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MHSA Student Builds on Past Experience, Prepares for Career of Service
Even with a background in healthcare and healthcare management—and a decade of practical experience in community outreach—Florentina Rodriguez found herself hitting a wall in her career. It was clear the main reason she wasn’t getting the positions she was ready for was because she had started working without finishing her bachelor’s degree. Often she was…
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Partnership Leads to Launch of Masters in Humane Education
Antioch New England launched several new programs in partnership with the Institute for Humane Education (IHE) in early 2020. These programs are attracting a wide range of students, with current enrollment exceeding thirty students. The centerpiece degree is an MEd in Humane Education, which helps educators build relevance, excitement, awareness, and compassion into their teaching practice.…
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Alumnus Set to Lead New Africana Studies Center
PhD in Leadership and Change alumnus Dr. Leslie K. Etienne has been appointed the founding Executive Director of the Center for Africana Studies and Culture at Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). Dr. Etienne is also a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Africana Studies Program. In this new role Dr. Etienne will manage all aspects of the…
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Alumna Highlights How Beauty and Poetry Can Empower in the Darkest of Times
PhD in Leadership and Change alumna Dr. Martha Freymann Miser has just published a new article in Coaching Perspectives (October, 2020), The Association for Coaching’s flagship international publication. The new piece reminds leaders of the impact that images and words have in providing inspiration which is especially timely in these unprecedented times. Founder and President at Aduro Consulting, Dr. Miser has over the past…
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The Graduate School of Leadership and Change Launches Professional Certificate Series
Antioch’s Graduate School of Leadership & Change (GSLC) introduced the first two certificates in its Professional Certificate Series: Leading for Inclusion & Racial Justice and Leading Transformative Change. The certificate programs offer the interdisciplinary wisdom, critical leadership skills, and bold action focus that the Graduate School shares in its PhD in Leadership & Change and Master in Leadership Practice, but in…
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New Dissertation Examines Women in Leadership Policing Roles
PhD in Leadership and Change alumna Dr. Nicola “Nikki” Smith-Kea has published, Saving a Set for a Sister: A Grounded Theory Approach Exploring the Journey of Women Reaching Top Policing Executive Positions. The purpose of this dissertation was to gain an understanding of the complex journey of women to top executive policing leadership positions given the vast underrepresentation of women…
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Transforming the Inner Voice to the Outer Voice
Rachel FrANK It’s my first English class of undergrad and I receive feedback for my first assignment. I see a sea of red ink littered with the dreaded “awk”. “There’s nothing awkward about my writing!” I burst. This professor must hate me. She’s letting us do second drafts, but I struggle to even look at…
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New Alumna Dissertation Addresses the Lived Experience of African American Women and Their Bodies
PhD in Leadership and Change alumna Dr. Yolandé “Falami” Devoe is a womanist scholar and arts- based educator with interdisciplinary interests at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, ethnography, and pedagogy. She has just published her dissertation entitled, In Pictures and Words: A Womanist Answer to Addressing the Lived Experience of African American Women ad…
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PhD in Leadership and Change Student Launches Curriculum to Aid Educators During COVID-19
Executive Director and Founder of Generation Human Rights and PhD in Leadership and Change student Elana Haviv has recently led the launching of unMASKing: ThePandemic Curriculum Project. All around the world, we have put on masks to protect ourselves and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Yet, at the same time, the pandemic has taken masks off so many…
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