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

  • Bonnie Curtis ’22

    Bonnie Curtis (GSLC, PhD) was recently featured on the podcast HR Superstars. The episode entitled “Developing a Win-Win Dynamic with Frontline Managers” highlights her research and reminds listeners of the ways in which support and self-leadership can impact success. Curtis is the Chief Executive Officer of Golden Spike LLC. She is an experienced executive leader…

  • GSLC Students, Alumni, and Faculty Featured on Leadership Podcast

    According to Scott J. Allen ’06 (GSLC, PhD), “great leaders imagine a better future, inspire others, execute with precision, and achieve results.” Since the inception of his leadership-focused podcast, Phronesis: Practical Wisdom for Leaders, Allen has hosted students, faculty, and alumni from Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change (GSLC) as guest speakers. Each…

  • Maria Chavez-Haroldson ’20

    Maria Chavez-Haroldson ’20 (GSLC, PhD) was appointed to the Oregon State University Board of Trustees by Oregon Governor Brown. Chavez-Haroldson is Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the Willamette Education Service District where she specializes in cultural intelligence, diversity management, information management, and data analysis. Read more about Dr. Chavez-Haroldson and her dissertation LatinX…

  • Mandie Goodwin ’22

    Mandie Goodwin ’22 (New England, Certificate in Nature Based Early Education) was hired to be the first Nature Based teacher in Portsmouth, NH. She brings the joy of living and learning outside each day to wonderful teachers and students at three different public elementary schools.

  • Nandita Bajaj ’21

    Nandita Bajaj ’21 (New England, MED) is adjunct faculty at Antioch University in the Human Education programs at its New England campus. She teaches courses on pronatalism and overpopulation, and human rights. She is also the Executive Director of Population Balance, a U.S. nonprofit that offers education and solutions to address the impacts of human…

  • Wendy Chen ’15

    Wendy Chen ’15 (Los Angeles, BA) has opened the Callisto Tea House in Pasadena, CA. Callisto Teas House seeks out women-owned estates, farms, producers, and distributors of tea, as well as women artists for the images on their site. To sustain the Earth, and the tea it provides, they use 100% recycled in biodegradable/compostable packaging…

  • Obed Danlami ‘12

    Obed Danlami 12 (New England, Environmental Studies, PhD) had their Community Education Program, KELIC Education Consult, was established after graduation to contend with social injustice issues in Africa. The Keene Learning and Information Center exists to challenge the aristocracy created by corruption in Nigeria. KELIC has worked for almost 10 years to improve access to…

  • Dawn Hardison-Stevens ’14

    Dawn Hardison-Stevens (Omushkeg Cree-Metis, Ojibway, Cowlitz, Steilacoom) ’14 (GSLC, PhD) is Assistant Professor in Native Education for The University of Washington Tacoma School of Education’s inaugural Muckleshoot Tribal partnership. The majority of students in their monumental incoming Master’s Cohort are Native American/First Nations. Hardison-Stevens is an experienced educator providing leadership and advocacy to promote academic…

  • Mo Raei ‘18

    Mo Raei ‘18 (GSLC, PhD) recently presented “Coaching and Adult Development Using the Spiral Dynamics AQAL Model” for the International Coaching Federation-Jordan chapter. He was also interviewed by fellow GSLC alum Dr. Scott Allen for the Phronesis podcast. This new episode regarding adult development specifically touches upon his expertise regarding the way in which adult…

  • Kathy Hoffman ’22

    Kathy Hoffman ’22 (GSLC, PhD), Agency Policy and Rules Manager for the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, will be participating in a plenary panel at the Cannabis Regulators Association CANNRA annual conference discussing hemp-derived cannabis products. Additionally, she will chair the panel “Cautionary Tales for Leaders” and present her first post-doc work entitled “The…

  • Mike Young ’14

    Dr. Mike Young ’14 (GSLC, PhD) published Nuclear Vigilance: The Creation of the Atomic Energy Detection System and its Impact on Nuclear Arms Control Goals during the Eisenhower Administration (Airforce, 2022). As the Command Historian for the Air Force Technical Applications Center, Young was able to tell this story about the initial creation of the…

  • Holly Diaz ’19

    Dr. Holly Diaz ’19 (GSLC, PhD) is the new Associate Director for the Morse Leadership Institute at Western Washington University. Diaz is an experienced administrator and professor with a history working within higher education. In this new role, she will bring her expertise in nonprofit leadership and community outreach to the Institute’s mission to foster…