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

  • Stephanie Molina ‘07

    Stephanie Molina ‘07 (Santa Barbara, MACP) is the program director for employee assistance at Cottage Hospital. She has recently joined the New House Santa Barbara Board of Directors. Read more here.

  • Roberto Lovato ’18

    Roberto Lovato’s (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) memoir Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas was selected by the Los Angeles Times on a curated list of the Best Books of 2020 and recommended by SF Weekly’s Holiday Gift Guide. He was interviewed on The Laura Flanders Show discussing…

  • Malia Márquez ‘19

    Malia Márquez’s ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) first novel, This Fierce Blood, will be published by Acre Books in October 2021.  Her stories, “A House So Beautiful” was published in Coffin Bell, and “What Happens to the Heart” in Hobart.

  • Desiree Kannel ’08

    Desiree Kannel’s ’08 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) novel Lucky John was published June 2020 by Black Rose Writing and was named a finalist in African American Fiction from the 2021 Next Generation Indie Awards. Kannel began her novel while in the MFA program and finished it about 5 years later with the help…

  • Kierstyn Hunter ‘07

    Kierstyn Hunter ‘07 (Seattle, MA) was named VP for Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer at Berkshire Community College. She most recently served as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs at American International College (AIC) in Springfield, Massachusetts, where she previously was Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Accreditation Liaison Officer. She has held…

  • Kate Maruyama ’09

    Kate Maruyama’s ’09 (Los Angeles, MFA) blog, “Harvests, Solstices, and Aliens: Genre Fiction and Social Commentary,” appeared in Speculative Fiction Showcase. Her piece, “Dwelling on Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo,” appeared in Cultural Daily.

  • Tim Cummings ‘18

    Tim Cummings ‘18 (Los Angeles, MFA) had his short story, Luke De Foncé Du Nuage published in Scare Street’s horror anthology Night Terrors. He was interviewed about writing and the creative process for the Local Stories series in Shoutout LA, and was a guest editor for Critical Read, choosing micro-essays for their Art Is Essential series during…

  • Kim Steutermann Rogers ‘07

    Kim Steutermann Rogers ‘07 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) published the article The world’s oldest known wild bird just turned 70—why she’s so special, in National Geographic; an essay My Old Friend, Wonder in Wild Roof Journal; and flash fiction, We Hadn’t Had the Best of Relationships, in Bending Genres.

  • Anna Scotti ‘06

    Anna Scotti’s ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) first book of poems, Bewildered by All This Broken Sky was released by Lightscatter Press on April 30, 2021. It was the winner of the Lightscatter Press Prize for 2020 and was reviewed by Pasatiempo.

  • Laurel Dodge ‘93

    Laurel Dodge ‘93 (New England, MS) is the newly hired gallery manager for River Arts in Damariscotta. Read the full story in the Boothbay Register or in the Village Soup.

  • Julia Ismae ‘12

    Julia Ismae ‘12 (Seattle, BA Liberal Studies) co-authored the article, “It Takes Heart, The Experiences and Working Conditions of Caring Educators” which was published in Radical Teacher, No 119, Spring 2021. Read the article here.

  • Dréa Lewis ’07

    Dréa Lewis (Midwest, MA in Performing Arts) was honored to receive a directing award from The John F. Kennedy Center for her artistic leadership on “Tilikum” (produced in partnership with the University of Central Missouri). At the virtual awards ceremony that was held May 22, 2021, the production also received awards for Innovative Use of…