-
Mindy Coleman ’09
Mindy Coleman ’09 (New England, MA) was honored with the Governor’s Award of Excellence in Customer Service for her work with adults with severe comorbidities.
-
Melissa Chadburn ’09
Melissa Chadburn ’09 (Los Angeles, MFA) published two essays, “The Archive” in The Paris Review and “The Forgotten Babies” in Alta Journal.
-
Angela M. Brommel ’09
Angela M. Brommel ’09 (Los Angeles, MFA) tantalizes the reader’s taste buds with a delicious poetry collection that drips with vivid imagery and bold language. Mohave in July (2019) is both intelligent and imaginative, abiding in the untraversed space between desert and neon, natural and social, science and culture.
-
Lucy Barbera ’09
Dr. Lucy Barbera ’09 (GSLC, PhD) launched the Trauma-Informed Creative Art Therapy Certificate Program, a new program sponsored by the University of Albany’s School of Social Welfare for Licensed Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals.
-
Toni Ann Johnson ’08
Toni Ann Johnson ’08 (Los Angeles, MFA) was the winner of Accents Publishing Inaugural Novella Contest for her novella Homegoing.
-
Naomi Arad-Broome ’08
Naomi Arad-Broome ’08 (New England, MA) led free “Move to Heal” Dance/Movement Workshops at The Connection in Summit, New Jersey.
-
Jeremy Rathbun ’07
Jeremy Rathbun ’07 (New England, MEd) was awarded the New Hampshire School Administrators Association Outstanding Service Award, a statewide educational service award.
-
Gleah Powers ’05, ’07
Gleah Powers ’05, ’07 (Los Angeles, BA, MFA) published Million Dollar Red (2019), a dark and compelling memoir set against a backdrop of cacti-covered deserts in Arizona to the glossy skylines of New York. Powers’ worldwide journey spans from a 14-year-old in search of authenticity to an adult artist’s transformation and rebirth.
-
Susan Southard ’06
Susan Southard ’06 (Los Angeles, MFA) had an opinion piece in the Washington Post about the questions Americans ask, and often neglect to ask, about the 1945 atomic bombings of Japan.
-
Anna Scotti ’06
Anna Scotti ’06 (Los Angeles, MFA) published Big and Bad (2020), a young adult novella with teeth–gritty and street smart with a heart. It is a gripping story about a California teen, whose mom dies and whose alcoholic father is unable to care for her.
