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Cool Course: Real World Sustainability
In the course “Real World Sustainability,” students learn not just about how to bring the subject of sustainability into K-12 classroom settings but also how to look at the larger systems they are operating within. “It’s ecology,” says the course’s designer and instructor, Paul Bocko. “It’s a lot of different elements working together, and they’re…
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Gloria Steinem Has Hour-Long Conversation With Carol Jenkins as Part of AW4D
One of the first events of Antioch Works for Democracy 2024—a multi-month campaign of education and action to build a more just and inclusive democracy during this critical election year—was a conversation with internationally recognized political activist, feminist organizer, compassionate humanitarian, and public intellectual Gloria Steinem. In this timely conversation, Steinem shared her reflections on critical…
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Taking a Stand: Strengthening Our University’s Commitment to Social and Ecological Justice
Four Arrows On June 23, 2024, William R. Groves, respected Chancellor of Antioch University, wrote the following in “Calling for Peace in Gaza and Healing at Antioch” in Antioch’s Common Thread: I am adding our voice to the many others calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the immediate release of hostages, and for a…
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Lesley Jackson Has a Vision for Education that Embraces Complexity and Self-Care
Before self-care became a buzzword appropriated by consumerist culture and leisurewear, the concept was developed and spread by Black feminist activists, including the poet Audre Lorde, who wrote, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” When Lesley Jackson, PhD, first came upon this concept, she…
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Merging Theories for Social Justice Advocacy in Higher Education | Dissertation Watch
Camaron Miyamoto, a 2024 graduate of the EdD in Educational and Professional Practice, published his dissertation titled Daring to Lead with Humility: Merging Connective Leadership Theory and Critical Race Theory for Social Justice Advocacy in Higher Education. Through research using both Likert Scale surveys as well as follow-up interviews, Miyamoto’s study is grounded in leadership…
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Seattle’s PsyD Celebrates a Decade of APA Accreditation and Commitment to Social Justice
The email Jude Bergkamp, PsyD, chair of Antioch Seattle’s PsyD in Clinical Psychology, was waiting for arrived unexpectedly on a Wednesday afternoon. After months of preparation, research, and an in-person site visit, the program had been approved with, as Bergkamp described, “nothing but praise and excitement,” for a full 10 years of accreditation through the…
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Jewish Mourning in the Present Catastrophe
Rachel Kunert-Graf (composed October 2023) The Jewish custom for burial requires that mourners shovel dirt onto the coffin ourselves. We bury our dead quickly. We join the movements of our bodies to help our hearts accept what our minds know. For too many years, I’ve kept my Zionist hope on ice, boxed away out of…
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Exploring Cultural Humility Prevalence and Barriers in Masters Athletic Training Education Programs | Dissertation Watch
Nathalie Towchik, a 2024 graduate of Antioch’s EdD in Educational and Professional Practice, recently published her dissertation titled, Exploring Cultural Humility Prevalence and Barriers in Masters of Science in Athletic Training Education Programs. As a certified athletic trainer for seven years at a diverse, high school in Ohio, Towchik saw the many ways athletic training…
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Disability in Education from a Neurodiversity Standpoint | Dissertation Watch
Isabelle Kluge, a 2024 Antioch graduate of the EdD in Educational and Professional Practice, has published her dissertation, Disability in Education from a Neurodiversity Standpoint: A Multi-Article Dissertation.
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