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Undergrad Romance Leads to Matching Psych Grad Degrees
When I met over Zoom with J.T. Derwart and Alexandra Block on a Sunday in late fall that was unseasonably hot all across Southern California they were seated in their home in Sherman Oaks. As one of their cats, Sugar, lounged serenely on a sectional in the background, Block and Derwart, who married just last…
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Bridging Artistic Passion and Nonprofit Management
The day of Diane Tomasi’s 30th birthday party she stood staring at the sky in the backyard of a friend’s New York home, wondering if it would rain. After weeks of putting together a small cabaret theater and dance performance—to celebrate her own birthday but also to showcase the skills and mutual love of her…
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Antioch University Receives $1 Million Gift To Create The Tom Wessels Environmental Scholarship
Scholarships to be Awarded to Historically Underrepresented and Most Academically Qualified Students Antioch University is pleased to announce a $1 million gift from an anonymous donor to create an endowed student scholarship fund. Named after Environmental Studies Faculty Emeritus Tom Wessels, the Tom Wessels Environmental Scholarship will be awarded to historically underrepresented and the most academically…
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Antioch Spotlight: BA Alum Yvonne Wakefield
Recently we caught up with Yvonne Wakefield, an alum of Antioch West, the since-closed campus in San Francisco. Since graduating with a BA in Fine Arts/ Arts Administration, Wakefield has pursued a career in the arts and education, which has taken her around the world and eventually to The Dalles, Oregon where she runs a…
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GSLC Alumna Publishes Dissertation on Womanists Leading White People in Intergroup Dialogue to End Anti-Black Racism
PhD in Leadership and Change alumna Reverend Dr. Tawana Davis published her dissertation entitled, Womanists Leading White People in Intergroup Dialogue to End Anti-Black Racism: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. Womanism is a term curated by Alice Walker (2004) that centers Black women’s lived experiences, past and present, encouraging Black women to no longer look to others for their…
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Dr. Taqueena Quintana Publishes Article on School Counselor Self-Care
Dr. Taqueena Quintana, Faculty in Antioch New England’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program published an article in the Florida School Counselor journal entitled “Refilling Your Cup: A School Counselor Self-Care Routine.” The article describes the need to shift work routines to include self-care and to support one’s own well-being and the well-being of those we…
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Now Recognized by CAMFT, Antioch Continuing Education Expands Offerings to Therapists
Antioch has long been a leader in training therapists, but only this last year has it begun offering the official Continuing Education courses that practicing therapists must complete throughout their careers in order to maintain their licenses in California. Now that the University has been officially approved as a Continuing Education Provider by the California…
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Professor Emerita Gargi Roysircar-Sodowsky Co-Authors “Anti-Black Racism in Contemporary America”
Psychology has been elevating attention to racism and has the opportunity to counter the pervasive and damaging effects of racism. Gargi Roysircar-Sodowsky, Professor Emerita of the New England PsyD in Clinical Psychology program, has recently co-authored the book Anti-Black Racism in Contemporary America (Cognella Academic Publishing) with Sam Steen, Kaye W. Cole. Featuring chapters written by…
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Melding Creativity and Management
“As a teen, I wanted to be in a rock band,” says Daisy Salas, a student in the MA in Nonprofit Management at Antioch Online. Today, Salas is living that dream as the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the Los Angeles-based indie rock band Conductora. The band plays shows around Southern California and has…
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