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With Collective Traumas Becoming More Common, One Leader Studies Their Impacts on Black Mental Health Practitioners
In 2018, Chanté Meadows stood on a TEDx stage and addressed a problem that’s central to her career: why isn’t mental health treated as being equally important as physical health? In this instance, she was speaking specifically about how this pattern affects the Black community that she’s part of. Meadows outlined stigmas she often heard…
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For Kate Evarts, Relationships Are “The Key to Working Toward Social and Racial justice”
Kate Evarts incorporates the principles of social justice into every aspect of her work. This is a practice she has carried from her time earning a PsyD in Clinical Psychology at Antioch’s New England campus all the way to today, when she serves as Core Faculty and Director of Student Affairs in that same PsyD…
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For Emma Lombardi, Individualized Study Meant Listening to Her Ancestors
For Emma Lombardi, Individualized Study Meant Listening to Her Ancestors As she picked up the phone to call the main office of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, Emma Lombardi felt restless and nervous. This was the first time she called the tribal offices for reasons other than logistics. Even more nerve-wracking, this was…
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Remembering Marva Cosby
Antioch University has lost a dear friend and colleague. Marva Cosby, an alum of our Midwest campus who served on the Antioch University Midwest Board of Trustees and later on…
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Celebrating Women’s History 2024
This Women’s History Month, we want to highlight ten Antiochian women who, in their own way, are advocating for equity, diversity, and inclusion. Read profiles of the Chair of Antioch’s Board of Governors, a student bringing sex therapy to her Japanese-American community, a writer excavating her past, a documentary filmmaker helping others tell their stories,…
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Advocating to Center Equity and Cultural Awareness in Social Emotional Learning
When Caryn Park was a small child, her parents moved the family from South Korea, where she was born, to the U.S. so that they could pursue their education. While her parents were international students, Park found herself enrolled in a public school classroom in a small midwestern town. She had to learn the language,…
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Cool Course: Rightful Presence in the Experiential Classroom
As a child in public school, Maura Hart never once felt safe in the classroom. She didn’t know exactly why. She just knew she wasn’t going to open her mouth. Today, Hart has a better understanding of classroom dynamics, one born of over 25 years working in the American education system. She’s been a classroom…
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PsyD Students Present at Washington State Psychological Association Convention
A group of student researchers from the Seattle PsyD in Clinical Psychology presented their research at the Washington State Psychological Association Convention on October 13 and 14, 2023. They presented three posters. Two explored the topic of reproductive justice through a psychological lens. These were titled “Colonialism, Control, and Copulation: A Primer on Reproductive Justice”…
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An Interview With Antioch’s New Head of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Antioch has hired Stephanie Helms Pickett to be its first ever Head of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. This key position answers directly to the Chancellor, is a member of…