• Andromeda Romano-Lax ’12

    Andromeda Romano-Lax’s ‘12 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) novel Annie and the Wolves was published by Soho Press. 

  • Lorinda Toledo ‘15

    Lorinda Toledo ‘15 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) began a new role as acquisitions editor at Jaded Ibis Press. She had her short story, “What Grew From the Earth,” published in the literary journal The Normal School.

  • Caley O’Dwyer

    Caley O’Dwyer, MA, MFT, MFA, Undergraduate Studies and MA in Clinical Psychology faculty had three poems and a drawing published in the first issue of the Sentience Literary Journal: “Night Polo,” “Certainly Valsartan,” and “Death Ruins It.” “Sentience Literary Journal is edited by a team of exceptionally talented writers who all graduated from AULA’s Undergraduate…

  • Adonia Lugo

    Dr. Adonia Lugo, Chair of the MA in Urban Sustainability, spoke on “The Human Infrastructure of Sustainable Transportation Systems: Human-Powered Mobility and Just Transition” as part of the UCLA Perloff Lecture Series on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Presented by the UCLA Department of Urban Planning and the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, the Perloff Lecture Series…

  • Khadijah Queen ‘06

    Khadijah Queen‘s ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) essay, “Craft Capsule: Rethinking Theory and Poetics,” appeared in Poets & Writers. Her poetry collection Anodyne (Tin House, 2020) won the Poetry Society’s 2021 William Carlos Williams Award. 

  • Mary Sutton

    MA in Urban Sustainability alum Mary Sutton published had her article “Using Cooperatives to Empower Formerly Incarcerated People—An L.A. Story” published in the Nonprofit Quarterly. Mary is a social activist, artist, and designer of the Collective Remake, a non-profit she started during her studies in the Urban Sustainability program. Mary works full time to move…

  • Michael Simpson ‘86

    Michael Simpson ‘86 (New England, MS) wrote “My Turn: Public works – an opportunity for bipartisanship” for the Concord Monitor, “An opportunity for bipartisanship in public works” for the Union Leader, and “Column: President Biden should go big on infrastructure” for Valley News.

  • Kate Carmody ‘19

    Kate Carmody’s ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) poems, “trump wears shape-ups/666pence none the richer” and “Anniversary,” appeared in No Contact: Issue Sixteen. Her essay, “Family Piece” was published in Potomac Review, and “The #Midwessay: Selective Memories,” appeared in Essay Daily.  

  • Marcia Meier ’12

    Marcia Meier’s ‘12 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) memoir, Face, was published by Saddle Road Press. 

  • Cary Gaunt ‘09

    Dr. Cary Gaunt ‘09 (New England, PhD in Environmental Studies) was recently featured in a profile story in The Keene Sentinel about her work as the Director of Sustainability at Keene State College (KSC). She has been overseeing sustainability efforts at KSC since 2015, bringing to the college 30 years of experience working in sustainability…

  • Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera ‘09

    Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera’s ‘09 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) essay, “Voices,” appeared in The Coachella Review.  

  • Nia Keith ’09

    Nia Keith ’09 (New England, MS) presented “Climate Justice, What Does it Mean and What Can You Do?” via Zoom in her role as the Statewide Climate Change Education Manager at Mass Audubon in partnership with the Chelmsford Climate Action Team. Keith previously served as the Director of Professional Development at the Museum of Science in…