“Growing up as a person of color in a predominantly white town, there were many instances and reasons where I felt like I was on the outside, like I didn’t…
COLORS Celebrates 10 Years of Progress For LGBTQ+ Youth
Cynthia Ruffin directs COLORS LGBTQ Youth Counseling Services, a program that provides therapy for youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other diverse sexualities and genders at…
Cool Course: “Globalization, Immigration, and Education: Critical Perspectives”
“The course is all about gaining a nuanced perspective of the macro- and micro-level effects of globalization and human migration in the classroom,” says Dr. Caryn Park. She’s teaching “Globalization, Immigration,…
Cool Course: Educating Black Girls to Thrive
When Dr. Y. Falami Devoe was thinking of a course to teach in Antioch’s online Master of Arts in Individualized Studies program, she wanted to center her “passion, research, and…
Teaching Community Engagement and Encouraging Unapologetic Self-Care
Three years after Yolande “Falami” Devoe earned her master’s in educational leadership from Antioch University Midwest, she suffered two mini-strokes. “I started on a self-care trek as a result of…
COLORS Director Cynthia Ruffin on LGBTQ Youth Counseling
“Our culture is evolving and we need to listen,” says Cynthia Ruffin, Community Relations and Recruitment Director of COLORS, counseling services at Antioch University Los Angeles that provides free counseling to…
Cool Course: Natural History of Santa Barbara with Dawn Murray
Dr. Dawn Murray, Chair of the Undergraduate Studies Program, teaches a science course each quarter. Each one includes a major component of experiential learning. Natural History of Santa Barbara is taught…