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What’s happening with Antioch’s Alumni, Faculty, and Staff

  • 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 a literary friendship at the Southwest Harbor Public Library in August 2018. Dempsey’s Novel, This is How it Begins, was published by She Writes Press…

  • Debra Gaskill ’04

    Debra Gaskill ’04 (Midwest, MA) received the 2018 Silver Falchion Best Suspense Award at the Killer Nashville International Writer’s Conference for her latest novel, Kissing Fitz. Gaskill was an award-winning journalist for 20 years, writing for a number of Ohio newspapers covering the cops and courts beat, and the Associated Press. She retired as the…

  • Paloma Arnold ’04

    Paloma Arnold ’04 (Santa Barbara, MA) was recognized as the Outstanding Administrator of the Year 2019 by the SBCC Advancing Leadership Association. The award, which honors colleagues who demonstrate excellence in their administrative role at SBCC and who are exemplary role models for all administrators, was announced at the Santa Barbara City College Board 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 Essay Contest for her essay, “The Passing.” Ward is in private practice and utilizes bibliotherapy and expressive writing to help clients struggling with depression, anxiety,…

  • Jeanette Grisham ’02

    Jeanette Grisham ’02 (Seattle, MA) is the new Principal of Lakewood High School in Lakewood, CA. Grisham has been a math teacher, facilitator and regional math coordinator. Most recently she was assistant principal at Bellingham High School.

  • Wendy Chamberlain ’02

    Wendy Chamberlain ’02 (Seattle, MA) was appointed as the Director of Expansion and Innovation with The BOMA Project, a U.S. nonprofit and Kenyan NGO with a transformative approach to alleviating poverty and building resiliency in the drylands of Africa.

  • 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 that explores the concepts of fatal beauty and impermanence.

  • Terri J. Raymond ’01

    Terri J. Raymond ’01 (Seattle, MA) began a one-year term as the 2019-2020 President of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. She is a registered dietitian nutritionist.

  • Jennifer Kretser ’98

    Jennifer Kretser ’98 (New England, MS) was honored with one of the 2019 Environmental Excellence Awards. She received the Alumni Award, which is given to an alumna or alumnus who has made outstanding contributions to the sustainability of the environment through professional or personal action. Sy Montgomery, a naturalist, author, and scriptwriter, was the recipient…

  • Mark Hower ’98, ’12

    Mark Hower ’98, ’12 (Seattle, MS; GSLC, PhD) was named Provost and CEO for Antioch’s Los Angeles campus. He served as Interim Provost since 2017. As campus provost and CEO, Dr. Hower provides comprehensive leadership for all educational programs and activities. He is responsible for the administration of all campus operations, strategic academic planning, curriculum…

  • Jody Larson ’97

    Jody Larson ’97 (New England, MS) published a poem “Will the Earth Survive Us” in Elephant Journal. She primarily writes Haiku, Tanka, and other short forms.

  • Mardi McGregor ’96

    Mardi McGregor ’96 (New England, MA) had work exhibited in a group show at The Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, which featured work in stone and clay and cut paper.