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Antioch’s RMA Program Teaches Students to Address Complex Challenges in Changing Landscapes
The 21st century has been full of stark warnings about the reality and urgency of the climate emergency. While these can be scary and worrying, the moment is also full of opportunities for leaders to emerge who understand science, excel at communication, and can bring together experts from multiple fields to reach a common goal.…
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Antioch Expands Access With New Low-Residency Masters in Psychology Program
During the pandemic, many classes across Antioch shifted online. This could have resulted in a reduced learning experience, but in many cases it instead created opportunities for instructors and program administrators to reevaluate and rethink how education works—and what might be possible. One of the biggest and most hopeful developments at Antioch is the expansion…
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Students Embody Breadth of EdD’s New Multicultural and Antiracist Concentration
When the Doctor of Education (EdD) program at Antioch Online added a new Multicultural and Anti-Racist Education Specialization earlier this year, Michael Raffanti, the Dean of Antioch’s School of Education, was confident the program would attract the students for whom this specialization was a perfect fit. But he didn’t know that it would swiftly grow…
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Teacher and Student Publish Article on Family Violence, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Resilience
What are the root causes of family violence? And how can therapists and communities work to help families transcend adversity so that they are able to realize post-traumatic growth and resilience? These are some of the questions asked in a pathbreaking new article by Dr. Stephen Southern of Antioch Los Angeles and Raymond D. Sullivan…
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Continuing Education for a New Generation of Working Adults
Terry Ratcliff, Dean of the School of Distance and Extended Education at Antioch University, was recently elected as a Director at Large to the Board of Directors of the Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE). This is exciting news for both ACHE and for Antioch! Ratcliff believes that higher education, training, and lifelong learning are…
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With New Workbook, Martha Straus Helps Parents and Children Manage Big Emotions
“It’s part of our job description as parents to remain reasonable—to have access to a rational adult brain—when our kids start falling apart,” writes Dr. Martha Straus in her latest publication. But, she says, “It’s a job that appears to take a lifetime of practice to get better at.” That’s precisely why Straus, a Professor…
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Dr. Devona Stalnaker-Shofner Recipient of the 2021 NARACES Social Justice Award
When Dr. Devona Stalnaker-Shofner, EdD accepted the 2021 NARACES Social Justice Award at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) conference on October 8th, she envisioned her accomplishment and her work as part of a lineage of many lifetimes of social justice work, activists and educators who came before her, and her ancestors. Stalnaker-Shofner…
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Democracy is Under Attack. Here’s What Higher Ed Must Do About It
Democracy is under attack globally. It is succumbing to the allure of fascism where the masses turn to a strong authoritarian leader to solve their problems. Unfortunately, this trend has reached the United States and India, one of the oldest democracies and the largest democracy in the world. The election of Donald Trump as president…
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Antioch PhD Candidate Clara Fang Receives Switzer Fellowship for Work in Equity and Inclusion in the Climate Movement
This past summer, heavy rains flooded the city of Detroit, Michigan, where Clara Fang lives with her partner, their dog, and two cats. Her basement was flooded with nine inches of sewage backup while other residents had as much as four feet. It took weeks for her home to be restored to a livable condition,…
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