What does it mean to know a place, an ecosystem, or a subject? This question has long fascinated Jean Kayira, the Director of Antioch’s PhD in Environmental Studies.
Investigating the Lessons of Black Parents in Voice and Advocacy
When Black children encounter racism in American schools, how can their parents advocate for them? This is a question that is both academic and personal for Mark McMillian.
Exploring the Career Advancement Experience of Black Women on Their Journey to Executive Levels | Dissertation Watch
Dr. Pamela Viscione, PhD in Leadership and Change alum, published her dissertation titled, Exploring the Career Advancement Experience of Black Women on Their Journey to Executive Levels in Large American Corporations. Corporations began…
Nia Keith: Envisioning A Paradigm Shift For Environmental Conservation
Imagining a world in which the people working in environmental conservation reflect the diversity of life they aim to protect means imagining a world that’s not yet arrived. But things…
Why I Chose Antioch | Angela Elayne Gibbs
I’m glad I waited and I’m glad it was Antioch that I came back to. I was ready. I was ready to learn. I had lived some life, so I…
Environmental Studies Alumni Career Spotlight: Shameika Hanson
(This is part of a series spotlighting and exploring the career paths of graduates of Antioch University’s School of Environmental Studies.) Name: Shameika Hanson Job title: Community Protection Specialist at…
Cool Courses: “The Rise of Black Power Movement & the Black Panther Party”
Five years ago I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Dr. Elaine Parker-Gills in person for an article about the variety of African American studies courses she teaches at Antioch…
GSLC Graduate Practices Generative Leadership and Diplomacy
Dr. Atim Eneida George has long felt the urgency of leadership. “I would take it back to my childhood,” she says. “Even though I was the youngest, I felt that…
Honoring Black History: Terrence Roberts and The Little Rock Nine
Sixty-five years ago, a group of nine African American teenagers volunteered to be among the first to help desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The three boys and…
Helping Black Students by Teaching Their Teachers
If you want to make the biggest impact on the world, says Dr. J. Love Benton, you should “duplicate you.” If someone “comes in contact with a person who’s come…
Sharing Education as the Passport to Access and Opportunity
When Malcolm X said, “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today,” he could as well have been speaking about Jacqueline…
Clearing Pathways to Success for Black Boys and Educators of Color
“If I’m serving Black boys in a classroom, then everybody else is getting served too,” says Kyla Crawford, a teacher and librarian in Tukwila, Washington. Crawford, who graduated in 2017…