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Margaret Anne Kean Publishes Four Poems
Margaret Anne Kean ’20 (Los Angeles, MFA) had four poems published in the San Antonio Review. Kean’s debut chapbook collection, Cleaving the Clouds, was published by Kelsay Books in 2023.Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in poems.for.all.com, Eunoia Review, Drizzle Review, EcoTheo Review, and Tupelo Quarterly. Learn more about Kean and her work here.
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Zoe Weil Releases Eighth Book
Zoe Weil, President of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE), released her eighth book, The Solutionary Way with a foreword by Jane Goodall, on June 25 through New Society Publishers. The Solutionary Way achieved #1 New Release in Social Philosophy and Popular Applied Psychology on Amazon and is already receiving high praise from early readers.…
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Susan McKevitt Presents Dissertation Findings at Stanford University
Susan McKevitt ‘10 (GSLC, PhD) recently presented the findings of her dissertation, “What Keeps Them Going: Factors that Sustain U.S. Women’s Lifelong Peace and Social Justice Activism” to Stanford University student/staff activists along with current student activists attending the Multigenerational Student Activist 50th Reunion.
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Dana Kedziora Raises Awareness and Funds for Hike for Mental Health
Dana Kedziora ’10 (New England, MS in Conservation Biology) has taken her passion for the outdoors and hiking and put it to use helping others. She started by joining the 501c3 nonprofit Hike for Mental Health in 2018 and climbing the 10.2-mile round trip up the Jewell Trail on Mt. Washington in Bretton Woods, NH, to raise awareness and…
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Tom Pyun to Publish Debut Novel
Tom Pyun ‘21 (Los Angeles, MFA) will have his debut novel, Something Close To Nothing, published this fall. The book provides a darkly comedic perspective on a troubled relationship within the confines of the couple’s home, juxtaposed with the facade of perfection projected on social media to the outside world. It follows the journey of…
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Lucy Barbera Publishes Chapter in “The Expressive Use of Masks Across Cultures and Healing Arts”
Lucy Barbera ’09 (GSLC, PhD) published “The Avatar: Masks of Hope and Healing” in the book The Expressive Use of Masks Across Cultures and Healing Arts (Routledge 2024). The Expressive Use of Masks Across Cultures and Healing Arts explores the interplay between masks and culture and their therapeutic use in the healing arts, such as music,…
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Charlotte Dungan Named Program Architect of the Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamps
Charlotte Dungan ‘08 (Midwest, BA) is now the Program Architect of the Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamps, which offer free AI learning opportunities for high school students at various host companies across the country. She will lead the team responsible for organizing these free AI boot camps nationwide. Founded by Mark Cuban in 2019, the…
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Andromeda Romano-Lax Publishes “The Deepest Lake”
Andromeda Romano-Lax ‘12 (Los Angeles, MFA) had her novel The Deepest Lake published by Soho Crime on May 7, 2024. It was an Editors’ Pick at Amazon and listed as one of the best thrillers for May by CrimeReads. Romano-Lax worked as a freelance journalist and travel writer before turning to fiction. Her first novel,…
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Kate Maruyama Featured in Shoutout LA
Kate Maruyama ’09 (Los Angeles, MFA) was interviewed by Shoutout LA for the article “Kate Maruyama writes, teaches, edits, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles.” In the article, Maruyama shares what inspires her, how she got to where she is today, and her favorite places to eat and things to do in Los Angeles. Maruyama’s novel…
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Miranda Doyle Honored with the Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Champion Award
Miranda Doyle, adjunct faculty in Seattle’s Endorsement in K-12 Library Media program, recently received the OLA Intellectual Freedom Champion Award, which honors individuals or groups who show exceptional commitment to protecting intellectual freedoms in Oregon. Given by the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Oregon Library Association, this recognition highlights Doyle’s tireless advocacy for free expression…
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Lorraine Mangione Featured on Conversations with our Curator
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music (BSACAM) recently hosted an online conversation featuring Lorraine Mangione, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Antioch University in New England, and writer Donna Luff, for the March 2024 Women’s History Month edition of “Conversations with our Curator,” discussing their book Mary Climbs In: The Journeys of Bruce…
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Peter Nichols Publishes Crime Thriller
Maine author Peter Nichols ‘12 (Los Angeles, MFA) just released his latest crime thriller, “Granite Harbor,” a fictional story based on his own life as a single father living in the small, coastal town of Camden, Maine. Nichols is known for his bestselling novel “The Rocks,” currently in development as a TV miniseries. He has…
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