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  • Fayth Parks Elected to Technical Assistance Collaborative Board of Directors

    Fayth Parks, PhD, Professor of Leadership and Psychology in the Graduate School of Leadership and Change, has been elected to serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC), a national nonprofit based in Boston, Massachusetts. TAC focuses on developing solutions for housing and community support services for low-income…

  • Renee Bradford Joins Board of Directors for the Berrett-Koehler Foundation

    Renee Bradford, PhD in Leadership and Change candidate, has joined the Board of Directors for the Berrett-Koehler Foundation. The foundation’s mission is to “create equitable, regenerative, and loving spaces that draw wisdom from all of the Berrett-Koehler community to support changemakers in co-creating a world that works for all.”  Bradford’s research explores the intersections of…

  • Techa L. Smalls-Brown Appointed Director of the College of Charleston’s Sisters of Septima Program

    Techa L. Smalls-Brown, PhD in Leadership and Change student, has been named Director of the College of Charleston’s Sisters of Septima Program. The Sisters of Septima (SOS) is a new initiative in the School of Education named after educational and Civil Rights trailblazer, Septima P. Clark. The teacher leadership development program, which just formed its…

  • Angie Bryan Receives the Recovery Champion Award from the Association of Recovery in Higher Education

    Angie Bryan ‘11 (Santa Barbara, MA) received the Recovery Champion Award from the Association of Recovery in Higher Education. This award honors an individual or organization that has championed collegiate recovery in a transformative and astounding manner. The Collegiate Recovery Champion Award is the highest annual honor recognized by ARHE. Bryan is the founder of…

  • Anastasia Ashe Publishes Article in Journal of Sexual and Relationship Therapy

    Anastasia Ashe, PsyD, teaching faculty and director of new student support for the Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology program at Antioch’s Santa Barbara campus published an article in the Journal of Sexual and Relationship Therapy titled, “Sensate focus: addressing potential preconceived notions of Black sexuality.” The article looks at how stigmas and stereotypes of…

  • Nicola Smith-Kea Joins as Senior Project Manager to Lead Hate Crimes Prevention Initiative

    Nicola “Nikki” Smith-Kea, PhD, ‘20 (GSLC, PhD) has been hired as Senior Project Manager to manage a $1.2 million grant award through the U.S. Department of Justice for the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program. Smith-Kea will lead the implementation of a comprehensive hate crime prevention program, which will include law enforcement training,…

  • Brian Greenberg Appointed Chief Information Officer at Leading Leadership Consulting Firm RHR International

    Brian Greenberg ‘03 (Seattle, MA in Whole Systems Design/Systems Theory) joined RHR International as Chief Information Officer. RHR International is one of the world’s preeminent leadership consulting firms, composed of behavioral scientists and practitioners. Their mission is to help CEOs, boards, senior executives, teams, and tomorrow’s leaders master the art and science of leadership. Greenberg…

  • Antioch Environmental Studies Researchers Publish Paper on Avian Nest Materials in Ecology and Evolution

    David Mandell ‘24 (New England, MS), Kat Lauer ‘20 (New England, MS), and Mike Akresh, core faculty in the MS in Environmental Studies program, co-director, Antioch Spatial Analysis Lab Environmental Studies (ASAL), and director of the Conservation Biology concentration published an article in Ecology and Evolution titled, “Differential use of nest materials and niche space among avian species…

  • Antioch Researchers Publish Paper on Forest Bathing and Adolescent Connection to Nature

    Jen Keller ‘23, (PhD, New England), Jason Rhoades, PhD, program director of Antioch’s PhD in Environmental Studies program in New England, Jean Kayira, former Antioch Environmental Studies faculty, and Louise Chawla published a paper in the Journal of Ecopsychology titled, “Forest Bathing Increases Adolescent Connection to Nature: A Mixed Methods Study.” This study looked at high school…

  • Mike Bills Publishes Insightful Article on Optimism Bias in Trusteeship Magazine

    Mike Bills ’20 (GSLC, PhD) published an article entitled, “Optimism Bias: How It Can Impact Decision Making on Boards” in the May/June 2024 issue of the Trusteeship Magazine. The article focuses on the challenges that higher education faces today due to lack of enrollment and the complications of trustees over budgeting. It aims to educate…

  • Harriet Schwartz and Elizabeth L. Holloway Co-Author Groundbreaking Book on Constructivist Critical Incident Technique

    Harriet Schwartz ’09 (GSLC, PhD) Professor of Relational Practice and Higher Education in the Graduate School of Leadership and Change, and Elizabeth L. Holloway, PhD, Professor Emeritus,  have co-authored the book Essentials of Constructivist Critical Incident Technique. Published by the American Psychological Association, it is the first book on Critical Incident Technique (CIT), a method…

  • Christine Gonzalez Honored as 2024 Leader of Influence by Los Angeles Business Journal

    Christine (Posadas) Gonzalez ‘20 (Los Angeles, MA in Nonprofit Management) has been recognized as a 2024 esteemed Leader of Influence by the Los Angeles Business Journal. She is co-director of AmeriCorps Seniors at L.A. Works and this recognition highlights her incredible dedication and impact in the nonprofit sector. The article highlights her work: “Gonzalez has…