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

  • Natashia Deón

    MFA in Creative Writing Faculty Natashia Deón‘s The Perishing was published on November 2nd by Counterpoint Press. It was listed as a must-read by Shondaland.

  • Victoria Chang

    Los Angeles MFA Program Chair Victoria Chang was profiled by Kamran Javadizadeh for The New Yorker about her books Dear Memory (Milkweed) and Obit (Copper Canyon Press): “Chang has followed language to the edge of what she knows; the question her book asks is whether language can go further still, whether it can be trusted…

  • Alum and Faculty Share Advancing Equity Grant with Washington State Professional Educator Standards Board

    Dr. Rachel Oppenheim, Associate Dean of our Graduate School of Education, and Kyla Crawford ’13, ’17 (Seattle, BA; Seattle, MA in Teaching) and a teacher-librarian in the Tukwila School District, participated in a panel event at the Washington State Professional Educator Standards Board meeting and shared about Antioch Seattle’s Advancing Equity Grant project. The previous…

  • Shameika Hanson ’20

    Shameika Hanson ‘20 (New England, MS in Environmental Studies, Sustainable Development and Climate Change) has been elected to the American Society of Adaptation Professionals’ (ASAP) Board of Directors. Hanson, a native of Huntington Station, is currently a Community Protection Specialist at the Nature Conservancy in New York. She began her board term in fall 2021,…

  • Adrian Ernesto Cepeda ‘16

    Adrian Ernesto Cepeda‘s ’16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) Speaking con Su Sombra was published in late September from Alegría Publishing. 

  • Dan Bellm

    MFA in Creative Writing Faculty Dan Bellm’s translation of Balam Rodrigo’s poem, “The Patron Saints,” appeared in Poem-a-Day by the Academy of American Poets.

  • Sarah Manguso

    Los Angeles MFA in Creative Writing Faculty Sarah Manguso appeared on the Artist Reunion episode of the Shaddow//Yaddo podcast.

  • Victoria Chang

    Los Angeles MFA in Creative Writing Program Chair Victoria Chang was interviewed by NPR about Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief.

  • Anne Liu Kellor ‘06

    Anne Liu Kellor’s ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA) memoir, Heart Radical: A Search for Language, Love, and Belonging was published by She Writes Press. It was listed as a top September pick by Ms.

  • Thomas Wessels

    Thomas Wessels, Professor Emeritus at New England and founder of the master’s degree program in Conservation Biology, had his latest book New England’s Roadside Ecology published by Timber Press.  The book guides readers through 30 spectacular natural sites, all within an easy walk from the road. The sites include the forests, wetlands, alpines, dunes, and…

  • Gayle Brandeis ‘01

    Gayle Brandeis ‘01 (Los Angeles, MFA) had her Modern Love essay, “We Wanted to Split Up. OkCupid Had Other Ideas,” appear in The New York Times.

  • Suzanne Edison ’82, ’76

    Suzanne Edison ’82, ’76 (University Seattle, MA, and Yellow Springs & Baltimore, BA in Psychology and Dance) was appointed to the position of Mental Health Coordinator at the Cure JM Foundation. Her responsibilities will include oversight of Cure JM’s Mental Health and Emotional Wellness program. The goals of this new Cure JM program are to assist…