• Carrie Stone ‘09

    Carrie Stone ‘09 (New England, MA) has been promoted to Director of Clinical Operations at Elevate Counseling Services. Stone joined Elevate Counseling Services nearly five years ago, first as a clinician, and was soon promoted to Associate Director. She provided clinical supervision to staff, and then Assistant Director. In her new and expanded role, her…

  • Aya de León ‘16

    Aya de León’s ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) novel, A Spy in the Struggle, received a 5-starred review from Mal Warwick at Berkeleyside.

  • Mari Brunner ’14

    Mari Brunner ’14 (New England, MS), planner for the City of Keene’s Community Development Department, was featured in a profile story in the Sentinel Source on how she discovered her life’s passion — sustainable development — in South Korea and came to Keene to study it further, realizing her best work could be done in…

  • Nora Traviss ‘08

    Dr. Nora Traviss ‘08 (New England, PhD in Environmental Studies) was recently featured in The Keene Sentinel. A professor of environmental studies at Keene State, one of her more notable research projects is the long-term monitoring and analysis of air quality in Keene, which is prone to atmospheric inversions that cause heavy concentrations of particulates…

  • Stephanie M. Lindberg ‘11

    Stephanie M. Lindberg’s ‘11 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) essay, “There Will Be Blood,” was published in Assure Press’ Iris Literary Journal.  

  • Dasha Kelly Hamilton ’11

    Dasha Kelly Hamilton ’11 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) was named the 2021-2022 Wisconsin Poet Laureate. Dasha is being honored for her work in the creative industry, the education and training of young poets and writers, and her many other contributions toward improving the industry in Wisconsin. Hamilton makes history as the first Black…

  • Katarina V. Eleby ‘16

    Katarina V. Eleby ‘16 (Los Angeles, MA in Nonprofit Management) has been reappointed to the Physical Therapy Board of California, where she has served since 2013. Eleby has been Manager of Inventory and Distribution at Savage Valley since 2020. She was a Contracts and Grants Associate at Community Partners from 2017 to 2019, a Manager…

  • Marcia Meier ‘12

    Marcia Meier ‘12 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) had her memoir Face published by Saddle Road Press on January 12, 2021.

  • Andromeda Romano-Lax ‘12

    Andromeda Romano-Lax’s ‘12 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) upcoming novel, Annie and the Wolves, was recommended in Buzzfeed News‘ “75 Books To Add To Your 2021 TBR List.” 

  • Andromeda Romano-Lax ‘12

    Andromeda Romano-Lax’s ‘12 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) forthcoming novel, Annie and the Wolves, was reviewed by Publisher’s Weekly.

  • Colin MacKenzie Mitchell ’18

    Colin MacKenzie Mitchell (Santa Barbara, MFA) “The Laundronauts: A Potentially Untrue Tale Based on Actual Events,” an original, scripted, podcast adventure series, written, directed, and produced by inaugural MFA in Writing and Contemporary Media alum, Colin MacKenzie Mitchell, has been officially cast. The idea for the story was first conceived during Mitchell’s time at AUSB and…

  • Robert Morgan Fisher ’14

    Robert Morgan Fisher ’14 (Los Angeles, MFA) is 2nd Place Runner-up for the Saturday Evening Post 2021 Great American Fiction Prize, his story “Pipe Dream Paste” will appear in the magazine in early 2021 and in the digital anthology. His story “Superlative” appears in Feral Cat Publisher’s new anti-fascist anthology Dear Leader Tales and he has stories in…