• Yulia Tolstikov-Mast Selected as a Fulbright Specialist

    Yulia Tolstikov-Mast, PhD, a global leadership and followership expert, international researcher, and award-winning educator and Teaching Faculty within Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change, has been selected as a Fulbright Specialist to serve at Starz University in Monrovia, Liberia.  Her project titled, “Empowering Academic Excellence: Enhancing Instructional Techniques and Professional Development for Teachers…

  • Atim George to be Featured Presenter and Facilitator of a Roundtable Discussion at Fulbright Conference

    Atim George ’20 (GSLC, PhD), Adjunct Faculty Member and Mentor in the IMA Program, will be a featured roundtable facilitator for the discussion entitled “Exploring the Arts and Generative Leadership in Nigeria” at the 47th annual Fulbright Conference: The World at a Crossroads, October 25-26 in Washington, DC. The Fulbright Association’s mission is to extend…

  • Faculty and Alum Publish Paper on Road Mortality as a Conservation Challenge for Freshwater Turtles

    Jess Meck ’18 (New England, MS) and Liz Willey, PhD, Research Faculty in Environmental Studies and Sustainability, published a paper titled, “Evaluation of Road-Crossing Terrapene carolina major (Gulf Coast Box Turtle) in the Florida Panhandle” in the Northeastern Naturalist. Their paper looks at road mortality as a conservation challenge for freshwater turtles. For this study,…

  • Nichole Kain Presents at National Adaptation Forum 

    Nichole Kain ’24 (New England, PhD) attended the National Adaptation Forum in St. Paul, Minnesota. The National Adaptation Forum is a biennial convening for adaptation professionals to innovate, network, and focus on established and emerging climate adaptation issues. Kain presented her work, Aging in Place with Extreme Heat: A Residential Checklist. The project’s purpose is…

  • LaToya Jordan Wins 2023 Shirley Jackson Award for Debut Novella

    LaToya Jordan ’09 (Los Angeles, MFA) won the 2023 Shirley Jackson Award for her debut novella To the Woman in the Pink Hat (Aqueduct Press). The Shirley Jackson Awards were established “for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic” and voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors,…

  • Maria Chávez-Haroldson Elected Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees for Oregon State University

    Maria Chávez-Haroldson ’20 (GSLC, PhD) was recently elected Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees for Oregon State University. She began her service, appointed by Oregon Governor Brown and confirmed by the state Senate in 2021. Chávez-Haroldson is an international/national trainer, and her work focuses on organizational development, which is built upon equitable, diverse, and inclusive…

  • Shelita Birchett Benash Presents at IASWG Symposium and Conference

    PhD in Leadership and Change student Shelita Birchett Benash, MSW, is a Board Member-at-Large and Marketing Committee Co-Chair for the International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG), the premier international association for social workers and allied helping professionals engaged in group work. Remotely, she led the digital literacy and social media engagement campaign for the IASWG…

  • Fayth Parks Keynotes A Gathering of Communities Conference

    Professor of Leadership and Psychology Fayth Parks, PhD, was the 2023 keynote speaker for the Communities of United Chicago’s A Gathering of Communities conference. The theme of the conference was Strategizing for a Healing Centered City. Parks’ keynote, “We All Have a Right To the Tree of Life” was in response to present-day and historical…

  • Lorraine Mangione’s Book a Finalist in the 18th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards

    Lorraine Mangione, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Antioch University in New England, and writer Donna Luff, were honored as Finalists in the 18th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards for their book Mary Climbs In: The Journeys of Bruce Springsteen’s Female Fans. The award celebrates self and independent publishing excellence. The honor is bestowed on books…

  • Atim Eneida George Collaborates with Leaders from Keur Maba Diakhou Society

    Atim Eneida George ‘20 (GSLC, PhD) is an artist, educator, storyteller, and transformational speaker. George recently traveled to Senegal on May 18, 2024, as part of Winrock International’s Farmer-to-Farmer program. Winrock International is an implementing partner to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). During this trip, she had the opportunity to collaborate with a…

  • Paula Lowe Impacts Caregivers Worldwide with her Publications

    Paula Lowe’s ’24 (GLSC, PhD) book CarePooling: How to Get the Help You Need to Care for the Ones You Love has been recognized as a valuable resource by the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center to support cancer caregivers. It was recently featured at the Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative’s annual statewide Care for the Cancer…

  • Lize Booysen Elected to International Research Advisory Board of GIBS Business School

    PhD in Leadership and Change Professor of Organizational Behavior Lize Booysen, DBL, has been elected to the International Research Advisory Board of GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science) at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. GIBS is committed to advancing world-class business practices across the continent and globally. With a focus on…