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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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Loving Ka ‘Āina, and Loving One’s Body
My name is Sierra-Nicole DeBinion. I’m a hapa haole writer who currently lives in Arizona with my mother, two dogs, Lucy and Ricky, and two turtles, Fred and Ethel. I’m a student, a sexual assault survivor, and a nature enthusiast. Today, as an MFA haumana, student, and a mea kākau, writer, in the Antioch MFA…
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Adjunct Faculty Awarded Regional People Director of the Year
Kirsten Frey never expected to be a professor. But with over twenty years of experience in Human Resources management, her expertise has been invaluable in the Antioch Online’s Masters in Business Administration program. Frey has used her position not only to educate but also to advocate. As the Regional Human Resources Senior Director for Walmart…
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At Taos Museum, Alum Fuses Psychology with Visual Art
“We need beauty,” says Marietta Patricia Leis ‘72, ‘75 (Antioch Los Angeles, BA in Psychology, MA in Clinical Psychology). “It helps us make sense of our world.” And there’s much about the world that we don’t always understand or pay attention to—to our own peril, and to the planet’s. That’s why this multidisciplinary artist based…
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