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  • Yulia Tolstikov-Mast, Featured Guest Speaker for World Council on Intercultural and Global Competence

    Yulia Tolstikov-Mast, teaching faculty in the Graduate School of Leadership and Change, was a guest speaker for the World Council on Intercultural and Global Competence. Speaking for the Graduate Student Group, which is dedicated to supporting graduate students in intercultural and global competence work, Tolstikov-Mast’s session, “Uncovering Authentic Cultural Knowledge: Research Integrity Beyond Western Standards,”…

  • Kate Maruyama featured on the Los Angeles Public Library blog

    Kate Maruyama ’09 (Los Angeles, MFA) is featured on the  Los Angeles Public Library blog about her new novel, Alterations. In the article, Maruyama shares her inspiration, influences, and process for writing the novel. Alterations is about a seamstress who works for Edith Head at Paramount Pictures and secretly falls in love with a bit…

  • Cecily Moore awarded Fellowship from Postpartum Support International

    Cecily Moore, Clinical Faculty in the Counseling Division in the School of Counseling, Psychology and Therapy, at Antioch University’s New England Campus, was awarded an Alliance Fellowship through Postpartum Support International’s (PSI) Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color (PMHA-POC). Through her fellowship, Moore is collaborating with her cohort to explore strategies for decolonizing…

  • Ali Corey and Lem Waston publish in the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Leadership Studies

    Ali Corey,  Associate Professor of Applied Psychology and Program Director of Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and Lemuel Watson, Senior Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Vice Provost of Community Engagement and the Coalition of Common Good, at Antioch University, New England, have published a groundbreaking article, titled “Navigating Change and Trauma: Essential Leadership Insights…

  • Bernell Elzey and Taylor Sweet-Cosce present at the National Counselors for Social Justice conference

    Two faculty members from Antioch University’s Seattle Campus Counseling Division, Bernell Elzey and Taylor Sweet-Cosce, presented at the 2025 National Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ) conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, this April. The CSJ conference brought together counselor educators, practitioners, and advocates committed to dismantling systemic barriers and advancing equity through personal and collective…

  • GSLC Faculty Book Reading: Essentials of Constructivist Critical Incident Technique- GSLC

    Harriet Schwartz, Professor of Relational Practice and Higher Education, and Elizabeth Holloway, Faculty Emerita of the Graduate School of Leadership and Change, co-hosted a book reading and discussion featuring their publication, Essentials of Constructivist Critical Incident Technique (American Psychological Association, 2024). In front of a packed audience, Schwartz and Holloway shared insights from their collaborative…

  • Fayth Parks to Present on Integrating Cultural Healing Beliefs and Mental Health Practices 

    Fayth M. Parks, Professor of Leadership and Psychology in the Graduate School of Leadership and Change, will present at the National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH) Conference in Alaska this May. Her session titled “Bridging Worlds: Integrating Cultural Healing Beliefs and Mental Health Practices” explores the vital role of mental healthcare in fostering psychological…

  • Amy Morrison selected to participate in the 2025 Therapeutic Arts Paraprofessional Training in Africa (TAPTA) program 

    Amy Morrison, Program Director of the Art Therapy Concentration in the School of Counseling, Psychology, and Therapy, Counseling Division, at Antioch University’s New England campus, participated in the 2025 Therapeutic Arts Paraprofessional Training in Africa (TAPTA) program in Kenya last February.  Sponsored by the Global Alliance for Africa, this initiative brought together creative arts therapists…

  • Amy Morrison, CMHC Faculty, featured on Creative Pulse podcast

    Amy Morrison, Program Director of the Art Therapy Concentration in the School of Counseling, Psychology, and Therapy, Counseling Division, at Antioch University’s New England campus, is featured on the Creative Pulse Podcast. In Season 1, Episode 4 of the Creative Pulse Radio Show, hosted by Dr. Krystal L. Demaine, Amy Morrison shares her insights as…

  • Tracking Goshawks: Student Chris Liazos Co-Authors Article in NH Bird Records

    Chris Liazos, a student in the MS in Environmental Studies, Conservation Biology program, recently co-authored an article with Phil Brown, Bird Conservation Director and Land Specialist at the Harris Center for Conservation Education in Hancock, NH. Their piece, “Tracking (and Tracking Down) Goshawk Breeding Territories,” appears in the latest issue of NH Bird Records, a…

  • New YA Novel from Rayne Lacko Explores Music, Addiction, and Empathy

    Rayne Lacko ‘21, ’23 (Online, BA, MA Individual Studies) is the author of A Song for the Road, an Eric Hoffer Book Award finalist. She continues to delve into themes of addiction and mental health in her upcoming novel, The Secret Song of Shelby Rey (SparkPress, June 3, 2025). This gritty upper YA novel follows…

  • Laurie Barton Publishes New Poetry Chapbook, Coco Sinatra

    Laurie Barton ’08 (Los Angeles, MFA) has released Coco Sinatra, a deeply moving poetry collection. Coco Sinatra is a lyrical journey through solitude, aging, and loss—balanced by a reverence for life’s quiet wonders. With lines that shimmer like “diamonds dipped in suntan oil,” Barton’s poems invite readers into tender, sometimes fractured moments: a family home up for rent, a…