G. Funmilayo Tyson-Devoe, a 2024 graduate of Antioch’s PhD in Leadership and Change, recently published her dissertation titled, Her Voice Matters: Life Histories of Black Women Teachers’ Working Conditions.
Lucy Barbera Publishes Chapter in “The Expressive Use of Masks Across Cultures and Healing Arts”
Lucy Barbera ’09 (GSLC, PhD) published “The Avatar: Masks of Hope and Healing” in the book The Expressive Use of Masks Across Cultures and Healing Arts (Routledge 2024). The Expressive…
Intersecting Religion and Environmental Studies Amidst the Climate Crisis | Dissertation Watch
Cherice Bock, a 2024 graduate of Antioch’s PhD in Environmental Studies, recently published her dissertation titled Ecotheology in Context: A Critical Phenomenological Study of Graduates of Environmentally Focused Seminary Programs in the United States of America.
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?”
David Lawrence Named Dayton Public Schools Next Superintendent
“Two days ago, I made a decision to send 15,000 people home,” says David Lawrence. There was a tornado on the horizon, but still, calling off class for an entire school district was a hard decision to make. Lawrence, a graduate of the PhD in Leadership and Change program and the new superintendent of Dayton Ohio Public Schools, had to consider the impact on students, parents, and the staff that he now leads.
Janet Dewart Bell Joins Tavis Smiley to Discuss Her New Book
Janet Dewart Bell ’74, ’15 (Maryland, BA and GSLC, PhD; and a member of Antioch’s Board of Governors) recently joined Tavis Smiley to discuss her new book, Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women’s…
Yulia Tolstikov-Mast To Lead Workshop on Context and Language in International Followership Studies
Graduate School of Leadership and Change Teaching Faculty member Yulia Tolstikov-Mast, PhD, will lead a workshop on context and language in international followership studies and a discussion about global followership…
Developing More Equitable and Critically Conscious Organizations | Dissertation Watch
Mario Burton, a 2024 graduate of Antioch’s PhD in Leadership and Change, has published his dissertation entitled Developing More Equitable and Critically Conscious Organizations: Testimonios and Critical Platicas with Black and Latino/x LGBTQ+ Male CHRD Leaders Authors.
Ronnie Hagerty Reappointed to the OneStar National Service Commission
Ronnie Hagerty ’12 (GSLC, PhD) has been reappointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to the OneStar National Service Commission. The commission promotes volunteerism in Texas and oversees the administration of…
A Single Mother’s Experience as it Intersects with Misogyny, Patriarchy, and Hegemonic Masculinity | Dissertation Watch
Heidi Sampson, a 2024 graduate of Antioch’s PhD in Leadership and Change, recently published her dissertation titled, An Internal and External Contextual Autoethnography of a Single Mother’s Experience as it Intersects with Misogyny, Patriarchy, and Hegemonic Masculinity.
Elana Haviv Presents at Two Events
Elana Haviv ’23 (GSLC, PhD) will be a featured guest at The University of Wisconsin’s “A Community Café Conversation” a cross-cultural conversation focused on topics relevant to both the global…
With Collective Traumas Becoming More Common, One Leader Studies Their Impacts on Black Mental Health Practitioners
In 2018, Chanté Meadows stood on a TEDx stage and addressed a problem that’s central to her career: why isn’t mental health treated as being equally important as physical health? In this instance, she was speaking specifically about how this pattern affects the Black community that she’s part of. Meadows outlined stigmas she often heard associated with mental healthcare. Friends and neighbors would say, “I’m going to just go to Jesus and pray about it.”