Edition host Jonathan Bastian interviewed Ray about his career that…
Alumni Reminisce About MFA Chair Steve Heller’s Mentorship As He Retires
Word travels swiftly through the alumni channels of AULA’s low residency MFA in Creative Writing. Far-flung writers who rarely, if ever, engage together in person, we are nonetheless communicators whose…
MFA Alumna and Faculty Member Publishes an Essay in the “New York Times”
Gayle Brandeis recently published a powerful piece in the New York Times called What to Say (and Not to Say) to Someone Grieving a Suicide. Brandeis is an acclaimed author…