Shonda Buchanan ’10 (Los Angeles, MFA) was awarded a California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship. Buchanan is the author of five books, including the award-winning memoir, Black Indian. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Oxfam…
Consuelo Flores Has Play Featured in One-Act Festival
Consuelo Flores ’06, ‘08 (Los Angeles, BA, MFA) is a writer member of the Fierce Backbone Theatre Company. Her play, “Imperfect Lives,” is featured in their one-act festival, Think &…
Within Academia and Spirituality, Russell Thornhill Leads Towards Liberation
Russell Thornhill has spent decades of his life lifting up other people and their stories—through his ministry, through his teaching, through his scholarship, and through his platform as a key member of his community. But for a long time he resisted centering himself and his personal experiences.
Jessica “Jess” Ballen
MFA in Creative Writing candidate Jessica “Jess” Ballen was named managing editor of submissions for Lunch Ticket, the literary magazine from Antioch’s MFA community. Ballen, who started contributing to Lunch…
New Undergraduate Scholarship Honors Program Founder Al Erdynast
Earlier this year, Antioch University introduced a new $10,000 scholarship that will be awarded to undergraduates. Called the Undergraduate Founders Scholarship, it highlights the formative and developmental work of Al Erdynast, the first director of Antioch University’s Los Angeles campus, the founder of the undergraduate studies program there, and a key member of the faculty for fifty years and counting.
Antioch MFA Honored for “Outstanding Screenwriting Training” on 25 Best Film Schools List
Antioch University’s MFA in Creative Writing has received the honor of being named one of MovieMaker’s 25 Best Film Schools for 2023, with the magazine recognizing it as one of three standouts for the category of Outstanding Screenwriting Training, alongside Emerson College and UCLA.
MFA Program Highlights Alumni in Magazine & Media Section of AWP
Antioch’s MFA Program in Creative Writing recently touched base with three alumni who have achieved recognition for their work in the first half of 2023 and asked them: what did…
Alum Stages Art Show About “Stolen Identities”
Deborah McDuff Williams ’02 (Los Angeles, BA) is exhibiting her artwork in a solo show titled “Stolen Identities: River Routes to Freedom Collection.” The exhibition is on display from May…
The Students Healing Educational Trauma by Studying Literature, History, Art, and Philosophy
Higher education is not just about getting a job—and the Clemente program suggests that study of the humanities can be life-changing and empowering.
Consuelo Flores ’06, ‘08
Consuelo Flores ’06, ‘08 (Los Angeles, BA, MFA) was showcased in a KCET story on the 50th Anniversary Biennial Paper Fashion Gala & Runway Show which featured 13 designs of…
Arielle Silver ’16
Arielle Silver ’16 (Los Angeles, MFA), adjunct faculty in the Los Angeles Undergraduate Studies Department, joined the team at The SONA Foundation, which develops programs, resources, and grants to support…
Carrie Lynn Hawthorne ‘22
Carrie Lynn Hawthorne ‘22 (Online, UGS), a candidate in the MFA in Creative Writing program, had her nonfiction piece, “The House That Zillow Built,” published in the seventh volume of…