Shawna Garritson ‘14 (New England, MED) is the new director of Valley Oak Charter School in Mira Monte, CA. She is an educator with a background in charter schools, having…
Leah Hanes ’08, ’13, ’15
Leah Hanes ’08, ’13, ’15 (Los Angeles BA, MA, PhD Leadership & Change) co-authored the new book, Shaping the Future of Education: The ExoDexa Manifesto (Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2023)….
Shonda Buchanan ’10
Shonda Buchanan ’10 (Los Angeles, MFA) was awarded a California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship. Buchanan is the author of five books, including the award-winning memoir, Black Indian. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Oxfam…
Atim Eneida George ’18
Atim Eneida George ’18 (GSLC, PhD) has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award. George will complete a project at Lead City University in Nigeria that aims to exchange knowledge and establish…
Kate O’Neill
Kate O’Neill ’11 (GSLC, PhD) is the new Dean of the College of Business at the American University of Iraq-Baghdad. Learn more about O’Neill in a Common Thread profile Education…
Atim Eneida George Awarded One of Four 2023 Archie Green Fellowships
Atim Eneida George ’20 (GSLC, PhD) has been awarded one of four 2023 Archie Green Fellowships from The American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress. The Fellowships are…
Froswa’ Booker-Drew ‘14
Froswa’ Booker-Drew’s ‘14 (GSLC, PHD) book, Empowering Charity: A New Narrative of Philanthropy (Baylor University Press, 2022), has been awarded a 2023 Nautilus Book Award. The award recognizes books that…
Arielle Silver ’16
Arielle Silver ’16 (Los Angeles, MFA), adjunct faculty in the Los Angeles Undergraduate Studies Department, joined the team at The SONA Foundation, which develops programs, resources, and grants to support…
Claudia Ford ’86, ‘15
Claudia Ford ’86, ‘15 (San Francisco, MBA in Health Administration; New England, PhD in Environmental Studies) was recently named a Distinguished Visiting Scholar for 2023-24 from the University at Buffalo’s…
Chris Taylor ’19
Chris Taylor ’19 (GSLC, PhD), Director at Apricus Australia & Reclaim Energy, led his team and the organization to receive 2023 National Banksia Awards finalist status. The prestigious recognition and…
Ruta Shah-Gordon ’16
Ruta Shah-Gordon ’16 (GSLC, PhD) was awarded a reciprocal exchange grant from the United States Department of State and the International Research and Exchanges Board to work with Mandela Fellow…
Naomi Nightingale ’14
Naomi Nightingale ’14 (GSLC, PhD) established the Oakwood Preservation Coalition (OPC), a nonprofit corporation created to develop, uphold and support social, educational, economic, and environmental justice in the historic Black…