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How Anyone Can Develop an Aptitude for Writing
Whether you dream of becoming an author, or are just looking to communicate more efficiently, develop your writing skills using a few easy tips and tricks.
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Less is More
Madison Dell The nemesis of my academic world is the page limit. I’ve spent hours rereading papers, painfully deleting one word at a time, cursing the stringent requirements of academia. “Conciseness is a sign of sophistication,” my professors would say. But how would they understand my ideas if they weren’t fully explained? After many years of…
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Alumna Shines Light on the Influence of Latinx Women’s Identities in Leadership
Director of Health Information Management Services for UCLA Health System and PhD in Leadership and Change alumna Dr. Maria Caban Alizondo has published her dissertation entitled, Dialogic Identity Construction: The Influence of Latinx Women’s Identities in their Health Information Management Practice. The study examines the experiences of Latinx women leaders in health information management in the United States…
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New Alumna Dissertation Highlights Impact of Pandemic Era Video Communication
President of Bridging the Difference, LLC, and PhD in Leadership and Change alumna Dr. Betty Johnson has just published her dissertation entitled, Video Meetings in a Pandemic Era: Emotional Exhaustion, Stressors, and Coping. This exploratory mixed-methods study aims to address, in part, the scientific knowledge gap regarding video meetings as a source of emotional labor. This…
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Examining Higher Education’s Immunity to Change | Dissertation Watch
Director and Principal Consultant at the Education Advisory Board (EAB) in Washington, DC. and PhD in Leadership and Change alum Dr. Brittany Motley has published her dissertation entitled, Higher Education’s Immunity to Change: Understanding How Leaders Make Meaning of Their Student Success Landscape. The research looks into equity in higher education with the goal of providing…
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Fostering Resilience in Your Nonprofit Organization
By definition, resilience is the ability to recover, adjust, and bounce back quickly from difficulties. It’s an invaluable quality to possess in a position of nonprofit leadership, and one that will help both you and your staff to successfully progress and avoid burnout. Each and every organization is composed of individuals with unique personalities and…
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Film Fare
Antioch University Los Angeles BA in Liberal Studies, Psychology Concentration student Peter Ehrenfried’s 4-minute film “Surfridge” is our feature story for this issue of Psychology Spotlight. “Surfridge” (you can watch the video here) was Peter’s final project for the course “Documentary Film & The American Psyche” taught by Charley Lang. We sat down with Peter to…
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In Memoriam: Remembrances of Elizabeth Ann Courtney Pratt
Susan weber June 7, 1932 – January 1, 2021 Ann was a member of the ‘great generation’. Hers was not the first who brought Anthroposophy to the North American continent, but the generation who took it up and made it their lives’ work, creating, spiritually striving, as the seeds of change began to germinate farther…
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New Alumna Dissertation Examines the Transformative Role of Religious Leadership in Response to Racism and Social Injustice
Artist, Social Activist, and PhD in Leadership and Change alumna Dr. Shandell Maxwell has published her dissertation entitled, Religious Racial Socialization: The Approach of a Black Pastor at an Historic Black Baptist Church in Orange County, California.
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