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We Are the Storytellers: How MFA Alum Ligiah Villalobos Is Changing Film and TV Writing
Ligiah Villalobos Rojas was an executive at The Walt Disney Company, where part of her job was to review scripts written by fellows in the Writing Fellowship Program, giving each script the detailed feedback known as “executive notes.” Villalobos Rojas already had decades of experience as a Current and Development executive on various primetime television…
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Racial Trauma: The Silent Killer Among High School Students of Color | Dissertation Watch
Shedana Hayes-Agent, a 2024 graduate of the EdD in Educational & Professional Practice, program published her dissertation, Racial Trauma: The Silent Killer Among High School Students of Color. The premise of this research was founded on White dominance and privilege, and the study aims to understand the problem through the eyes and lived experiences of…
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Parentification and the Protective Factor of Familismo in the Latine Community | Dissertation Watch
Leury Peña, a 2024 Antioch graduate of the PhD in Couple and Family Therapy program published her dissertation, Parentification and the Protective Factor of Familismo in the Latine Community.
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Mindful-Based Social-Emotional Learning with International School Teachers | Dissertation Watch
Kailyn Fullerton, a 2024 graduate of the EdD in Educational and Professional Practice, has published her dissertation, We Need To Understand It Before We Can Teach It: A Cooperative Inquiry Into Mindfulness-Based Social-Emotional Learning With International School Teachers.
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Coalition for the Common Good Announces Diane White as Founding Dean of the Antioch University Graduate School of Nursing and Health Professions
Antioch University Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and University Provost Chet Haskell, DPA, is pleased to announce that Diane White, PhD, has accepted the position as Founding Dean of the Antioch Graduate School of Nursing and Health Professions. The school represents an important step forward in the collaborative efforts of the Coalition for the Common…
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Tiffany Owens: Collaborating with Others to Change the Arts Education Landscape
Throughout her life, the artist, educator, and Antioch alum Tiffany Owens has been deeply influenced by spaces on the borders that straddle divides. “I am a person who has always lived in liminal spaces—racially, socioeconomically, educationally, and between artistry and bureaucracy,” explains Owens…
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A Founding Dean with a New Vision for Healthcare Education
Everyone in nursing has a story that changes them. Diane White’s happened at the Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta in the nineties. While she was working the night shift in the trauma unit, a police officer was brought in who had been shot in the head.
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Cool Course: Sandtray Play Therapy Seminar
When the word “play” comes to mind, many recall childhood memories of games with friends, days of outside exploration, or time spent in imaginative worlds. As we become adults, however, the idea of spending time just playing often morphs into a forgotten activity we are too busy and too serious to engage in.
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Cultivating Culturally Responsive Early Childhood Educators | Dissertation Watch
Kameisha Vann, a 2024 graduate of Antioch’s EdD in Educational and Professional Practice recently published her dissertation titled, Cultivating Culturally Responsive Early Childhood Educators: An Examination of Practices, Perspectives, and Reform Efforts.
