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  • Faculty Member Presents Research on Followership at Global Conference

    Antioch University faculty member Yulia Tolstikov-Mast, PhD, was invited to present multiple sessions at the Global Followership Conference in July, bringing new perspectives on followership, leadership, and collective action amid global crises. As a featured KickStart speaker, Yulia delivered a TED Talk-style presentation, Leader–Follower Role-Switching in a Time of Polycrisis. Drawing on volunteer work with…

  • Chuck Powell Explores Global Threats in New Novel, Unicursal

    Chuck Powell ’14 (GSLC, PhD) had his novel, Unicursal: Redemption in the Age of Nuclear Annihilation, published by Subplot Publishing on July 14, 2026. Set across two timelines, the speculative novel confronts nuclear war, climate disaster, artificial intelligence, authoritarianism, and the possibility that personal transformation and collective action can change humanity’s course. The novel revisits…

  • New APA Publication Explores a Decolonial Approach To Clinical Case Conceptualization

    Congratulations to Jude Bergkamp, PsyD, and Melissa Kennedy, PhD, on the publication of their article, The Aggregate Model: Breaking the Dysconscious Ceiling of Clinical Case Conceptualization, in the American Psychological Association journal Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. The article introduces the Aggregate Model, a practical framework for clinical case conceptualization that examines the interconnected roles…

  • Dani Chesson Publishes First Book, Unstuckifyed

    Dani Chesson ’17 (GSLC, PhD) published her first book, Unstuckifyed: Why Organizations Get Stuck and How to Unstick Them, on July 15. In Unstuckifyed, Chesson examines why organizations become stuck and introduces practical approaches that can help teams move beyond unproductive busyness and create meaningful, lasting change. Chesson is a design thinker and organizational and…

  • PhD in Leadership and Change Graduate Kader Gümüş Selected for Fulbright Specialist Program

    Kader Gümüş, PhD, a 2025 graduate of Antioch University’s PhD in Leadership and Change program, has been selected for the Fulbright Specialist Program for 2026–2029. The program is administered by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational and cultural exchange program.…

  • Marc Stallion Completes Production on Feature Film RIPPLE

    Marc Stallion ’20 (Los Angeles, MFA) recently completed production on his feature film Ripple, an independent drama inspired by the life and experiences of Isaac Bailey, a speaker and advocate who lives with a stutter. Ripple follows a young journalist with a severe stutter who is forced to confront family trauma, identity, and the lasting…

  • Rita Monique Bouchard Contributes Chapter on Nonviolence in Education

    Rita Monique Bouchard ’25 (Online, EdD) authored the chapter, “Nonviolence in Education: Towards Creating Compassionate Communities,” published in Nonviolence as Educational Praxis (Emerald Publishing Limited). The chapter grew out of Bouchard’s presentation at the Spring 2024 conference, A Call of Our Time: Awakenings to Nonviolence in Curriculum and Education, held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She presented…

  • Mindith Rahmat shares 30-day framework for purposeful teaching

    Mindith R. Rahmat, PsyD, a Core Faculty Member of the Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology (MACP) program at Antioch University’s Santa Barbara campus, published a new article in The Teaching Professor. The article explores a simple but powerful reflective practice for educators: a 30-day check-in designed to help reconnect daily teaching with a deeper…

  • Mindith Rahmat Encourages Teaching for Retention, Reflection, and Growth

    Mindith R. Rahmat, Program Director and Core Faculty for the MA in Counseling Psychology (MACP) program at Antioch University Santa Barbara, has published an article in The Teaching Professor titled, “Students Should Leave Our Courses with More Than a Grade.” In the article, Rahmat argues that course completion and a final grade do not guarantee…

  • New Study Finds Forest Cover and Birds Help Reduce Coffee Pest Damage in Honduras

    Michael Akresh, faculty in Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England, has co-authored a new peer-reviewed study titled “Landscape influences on bird control of coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) damage: Insights from a coffee-producing region in Honduras.” The study, published in Ornithological Applications, examines how birds help control the coffee berry borer, a major insect…

  • PsyD Students Attend National Psychoanalytic Conference

    Allyson Lavoie and Emily Kratz, students in Antioch University New England’s PsyD in Clinical Psychology program, recently attended the 2026 National Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association, one of the nation’s leading conferences for psychoanalytic education, research, and clinical practice. The conference brought together clinicians, scholars, and students from across the country for presentations, workshops,…

  • PhD in Leadership & Change Students to Moderate International Leadership Webinar

    Sarah Ehrnschwender and Nicole Williams, doctoral students in Antioch University’s PhD in Leadership & Change program, will moderate an upcoming International Leadership Association (ILA) Leadership Book Buzz webinar, Letters to Lilly — Lessons in Leadership and Loving Yourself, featuring author Alexian Wines. The webinar will explore themes of leadership, authenticity, self-reflection, and personal growth through…