What are the root causes of family violence? And how can therapists and communities work to help families transcend adversity so that they are able to realize post-traumatic growth and…
All Counseling is Trauma Counseling
A trauma can be something like a car crash or an earthquake or an eviction, a major event one can point to as life-changing. These are what clinicians refer to…
Santa Barbara Management Guru, Author, and Philanthropist Kenneth Richardson Donates $50,000 to Antioch University Santa Barbara
The Richardson Student Support Fund will provide access and opportunities for business students. Kenneth Richardson, author and former President of Hughes Aircraft Company, and Charlotte Richardson have contributed $50,000 to…
Lowell Blank ‘18
Lowell Blank ‘18 (Santa Barbara, MFA in Writing) recently formed a production company with writer/director Lane Michael Stanley, called Secretly Famous Productions. They will begin production on their 2nd Independent…
Dara Padwo-Audick ‘21
Dara Padwo-Audick’s ‘21 (Santa Barbara, MFA in Writing) short screenplay, The Cardigan, won Best Short Screenplay at the Reale International Film Festival in February in Milan and was just selected…
Working Towards Educational Justice With Open Heart and Mind
Santa Barbara is beautiful, comfortable, tranquil—and it’s where Gabi Quinn, a recent Antioch Santa Barbara grad, finds her strength. Quinn plans to advocate for students and fight for educational equality…
Tapping Into the Vulnerability of Fiction Writing
Dara Padwo-Audick has always been a writer. Before enrolling in Antioch University Santa Barbara’s MFA in Writing and Contemporary Media program, she already had a rich professional history in nonfiction…
Lena Morán-Acereto ‘16
Lena Morán-Acereto ‘16 (Santa Barbara, MEd) returned to the board of the Wilderness Youth Project (WYP) after a leave of absence taken while she served as a consultant advising WYP’s…
Alice Villarreal Redit ‘99
Alice Villarreal Redit ‘99 (Santa Barbara, MA) has joined the Board of Directors at the Mental Wellness Center. “The Mental Wellness Center plays such an important role in our community…
Stephen Langford: Comedy, Science Fiction and the Work of Writing
Two astronauts go into space with a mysterious new technology. One is jealous of the other. Their secret mission is to make first contact with aliens. But before they can,…
Lena Morán-Acereto ’16
Lena Morán-Acereto ’16 (Education with focus on Leadership and Social Justice, Santa Barbara) has joined the Board of the Wilderness Youth Project (WYP), the leading nature connection organization in Santa…
Welcome to Summer Quarter and Summer Semester 2021!
I hope this email finds you safe and well. This welcome message contains a number of updates, including information about a phased reopening of the AUSB campus in Fall Quarter…