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

  • Brad Kessler

    Los Angeles MFA in Creative Writing Fiction Faculty Brad Kessler’s novel, North, will be published October 5th by Abrams Books.

  • Katelyn Berezo

    Katelyn Berezo, Seattle MAEd alum, is living the Antioch mission. She has been advocating for first-generation college students for years. She currently serves as the Mentorship Manager at Thrive Scholars, which helps students from underrepresented, low-income communities reach their goals during college. Berezo was recently interviewed about what it means to be a mentor in…

  • Marian Blue ‘08

    Marian Blue ’08 (Seattle, Communications) recently had her book Sailing off the Hook published by Cyberwit Publishing. This collection of twenty short stories involves characters who abandon traditional methods of making decisions, developing relationships, enjoying life, and discovering the magic in life. “These short stories, not about sailing, cover decades of writing that has appeared…

  • Carol Potter

    Los Angeles MFA Poetry Faculty Carol Potter had four poems published: “Tickled Pink” and “When the archeologists” in Unbroken, “The Requisite Bad Hair” in The Laurel Review, and “I know it was not nice of me” in Hotel Amerika.

  • April Brucker ’19

    April Brucker ’19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) had her new book Don’t Read  My Lips! — America’s Foremost Female Ventriloquist Reveals the Secrets of How to be a Successful Vent published CFBP Bestsellers on March 13, 2021. Brucker is a Las Vegas headliner and the special guest star in the Las Vegas revue…

  • Winona LaDuke ‘89

    Winona LaDuke ‘89 (Midwest, MA) is an author, activist, environmentalist, and a Harvard and Antioch University alumna. LaDuke, the Green Party vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 elections, shared her revolutionary economic strategies called the “new green revolution” at the virtual Earth Day Symposium event hosted by Fullerton College’s Ethnic Studies Department. The proposal…

  • Peter Bergquist ‘07

    Peter Bergquist’s ‘07 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) poem, “At the Beach,” was published in Broad River Review, and he has recently published three novels, available on Amazon.

  • Toni Ann Johnson ‘08

    Toni Ann Johnson’s ‘08 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) Homegoing, winner of Accent Publishing’s novella contest, was published on May 1, 2021. Her piece, “Daughtered Out,” appeared in The Coachella Review.

  • Tanya Ko Hong ‘13

    Tanya Ko Hong ‘13 (Los Angeles, MFA) participated in a conversation about anti-Asian racism and violence in the United States for the Writing Remix Podcast Episode #51. She was interviewed for the Writing Remix Podcast and by VoyageLA.

  • Giselle Töngi-Walters ‘21

    Giselle Töngi-Walters ‘21 (Los Angeles, MA), the lead star of Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes’ romantic-drama, “Diliryo” (1997), finished her graduate studies at the Antioch University in Los Angeles. Her focus for graduate studies was professional development and academic classes pertaining to the nonprofit sector. She thought of nonprofit management because it is similar to…

  • Joan Hunter Mayer ‘15

    Joan Hunter Mayer ‘15 (Santa Barbara, MBA) is a certified dog trainer in Santa Barbara. She has a unique educational background that blends fashion (a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising), nursing (she studied at Ventura College and Stanford Medical School), business (an MBA from Antioch University), and multiple dog training and…

  • Carol Potter

    Los Angeles MFA Poetry Faculty Carol Potter had four poems published: “Tickled Pink” and “When the archeologists” in Unbroken, “The Requisite Bad Hair” in The Laurel Review, and “I know it was not nice of me” in Hotel Amerika.