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  • Writing as an Iterative Process

    Writing as an Iterative Process

    Teresa Hoffman I used to think that I had to complete a perfect paper when I first sat down to write. That mindset made me defensive and unresponsive to critical feedback because I thought it didn’t need any changes since it was already perfect. This was detrimental to my improvement as a writer because incorporating…

  • Alumna Highlights the Powerful Concepts of Cultural Pivoting and Contextual Creativity

    Alumna Highlights the Powerful Concepts of Cultural Pivoting and Contextual Creativity

    Dr. Jeanine Soucie has published her dissertation entitled, Contextual Creativity and the Experience of Cultural Pivoting in the Workplace. The study explores the lived experience of foreign-born professional highly skilled employees living in the United States working for U.S.-centric organizations and the impact the interplay between their ethnic culture and the organization’s culture has had…

  • PhD Alumna Shares Reflections on Life Changing Encounter with Civil Rights Icon C. T. Vivian

    PhD Alumna Shares Reflections on Life Changing Encounter with Civil Rights Icon C. T. Vivian

    Nonprofit and Organizational Leadership Development Leader, PhD in Leadership and Change alumna, and Advisory Team Member for the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, Dr. Janet Rechtman recently shared deep reflections of her life changing events in the wake of the passing of influential civil rights icons John Lewis and C.T. Vivian. 1995.  I’m 47…

  • Alumna Leveraging Expertise in Leadership Development and Executive Coaching at Home and Abroad

    Alumna Leveraging Expertise in Leadership Development and Executive Coaching at Home and Abroad

    PhD in Leadership and Change alumna Dr. Tami France, is fully embracing the post-doctoral practitioner-scholar role as she serves Mayo Clinic in a leadership capacity inside Workforce Learning and as Assistant Professor – Medical Education in the Mayo College of Medicine and Science. She is also involved in the organization’s international strategy, leveraging her expertise in leadership…

  • Dr. Maxinne Rhea Leighton: Dedicated to Fostering Human Rights and Ecological Sustainability Within the Built Environment

    Dr. Maxinne Rhea Leighton: Dedicated to Fostering Human Rights and Ecological Sustainability Within the Built Environment

    PhD in Leadership and Change alumna Dr. Maxinne Rhea Leighton, has held leadership roles in design firms (architectural, engineering and planning) for the past two decades, bridging professional practice and thought leadership with marketing/communications and business development. That experience contributed to the research and publication of her dissertation entitled, Arising: Hurricane (Superstorm) Sandy’s Impact on…

  • New Dissertation Demonstrates the Role of Planning and Technology Platforms in Strengthening Sustainable Development and Enhancing Human Dignity

    New Dissertation Demonstrates the Role of Planning and Technology Platforms in Strengthening Sustainable Development and Enhancing Human Dignity

    Dr. Etta D. Jackson has just published her PhD in Leadership and Change dissertation entitled, The Role of Geospatial Information and Effective Partnerships in the Implementation of the International Agenda for Sustainable Development. This dissertation research conducted in Manyatta A and B in the Port City of Kisumu, Kenya, demonstrates the role of participatory development…

  • Exploring The Impact of Career Experiences on Generativity and Postretirement Choices for Intelligence Community Baby Boomers

    Exploring The Impact of Career Experiences on Generativity and Postretirement Choices for Intelligence Community Baby Boomers

    Operations Office of Community Governance National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Deputy Director and PhD in Leadership and Change alumna Dr. Marianne Kramer has published her dissertation entitled, The Impact of Career Experiences on Generativity and Postretirement Choices for Intelligence Community Baby Boomers. This study focused on baby boomers and explored how a career with a mission-focus in…

  • Remembering Alum Bettina Gilois

    Remembering Alum Bettina Gilois

    On July 5, 2020, Antioch MFA alum Bettina Gilois, who was battling cancer, died in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles. Part of the Zephyr class of 2016, her mentor and friend, Antioch Fiction Faculty Alistair McCartney joins those who knew her in remembering Gilois’s “shining presence” and “wicked sense of humor.” Gilois…

  • PhD in Leadership and Change 2020 Commencement

    PhD in Leadership and Change 2020 Commencement

    Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change (GSLC) will be hosting this year’s PhD in Leadership and Change (PhDLC) Commencement for the graduating class of 2020 virtually given the international pandemic. Current PhDLC students, program alumni, University colleagues, friends of the program, and anyone interested in learning more about this innovative doctoral degree are…