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  • Adonia Lugo

    Chair of AULA’s MA in Urban Sustainability, was quoted in an LA Times article called “Nine ideas for making our city’s public space more race equitable” by Carolina Miranda. Dr. Lugo’s wrote on supporting community groups that exist.

  • Kate Maruyama ’09

    Kate Maruyama ’09, (Antioch University Los Angeles, MFA in Creative writing) will have her new book Family Solstice published by Omnium Gatherum on October 17, 2020.  Her novel, Harrowgate was published by 47North in 2013. Her short story, “Akiko” is featured in Phantasma: Stories and “Crying Wolf” is featured in Winter Horror Days. “La Calavera” can be found in Halloween Carnival:…

  • Caryn Park

    Antioch Seattle School of Education teaching faculty Dr. Caryn Park was featured in a CBC story “How to talk to kids about race, and why you should start now.”  Caryn Park, part of the education faculty at Antioch University Seattle, said many parents of young children have had “that moment”: their kids ask about another’s skin colour out…

  • Deborah A. Lott

    Los Angeles Undergraduate Writing Faculty Deborah A. Lott’s essay “My Cultural Appropriation” was published in the online journal Scoundrel Time. As I began to take small-scale social action, my world and my limited notions of other people grew. The movement enabled me to engage with a world larger than my family, my school, my community. The…

  • Georgia Cassimatis ’15

    Georgia Cassimatis ’15 (New England, MS in Sustainable Development and Climate Change) was the subject of a second article in the Keene Sentinel about her successful projects encouraging public arts, including ownership of 17ROX, a for-profit loft for artists; running The Friends of Public Art, a non-profit advocate for incorporating art in public spaces; and…

  • Ronnell Hampton

    MA in Urban Sustainability alum Ronnell Hampton was a panelist at Encompass: Inclusive Architecture, an annual convening of the American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles chapter (AIA|LA) on September 2, 2020. The virtual gathering aimed to “refocus our commitment to environmental justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. As our ongoing pandemic has highlighted the severe inequities…

  • Consuelo Flores

    Consuelo Flores ’06 ’08 (Los Angeles, BA, MFA) was featured by the Los Angeles Times in a cover story about the Chicano Moratorium and its vast 1970 march that ended in police brutality. Flores, who attended the march as a nine-year-old, remembers the day fifty years ago when she wore her prized red tennis shoes…

  • Jake Bailey ‘20

    Jake Bailey ‘20 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) read his poem, “Hallucinatory Experiment No. 8,” for Illanot Review’s Toxic virtual launch party. Bailey had several poems published including “Portrait of a Mouth” in Tab Journal, “Schizo Sees the Man in/on a Coffee Shop” in Booth, “Balloon of Blood,”  in The American Journal of Poetry,…

  • Theordore Burnes Elected to CALPCC Board

    Professor and Core Faculty in Los Angeles’ Clinical Psychology program Dr. Theordore Burnes, was elected to the California Association for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (CALPCC) Board of Directors.  Dr. Burnes began his three-year term on July 1, 2020. Committed to advancing the recognition of the LPCC across the state of California, Dr. Burnes has 14 years…

  • Kate O’Neil

    Kate O’Neil, fourth-year PsyD student, and faculty member Marti Straus have published a timely article in the current Psychotherapy Networker magazine titled Playing Together Apart: Figuring Out Teletherapy for Kids.

  • Adrien Kade Sdao ’19

    Adrien Kade Sdao ’19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) had an essay “Dear Glitch” published in Lady/Liberty/Lit, and “Homeless/Hopeless/Helpless,” appeared in Unlikely Stories. Sdao was accepted into the MA in Children’s Literature program at Kansas State University. 

  • Noah Christensen, Kelsee Luttgens, Rose Nayar, Angelika Bowles ’19

    Noah Christensen, Kelsee Luttgens, Rose Nayar, Angelika Bowles ’19 (Los Angeles, BA) were accepted to present their original research in oral sessions at the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR), an annual celebration of excellence in undergraduate research.