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Heridas Invisibles (Invisible Wounds)
Lizbeth Duran Oden As I start my journey towards a doctoral degree, I am coming face to face with my experience living in a white supremacist society through the curriculum of my courses. I always thought that issues of race did not really affect me. I don’t have a long list of blatant racist encounters…
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GSLC Alumna Publishes Dissertation on Change in Complex Regulatory Systems
Dr. Kathy Hoffman, PhD in Leadership and Change alumna, published her dissertation titled, Toward Socially Equitable Conditions: Change in Complex Regulatory Systems. The purpose of this qualitative participatory action research was to explore how complexity is engaged and experienced in complex regulatory systems and to understand how cannabis might be regulated in ways that lead to socially…
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Holistic Ways of Healing
MARILYN MUSTERAIT Ever since I was little, my Grand Uncle, an honorary member of the Tonkawa Tribe, would visit my family from Oklahoma, and tell us stories of tradition and healing. My passion in the field of mental health grew from being highly interested in the homeopathic and spiritual forms of wellness, and advocating for…
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Raising Awareness and Improving Vision for Childhood Learning
It was almost twenty years ago when Wendy Rosen’s daughter began having difficulties in school. The long-time elementary school teacher knew something was wrong. But she didn’t know what. She watched as her child’s handwriting worsened between kindergarten and second grade, and as her daughter became frustrated in classes. Although she was doing well in…
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GSLC Alumna Publishes Dissertation on Sensemaking and Sensegiving of Organizational Change
Dr. Sara Barry, PhD in Leadership and Change alumna, published her dissertation entitled, Locating Uncertainty in Hospital Leader Sensemaking and Sensegiving of Organizational Change: A Single Case Study. Leaders planning strategic change face significant ambiguity and uncertainty due to the complex, fast-paced, and volatile nature of organizational life. What one leader sees as an opportunity, another may view…
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Homage to our Everyday Hispanic Heroes
JUSTINA GARCIA A recent review of the history of Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) brought this national celebration surprisingly close to home for me. I’m encouraged by the ways in which Hispanics who have achieved acclaim for their contributions in uplifting us as a people, are traditionally recognized this month. It opens a door to examining…
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Under Plan, Antioch University to Construct a State-of-the-Art Building to Create Contemporary Educational Spaces for its Growing Learning Community
Campus building will be on property owned by Keene State College Antioch University and the University System of New Hampshire (USNH) are pleased to announce that they have a letter of intent to collaborate on the relocation of Antioch’s New England graduate school to downtown Keene. The letter contemplates construction of a new state-of-the-art campus…
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A Year In, Zoo Project Leads to Expanding Community Partnerships
“The question now is, how do we do this?” says Antioch University faculty member Dr. Kayla Cranston. Cranston is leading Antioch’s ongoing Co-Designing Conservation With (Not For) Communities project through which the university partners with zoos and aquariums across the country to help these public institutions promote communication and develop programming in close consultation with…
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Examining Social Marketing’s Institutionalization within Environmental Contexts | Dissertation Watch
Dr. Liz Foote, PhD in Environmental Studies alum, published her dissertation titled, The Diffusion of a Discipline: Examining Social Marketing’s Institutionalization within Environmental Contexts. As a social change discipline, social marketing has demonstrated its effectiveness in addressing many types of wicked problems. However, despite its utility in environmental contexts, it is neither well known nor widespread in its…
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