When John Richards sat in on Colette Freedman’s seminar on ten-minute plays, he didn’t expect that within a year he would be a working playwright with his first full-length play…
Demi Espinoza: Bringing Representation and Environmental Justice to the Table
Demi Espinoza is an advocate who believes in the power of narratives. Her own story starts with her parents, people who she describes as working-class Mexican immigrants. Growing up as…
Julie Sayres
An Interview with Julie Sayres, Affiliate Faculty, MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media Julie Sayres is an award-winning screenwriter whose experience includes a successful career as a writer for television…
An evening with Award-Winning Writer and Producer Felicia D. Henderson
The MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media Program hosted a conversation with award-winning writer and producer Felicia D. Henderson. After beginning her writing career in sitcoms like Family Matters, Moesha,…
Gregory Young: Antioch Student’s GIS Work Uses Maps to Tell Stories
When it comes to the climate crisis, Gregory Young wants to be part of the solution. These days, he’s on track to earn a Master of Arts in Urban Sustainability…
Arturo Sande
Arturo Sande had a long background in filmmaking before wanting to teach his craft. Once he began working in the classroom, he quickly learned he’d like to combine his passion…
Alumna Publishes Essay in the Wright Memorial Public Library’s Art & Literary Zine (Glide)
Onita Morgan-Edwards, 2017 Bachelor of Arts in Management alumna from Antioch University Midwest, recently had her essay, “Shadows and Benefits of Doubt” published in the Wright Memorial Public Library’s Art…
MFA Alumna and Faculty Member Publishes an Essay in the “New York Times”
Gayle Brandeis recently published a powerful piece in the New York Times called What to Say (and Not to Say) to Someone Grieving a Suicide. Brandeis is an acclaimed author…
Welcome to the MFA Citizen, Santa Barbara
The Antioch University MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media program launched the Inaugural issue of its newsletter, the Antioch MFA Citizen, Santa Barbara this month. The newsletter, which will be distributed online…
Narratives in Landscape: Steve Heller and Don Strauss Discuss Story and Sustainability
Steve Heller, chair of the MFA in Creative Writing Program, and Don Strauss, founding chair of the Urban Sustainability Masters Program, presented together at the Hawai`i International Conference on the Arts &…
Daniel José Older: an interview with the bestselling author of Shadowshaper and Star Wars: Last Shot
An interview with the bestselling author of Shadowshaper and Star Wars: Last Shot
NAGASAKI – Life After Nuclear War
Susa Southard discusses her 12-year project to tell the stories of survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing