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Jacob Goodwin to Publish Book on Teaching Like a Community Organizer
Jacob Goodwin ’21 (New England, Certificate in Educational Leadership) will publish his first book, Teach Like a Community Organizer: Practical Tools for Community-Building, Civic Engagement, and Progressive Change, on April 8, 2026. The book is an invitation for teachers to engage with their students in the “world as it is.” When you teach like a…
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PsyD Student Shirley Lo Wins APA Dissertation Award
Shirley Lo, a trilingual fifth-year doctoral student in the PsyD program in Seattle, under the mentorship of Jude Bergkamp, PsyD, has won a $5,000 American Psychological Association Dissertation Award. Her dissertation, The Psychological Process of Decolonizing the Colonized Self: A Grounded Theory Based on Hong Kongers’ Decisions After the 2019 Protest, explores how individuals engage…
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Jamie Sipps Joins Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank
Jamie Sipps ‘23 (Online, MBA) has started a new position as a Partner Relations Coordinator at the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank. The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank was formed in 1982 by a group of community leaders who made a commitment to provide emergency food to neighbors in need. Today, the Foodbank provides food and other essential items…
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Harriet L. Schwartz Shares Relational Teaching Insights on Wholehearted Voice Pedagogy Podcast
Harriet L. Schwartz, PhD, was recently a featured guest on the Wholehearted Voice Pedagogy Podcast in the episode titled “Setting Healthy Boundaries with Students.” In this conversation, Schwartz, author of Connected Teaching, discusses the importance of establishing healthy, flexible boundaries with students. Drawing on Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT). In the conversation, she offers valuable insights and…
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Antioch Faculty and Students Attend Annual Association for Play Therapy International Conference
Cary M. Hamilton, Director of Play Therapy, joined nine students from Antioch’s Play Therapy program at the Annual Association for Play Therapy (APT) International Conference in Houston, Texas. The APT Conference is recognized as a leading gathering for professionals across the field, offering advanced post-graduate training, opportunities for collaboration, and a vibrant exchange of ideas.…
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New Scholarship Supporting Leaders Who Drive Meaningful Change
We are pleased to share that Mitch Kusy, PhD, has completed his seventh business book, The Playbook for Leading Change: Proven Strategies for Success, co-authored with Dr. Mike Valentine, a graduate of Antioch’s PhD in Leadership and Change program and a valued research associate. Designed as a practical, research-based guide for leaders navigating organizational transformation,…
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LauraLynn Jansen Leads Human-Centered Leadership Workshop on “Third Space” at ISODC
LauraLynn Jansen ’23 (GSLC, PhD in Leadership and Change) and her colleague Kenadie Cobbin-Richardson, CEO of Kengen Consulting, presented their experiential learning model of Human-Centered Leadership in a session titled Cultivating the Third Space: Aligning Leadership for Organizational Growth at the International Society for the Advancement of Organization Development and Change conference at Sacred Heart…
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Martha Freymann Miser Serves as 2025 Co-Annalist for Her 50th Reunion
Martha Freymann Miser ’11 (GSLC, PhD), founder and president of Aduro Consulting, recently served as 2025 Co-Annalist for her 50th college reunion at Hamilton College. In the reunion letter, she reflects on her experience at Kirkland College, the short-lived women’s coordinate college later absorbed by Hamilton in 1978, which she describes as deeply “Antiochian” in…
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Rami Aizic Shares His Unconventional Journey to Fatherhood in Memoir
Rami Aizic ’96 (Los Angeles, MA) has recently published a courageous and heartfelt memoir, My Dream of Fatherhood: An Unconventional Journey (Franklin Publishers). In it, Aizic opens up about the challenges he faced as a gay man in the 1980s and 1990s, when the idea of men like him pursuing parenthood—let alone biological fatherhood—was virtually…
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Markie Twist Presents Keynote on Digisexuality at the Nordic Association of Clinical Sexology Conference
Markie Twist, teaching faculty in the Division of Relational Therapies, School of Counseling, Psychology, and Therapy at Antioch University’s New England and Seattle campuses, delivered an invited keynote at the Nordic Association of Clinical Sexology (NACS) annual conference in October 2025 in Malmö, Sweden. Their keynote, “Exploring Organic/Human–Synthetic/Technology Relationships: A Look at Digisexuality and Digisexual…
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Honoring Ana Guadalupe Reyes: Advancing Equity And Excellence In Counselor Education
Ana Guadalupe Reyes, Core Faculty in the MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs at Antioch University’s New England and Seattle campuses, received two distinguished awards at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) National Conference, held from October 8 through 12 in Philadelphia, PA. Reyes was honored by the ACES Qualitative Interest Network…
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CFT Faculty Sar Surmick Writes Chapter in Routledge Collection on Decolonizing Family Therapy
Sar Surmick, faculty in the Couple and Family Therapy (CFT) Program and the Sex Therapy Certificate Program at Antioch University’s Seattle campus, authored Chapter 3 in the forthcoming Routledge volume Decolonizing Family Systems, Relationships, and Practices: Intersectional Perspectives. The collection, written by practitioners, educators, and scholars, critiques the colonial roots of foundational family therapy models…
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