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Message from the Chancellor on the Chauvin Verdict
Today the rule of law and our system of justice prevailed finding Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts for the murder of George Floyd. We have finally seen a measure of accountability for excessive and deadly force by police officers against citizens of color. But no amount of justice will bring George Floyd, or…
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From Acting to Executive Directing a Filipino Arts Nonprofit, Antioch Grad Bridges Cultures and Careers
When you are open to possibilities, life can lead you to exciting and unexpected places. For Giselle Töngi-Walters, a recent graduate of Antioch’s MA in Nonprofit Management, life has included stints as a model and an actress in the Philippines, immigration to the US, hosting a TV talk show, and graduating from both UCLA and,…
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Creating a Safe Space for Expression and Acceptance Through Art Therapy
There is a common thread that connects Antiochians together: a passion to support, advocate, and empower others. Although the journeys are different, the passion and pursuit for social justice remains the same. One recent Antioch alum, Kaitlyn King, is pursuing social justice in her own way, through therapy and art—and the powerful ways they can…
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Training Model Invented at AU Seattle Finds Big Audience
How can student therapists get the training—and training hours—that they need to graduate and move towards being licensed, when a global pandemic has shut down so many training sites? A year ago, every therapy program in the country was forced to grapple with this question. And now a team at Antioch University Seattle has published…
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Earth Month: A Time to Take Action and Actually Make Things Better
Sue Byers As we know Earth Day became official in 1970. The intent was to give a voice to an emerging public consciousness about the state of our planet – raising awareness and advocacy to address environmental injustices – air pollution, climate change, polluting factories, toxic spills, the extinction of wildlife and more. As we…
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Motivational Interviewing for Vocational Rehabilitation: Why it Matters for People with Disabilities | Dissertation Watch
Alicia Wein-Senghas, in fulfilling the requirements of the PsyD in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University’s New England campus, has written and published a dissertation titled Motivational Interviewing for Vocational Rehabilitation: Why it Matters for People with Disabilities. Motivational Interviewing helps people find the motivation to change their behavior by resolving feelings and insecurities. It was…
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Students and Faculty Study Ant, Bird, and Moth Communities
Environmental Studies graduate student Kyle Bradford and Dr. Michael Akresh, Core Faculty in Environmental Studies program at Antioch University New England, were featured in the article Forest Journal: Where do the ants go marching? in the New Hampshire Union Leader. Bradford and Akresh are currently studying the ant communities that inhabit dry oak-pine barrens and…
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I’ve Got a List, So I Check it Twice
Rachel Frank After 4 long years of undergraduate schooling, and 3 long years to obtain my master’s, I was finally sitting in class in my first semester of a doctoral program. This was it. I’d endured the slings and arrows of academic writing and finally, come out on top. The headaches of figuring out properly…
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Pam Muñoz Ryan Wins 2021 Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award For Mañanaland
Antioch University Los Angeles’ Education Department is honored to announce Pam Muñoz Ryan as the 2021 Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award recipient for Mañanaland (Scholastic Press). The Horace Mann Upstanders Award honors children’s literature that best exemplifies the ideals of social action and encourages young readers to become agents of change themselves by standing up to injustice. The…
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