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

  • Anne Stires ’06

    Anne Stires ’06 (Antioch University New England, MA) joined the Tanglewood and Blueberry cove camps board. Stires founded and served as the executive director of Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education. She is now the Director of Development, Outreach, and Advocacy and consults throughout Maine and beyond to support schools as they pivot to outdoor…

  • Sarah Haas ‘20

    Sarah Haas ‘20 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) review, “Justice by Seeing: Of Color by Jaswinder Bolina,” appeared in The Rumpus. Haas’s piece, “A Toy, a Tool, a Piece of Art: Sarah Haas on What a Book Can Be,” appeared in LitHub.

  • Cynthia Thomashow

    Dr. Cynthia Thomashow contributed a chapter to the recently published book “Towards Critical Environmental Education,” which provides a strong theoretical background to a rising field that is rapidly gaining in importance. Her chapter is titled “Education for Environmental Equity and Justice: A Graduate Degree in Urban Environmental Education.” Dr. Thomashow is the founding director and…

  • Adonia Lugo

    Adonia Lugo, PhD, Chair of the Urban Sustainability Department in Los Angeles participated in a panel discussion as part of the 3rd Annual Multimodal and Transportation Summit. Organized by the Center for Latino Progresses Hartford (CT) Academy, the Summit brings together local leaders, state legislators, transportation professionals, planners, engineers, construction firms, developers, students, and passionate…

  • Kate Maruyama ’09

    Kate Maruyama’s (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) story, “Footprint,” was published in Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Maruyama’s piece, “Writing Hope in Times of Trouble,” appeared in Asimov‘s blog From Earth to the Stars. Maruyama’s piece, “Halloween Haunts: Halloween Then and Now and in the New Now,” appeared in the Horror Writers Association’s blog.

  • Janis Clapoff ’98

    Janis Clapoff ’98 (Santa Barbara, MS in Organizational Management) was appointed the General Manager at Belmond El Encanto in Santa Barbara. She has previous leadership positions at the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, San Ysidro Ranch, the Simpson House Inn and the Ojai Valley Inn.  At Belmond El Encanto, according to a news…

  • Aleshanee Akin ’11

    Aleshanee Akin ’11 (New England, MEd) introduces readers of all ages to the art of finger knitting. Bare Hand Knitting: Tool-free Knitting at Its Finest (2019) gives whole-hand knitting techniques with illustrated step-by-step instruction.

  • Erica Charis-Molling ‘19

    Erica Charis-Molling’s ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) chapbook, “How We Burn,” was a finalist for the 2020 Orison Chapbook Prize.

  • Kate Sipe ’02

    What if classrooms were envisioned as a small democracy? What if our students practiced democracy in their classroom year after year? Further, what if they knew they deserved it? Kate Sipe, ’02, Seattle MA in Education with Graduate Teacher Preparation and an adjunct faculty who teaches Classroom Management courses, published a timely post in Medium in…

  • Yodit Semu

    MA in Urban Sustainability alumna Yodit Semu was featured on podcast The Accidental Safety Pro on October 28, 2020 discussing her work in urban sustainability. Yodit is currently the coordinator of the environmental career worker training program at UCLA’s Labor Occupational Safety and Health Division. She is also an educator, providing environmental justice and most…

  • Melissa Greenwood ‘16

    Melissa Greenwood’s ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) essay, “The Stain,” was nominated for Best Small Fiction by Meow Meow Pow Pow.

  • Alex Simand ‘16

    Alex Simand’s ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) piece, “How to Write Through a Pandemic,” was nominated for Best Small Fiction by Meow Meow Pow Pow.