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

  • Alicia Wargo

    PhD in Leadership and Change student Alicia Wargo recently participated in the National Summit for Courageous Conversations on Race, held in Washington, DC. Her session, “Abolishing Whiteness in Educational Spaces,” highlighted her expertise in equity-focused education, which supports school leaders and teams to serve young people through an anti-racist lens. Wargo is the Program Director…

  • Alesia Grace Thompson

    PhD in Leadership and Change student Alesia Grace Thompson has been awarded The Marge Ramsey Scholarship from the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE). This award assists union women in both leadership and career development and it recognizes recipients that have a demonstrated record with labor activism and have outlined professional development goals.

  • Kelly Cerialo ‘21

    Kelly Cerialo ‘21 (GSLC, PhD) recently co-chaired a responsible tourism workshop at EuroMAB, a biennial conference hosted by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Nockberge, Austria. Cerialo is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator in the Business and Hospitality Department at Paul Smith’s College. She specializes in the social impacts of tourism in…

  • Sean Creighton ’06

    Sean Creighton ’06 (PhD, GSLC) has been named President of The Washington Internship Institute following the organization’s merger with the New American Colleges and Universities (NACU) where he remains President. Learn more about Creighton and read his dissertation Community Partner Indicators of Engagement: An Action Research Study on Campus-Community Partnership, here.

  • Harriet Schwartz ’09

    Harriet Schwartz ’09 (GSLC, PhD) served as the keynote speaker for the Cedar Crest College summer 2022 faculty development day. With Relational Cultural Theory as a foundation, Schwartz presented her work on relational teaching. In addition, she engaged the faculty in dialogue regarding authenticity, role, and relational clarity in the teaching space. Schwartz is a…

  • Youn Han ‘13

    Youn Han ‘13 (New England, MS) authored the article, “3 ways educators can embrace and enable inclusive programming,” for eSchool News which explores all facets of education technology. This article makes a case for intentionally inclusive learning spacing for LGBTQIA+, female, and BIPOC students to help address the negative mental health effect of the pandemic…

  • Lynn Horan

    PhD in Leadership and Change student Lynn Horan recently published two articles on her research regarding embodied leadership and boundary work of female clergy. The first, “Separation of Church and State Fails to Protect Female Clergy,” was published by Young Clergy Women International, and the second, published by Presbyterians Today, is entitled “A Time to…

  • Jessica Leith

    Jessica Leith, faculty in the MA in Couple and Family Therapy program in Seattle, will present in the third part of a four-part webinar series through the University of Washington entitled Family-Based Interventions for Child and Youth Mental Health Across the Developmental Spectrum on December 7, 2022.  This webinar is dedicated to family interventions for…

  • Nicole Bossard ‘11

    Nicole Bossard ‘11 (GSLC, PhD) has launched Practicing Positivity The Studio. This innovative YouTube channel builds upon her background in creating thriving cultures through coaching, strategic consulting, and positivity-infused facilitation and training to cultivate a powerful, engaging vision of the future emboldened by aspirational values powerful enough to guide day-to-day practice. With over 20 years…

  • Victoria Chang

    MFA in Creative Writing Acting Program Chair and faculty Victoria Chang had her new book The Trees Witness Everything included on the New Yorker’s list of the Best Books of 2022.

  • Techa Smalls-Brown

    PhD in Leadership and Change student Techa Smalls-Brown recently facilitated the workshop “Creating a Sustainable Whole Child Ecosystem” at the 2022 Collaborative for Spirituality in Education Spirituality Mind Body Institute Teachers College of Columbia University’s annual conference. The Collaborative for Spirituality in Education is dedicated to nurturing the innate spiritual capacity of educators through enriching…

  • Sara Safari ’21

    Sara Safari ’21 (GSLC, PhD) is featured in the new Netflix documentary, Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake, which features survivors’ firsthand accounts and actual footage about the deadly 2015 earthquake that shook Nepal. The event shaped the life and work of Safari, who is an internationally renowned author, speaker, and advocate for women. She…