Malina Banavong Maladore, a 2024 graduate of the PsyD Program in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University’s New England campus, recently published her dissertation entitled, The Impact of Asian American Cultural…
Expanding Commitment to Latinx Justice, Antioch University Formalizes Relationship With Honduran University
Antioch University and the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán in Honduras recently signed a memorandum of understanding committing to working together on future research, educational and cultural exchange projects, and…
Antioch Continuing Education to Offer Free Seminars on ‘Democracy Deficit Disorder’ As Part of AW4D
Antioch’s Continuing Education division is offering a series of two 3-hour workshops on “Democracy Deficit Disorder.” The workshops intend to explore pragmatic ways to fight for democracy and engage people…
Russell Thornhill Featured in Los Angeles Black Oral History Project
Russell E. Thornhill ’13, ‘14 (Los Angeles, BA in Liberal Studies; MA in Organizational Management) is featured in the Los Angeles Black Oral History project with 14 other community leaders. …
Cool Course: Freedom and Responsibility
I am Gopal Krishnamurthy, a faculty member at Antioch University and founding director of the Transformative Education program. I’m also the educator for the seminar on Freedom and Responsibility. It…
Cultivating Abolitionist Praxis through Healing-Centered Engagement in Social Justice Youth Arts Programs | Dissertation Watch
Laurel Sarah Butler, a 2023 graduate of the EdD in Educational and Professional Practice, just published her dissertation titled, Cultivating Abolitionist Praxis through Healing-Centered Engagement in Social Justice Youth Arts…
Cool Course: Real World Sustainability
In the course “Real World Sustainability,” students learn not just about how to bring the subject of sustainability into K-12 classroom settings but also how to look at the larger…
Cool Course: Sandtray Play Therapy Seminar
When the word “play” comes to mind, many recall childhood memories of games with friends, days of outside exploration, or time spent in imaginative worlds. As we become adults, however, the idea of spending time just playing often morphs into a forgotten activity we are too busy and too serious to engage in.
Cultivating Culturally Responsive Early Childhood Educators | Dissertation Watch
Kameisha Vann, a 2024 graduate of Antioch’s EdD in Educational and Professional Practice recently published her dissertation titled, Cultivating Culturally Responsive Early Childhood Educators: An Examination of Practices, Perspectives, and Reform Efforts.
Empowering Educators Through Trauma-Informed Education
One tool she immediately found useful was Trauma-Informed Education, a framework and practice that specifically emphasizes supporting students who have experienced trauma while making the classroom environment caring and accepting for all. For Venet, this and other equity-based approaches became central to her work as an educator and, increasingly, a thought leader in education. These widening circles of interest led her to return to school—she graduated in 2014 from Antioch University’s MEd for Experience Educators.
Cool Course: Latinx/e Theories & Clinical Practice
Douglas Valdez grew up familiar with curandería, the traditional healing practices that his mother had learned as a child in Mexico. When he was sick, she would pull out an array of herbal tinctures and dapple his tongue with their bitter, dark liquid. When his skin got irritated, his mother spread tangerine peels on it—their aroma delicious and lingering.
Advancing Healthcare for the Common Good with Stephanie Fox
Sitting in a lecture hall in 2007, one thing Stephanie Fox didn’t want to hear when she started studying to be a therapist was that many people leave the field after 18 months. “I experienced that as quite shocking,” she says. Just a few months into a three year program, the math wasn’t adding up to her if that was true. At the time, she wondered, “If I’m going to be in school longer than I might actually be in the field, how is this worth it?”