AU-CommonThreadNewsletter-Winter-2020

Antioch University COMMON THREAD WINTER 2020 HO NO RS We want to share your latest achievement, article, accomplishment, honor, or award Please fill out this form and we will promote your news in the most appropriate way possible, social media, a website article, an alumni profile, and right here in Common Thread! AUO | BA IN HUMAN SERVICES ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM NAMED ONE OF THE TOP HUMAN SERVICES DEGREE PROGRAMS Antioch University’s Online BA in Human Services Administration program was named one of the Top Human Services Degree Programs for 2020 by Intelligent com In addition to being named one of the top programs, Antioch received the additional distinction of Best Holistic Approach Emphasis Overall employment in human services is expected to increase by 14% over the next few years, which is faster than the average for all other occupations The steady job growth in this market is one of the many reasons Intelligent.com researched and ranked the Top Human Services Degree Programs Read more here GSLC | STUDENT HONORED WITH ACTION LEARNING FELLOW SELECTION PhD in Leadership and Change student Renee Bradford has been selected as a new Barrett-Koehler Foundation Action Learning Fellow The Action Learning Fellowship is the flagship program of the foundation, bringing together thoughtful community builders with ideas and resources from the Berrett-Koehler network, to create a space for deep personal growth and collective learning Over the next eight months, Renee will explore the linkage between positive role modeling of philanthropy, activism, and authentic leadership of Black women with the grassroots giving of time, talent, and treasure of young Black millennial women to make greater impact in the global village Learn more about the fellowship here AU Common Thread | December 2019-January 2020 | AULA | EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER HONORED AS LOCAL HERO Alison Suffet Diaz, a member of AULA’s Education Department Advisory Board was honored as a Local Hero Diaz is the Founder of Environmental Charter Schools (ECS) Under Diaz’s leadership as the Executive Director & CEO for the majority of the last 20 years, ECS has flourished into an awardwinning educational institution with a dynamic team of commended staff members She was nominated and honored for the 2019 Local Heroes Initiative by PBS and KCET View the video here AULA | VICTORIA CHANG AWARDED A LANNAN FOUNDATION RESIDENCY FELLOWSHIP Victoria Chang, Chair of the MFA in Creative Writing Program was awarded a Lannan Foundation Residency Fellowship for 2020 The Lannan Residency Fellowship provides uninterrupted writing time for poets, writers, essayists, translators, scholars, curators, as well as Native American, environmental and social justice activists For more information go here GSLC | PHD STUDENT NAMED NEW COO OF ONECARE VERMONT PhD in Leadership and Change student Sara Barry has been named Chief Operating Officer for OneCare Vermont, an accountable care organization focused on improving population health through care delivery transformation and payment reforms Sara brings decades of experience improving healthcare delivery systems and health outcomes In this new role she will oversee operations, facilitate strategy, planning, resource alignment, and stakeholder communications Learn more about her impactful work here AUNE | PSYD STUDENT SELECTED AS AN APA LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FELLOW Alicia MacDougall (4th-year PsyD student), co-chair of APA Division 39 Graduate Student Committee, was selected as a 2020 APA Leadership Development Fellow A diverse group of 14 fellows (five graduate students and nine early career psychologists) was nominated by five APA Divisions and nine State Psychological Associations (SPTAs), respectively These individuals were selected from a very competitive pool by the APAGS Committee and the Committee on Early Career Psychologists, which worked together to champion this initiative For more information go here AU Common Thread | Winter 2020 | GSLC | ALUMNA RECEIVES HIGHEST PUBLIC RELATIONS HONOR President of Rhoda Weiss Consulting Group, Inc., Dr Rhoda Weiss is the recipient of The Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) 2019 Gold Anvil Award This award is the highest individual honor recognizing lifetime achievement from PRSA, the nation’s leading professional organization serving the communications community with 30,000 members Learn more about Rhoda, the award, and her work here AUS | ANDREW PARSONS RECEIVES TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD Andrew Parsons, an alumnus of the AUS School of Education’s Alternative Route to Teacher Certification (ARTC) Program, received the Teacher of the Year award at Park Orchard Elementary School in the Kent School District for the 2019-2020 school year The recipient of this award is recognized as an outstanding teacher by fellow staff, parents, and students For more go here AUNE | ALUMNA WINS 3K FOR SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT Kristen Brock, Environmental Education graduate, was recently awarded a mini-grant from the Association for Middle-Level Education (AMLE) for her work with students at Colegio Americano de Guatemala Her project started as an AUNE practicum which she then developed into a service learning project to use in her professional career Her focus was to bring her middle-school students into rural areas of Guatemala and expose them to the realities of poverty that surrounded their international and more affluent neighborhood For more information go here AUNE | CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY WIN AWARD FOR MENTORING ARTICLE Professors Lorraine Mangione and Kathi A Borden, Assistant Professor Katherine Evarts and their colleagues at the University of Denver, published an article in Training and Education in Professional Psychology titled Mentoring in clinical psychology programs: Broadening and deepening Their article, focused on recommendations for mentors to enhance the training of clinical psychology graduate students, won the 2018 Most Valuable Contribution to Professional Development, Training or Supervision award from the Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, beating out several other nominees across other journals For more information go here AU Common Thread | Winter 2020 | NEWS AUNE | PROFESSOR EMERITA AND ALUMNA PUBLISH ARTICLE Gargi Roysircar, Professor Emerita AUNE Clinical Psychology Program; Ashland Thompson, AUNE ‘19 PsyD and Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Kurt Geisinger, Meierhenry Distinguished University Professor and Director, Buros Center for Testing, University of Nebraska-Lincoln have published an article in the American Psychologist on their mental health service and research in Haiti Roysircar’s profile also appeared in the American Psychologist for as the recipient of the APA 2019 International Humanitarian Award View the articles here AUNE | DMT FACULTY PRESENT WORKSHOP FOR THE VERMONT COLLEGE DANCE EXCHANGE/VERMONT DANCE ALLIANCE Tomoyo Kawano, PhD, BC-DMT and Chevon Stewart, BC-DMT presented a workshop and facilitated discussion on two of the primary founders in the field of Dance/Movement Therapy during the “Think Move Discover.” weekend event held at Middlebury College Twenty-three students from Middlebury, Bennington, and Marlboro Colleges and the University of Vermont attended and participated in the experiential exercises For more information go here AUS | RASHEENA FOUNTAIN FEATURED ON KBCS BROADCAST Rasheena Fountain, a graduate of the Urban Environmental Education program, was recently featured in a KBCS interview titled “More Than One Kind of Nature,” which discusses what shapes our view of the environment and our relationship with it Rasheena is a freelance writer, MFA candidate, and pre-doctoral instructor at the University of Washington whose goal as a writer is to highlight and provoke discussions about environmentalism, environmental justice, womanhood, sexual orientation, gender identity, and social justice issues through the lenses of the Black experience Listen to the interview here AUNE | THERAPY 101 AT THE INCLUSION CENTER Antioch alumna and licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Jennifir Bailes Hart was the guest speaker at the Brattleboro Inclusion Center Her public discussion included how to find a therapist that works for you, what therapy can look like, and the many different styles of therapy Bailes Hart graduated from AUNE in 1999 with a degree in dance/movement therapy and counseling psychology For more information go here AU Common Thread | Winter 2020 | AUSB | ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY SANTA BARBARA INTRODUCES “KEEP LOCALS LOCAL” INITIATIVE AUSB recently received a $5000 grant from Wells Fargo, the first in a series of grants sought to support the “Keep Locals, Local” Initiative AUSB will award scholarships to two high school students who had participated in the Pathway to Effective Access to College (PEAC) program while attending high school in the Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) Specifically, PEAC is a pathway to support English learners in SBUSD For more go here AUNE | ALUM CYNTHIA SEIVWRIGHT APPOINTED TO U.S POLICY COMMITTEE Cynthia Seivwright, Antioch Alum and a local leader in addressing substance use and addiction, has been appointed to a national committee upon the recommendation of Vermont Governor Phil Scott “[Cynthia] is a leader in our work to advance alcohol and drug prevention, treatment, and recovery,” said Scott “While there is much we can continue to improve on, Vermont has been a leader, nationally, in these efforts Cindy will bring a breadth of experience and expertise to this committee to help stem the tide of this crisis.” Photo by The Rutland Herald Cynthia currently serves as the director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs Division with the Vermont Department of Health For more information go here GSLC | PHD IN LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE ANNOUNCES NEW RESEARCH FUND The Graduate School of Leadership and Change (GSLC) is pleased to announce the founding of a new research fund to support doctoral students in the PhD in Leadership and Change program The Valentine Action Research Fund has been established by GSLC alumnus Dr Mike Valentine to honor the legacy of his father, James C Valentine, better known as Ping As a New York City firefighter and longtime member of the Shriners, Ping believed deeply in lifting up his community by reaching out to troubled youth and mentoring them His actions and service to those in need exemplify the spirit of making a difference one person at a time and they underscore the value of action, in the form of action research, that engages people in inquiry and action.With this generous founding family gift, $2,000 a year for the life of the fund will be available to support costs incurred by PhDLC students conducting approved action research dissertations with underserved populations Two research grants of up to $1,000 each are available each academic year “Underserved populations” refers to communities within the United States or abroad that suffer from poverty and disparities in education, employment, health and/or other indicators of community well-being Learn more about this and all of GSLC’s funds here AU Common Thread | Winter 2020 | AULA | THE NEXT CHAPTER: CELEBRATING SIX YEARS WITH KEN PIENKOS The first time I met Ken Pienkos, Antioch’s librarian, I complimented his shoes In the midst of the mayhem of my first residency, I’d found unexpected solace in his joyful pacing up and down the aisles of the computer lab I wanted to thank him for it, but didn’t know how Like the dot at the bottom of an exclamation point, his candy red feet were the obvious thing to note, turning an ordinary business suit into something remarkable For more go here AUSB | MFA CHAIR FEATURED ON THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY 2.0 Chair of the MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media Ross Brown was featured on TV Santa Barbara for the show The Creative Community 2.0 with David Starkey Watch Ross talk about hid long career as a screenwriting and educator He talks about his auspicious beginnings as a stand-in for a dog in a TV commercial when was a production assistant at an advertising agency to writing some of the most popular TV shows of the 80’s and 90’s including The Cosby Show, Facts of Life, Who’s The Boss, Step by Step, to educating the next generation of writers Watch here AULA | LISA LOCASCIO JOINS MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM Author and Academic Lisa Locascio has joined the MFA in Creative Writing program as a Core Faculty in Fiction Locascio comes to Antioch with a decade of teaching experience at various institutions including Wesleyan University, UCLA, USC, Colorado College, and New York University Locascio’s debut novel, Open Me, was published by Grove Atlantic in 2018 A New York Times Editor’s Choice, Open Me was a semifinalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award For more go here AULA | EDUCATION MASTER’S STUDENT FINDS A BALANCE OF “MINDFULNESS” IN TEACHING SPECIAL ED AND COACHING FOOTBALL Joshua Reitzenstein, was working as a Title reading instructor and coaching football in the afternoons when a phone call altered the course of his career path “I had taken the CSET and was beginning to think about becoming a classroom teacher That summer, while exploring the backcountry of Yosemite, my phone popped into cell service and I received a call from my district I was being reassigned to the special education pre-school due to Title funding cuts The main thing they wanted to know was whether I’d be willing to change a diaper.” For more go here AU Common Thread | Winter 2020 | AUSB | AN EVENING WITH AWARD-WINNING WRITER AND PRODUCER FELICIA D HENDERSON The MFA in Writing and Contemporary Media hosted a conversation with award-winning writer and producer Felicia D Henderson After beginning her writing career in sitcoms like Family Matters, Moesha, The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, and Sister, Sister; Henderson turned her attention to television drama writing and received three NAACP Best Drama Awards for Soul Food, television’s first long-running multi-season drama featuring African Americans She received a Gracie Allen Award for her depiction of women and a Prism Award for Accurate Depictions of Social Issues She also garnered a Writers Guild of America (WGA) nomination for Fringe and a Gracie Award for The Quad For more go here AUNE | CENTER FOR DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GETS UP AND RUNNING The Clinical Psychology Department’s Center for Diversity and Social Justice (DSJ) announced its new, team-based structure beginning the spring 2020 semester The leadership structure will include Kate Evarts Rice, Dean Hammer, Karen Meteyer, Monique Bowen, and Vince Pignatiello The five groups supported by the DSJ this semester include the Affinity Group for Race and Ethnicity (AGRE), the Affinity Group for Immigrants and Refugees, the Affinity Group for Climate Justice, Sexual Assault and Harassment Awareness (SAHA), and Prism: The Center for LGBTQ+ Visibility Each group aims to incorporate community-building, research, and advocacy goals, in addition to their own goals Read more here AUO | INSPIRATION2PUBLICATION PROVIDES AFFORDABLE ONLINE WRITING CLASSES AND COACHES Inspiration2Publication, an online program that provides affordable writing classes and writing coaching, is now part of Antioch’s University-wide extended education programs Once part of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at the Los Angeles campus, Inspiration2Publication is under the broad supervision of Dr Terry Ratcliff, Provost for Distance and Extended Education Designed to appeal to writers at all stages of their career, from raw beginners to experienced professionals working on their second or third books, Inspiration2Publication offers two and four-week classes, one-on-one tutoring and book coaching The generative classes help students create real pieces and provide the tools to help them ready for publication The professional development classes provide practical tools to support communications and writing narratives To read more or view upcoming classes go here AU Common Thread | Winter 2020 | AUNE | FINDING CONNECTION THROUGH ADVENTURE THERAPY At the center of William Hafford’s life has always been Maine At a young age, he moved from cities and military bases to the free-ranged sprawling greenery of the eastern state The New England landscape imprinted on Hafford immediately These days Hafford has a PsyD in clinical psychology from Antioch University and works in adventure therapy Maine is still a key ingredient in Hafford’s practice, and that’s where you’ll find him most days–canoeing, hiking, climbing, or some other outdoor activity For Hafford, the goal of these adventures is connection, a type of communion with nature For more go here AULA | COLORS LGBTQ YOUTH COUNSELING SERVICES COLORS LGBTQ Youth Counseling Services, which provides free and unlimited mental health services to LGBTQ-identified youth under the age of 25, had a milestone year in 2019 It celebrated a partnership with L.A Care that will help to hire an additional clinical supervisor In addition, COLORS held a fundraising Soireé It was hosted by actor Charlie Carver, who is best known for his roles on Desperate Housewives and the LGBT history mini-series When We Rise Carver has been praised for using his platform to advocate for LGBTQ rights and is slated to be recognized by the Human Rights Campaign During the Soireé, which was attended by Chancellor Bill Groves, COLORS’ founding committee member and Director of Community Benefits at L.A Care Roland Palencia spoke of the importance of supporting organizations like COLORS The capstone project of an Antioch student and member of one of the first LGBT Specialization cohorts, COLORS has provided counseling for over 5,000 youth Learn more about COLORS here EVENTS AUS | COUNSELING DEPARTMENT SPONSORS AND PRESENTS AT THE NATIONAL ACES CONFERENCE The Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) is the premier organization dedicated to quality education and supervision of counselors in all work settings The AUS Counseling Department sponsored and faculty members presented at the 2019 ACES National Conference that was held in Seattle Chair & Core Faculty, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Dr Katherine Fort and Keiko Sano lead the discussion on the importance of making invisible multicultural dialogs visible in all classrooms Dr Mariaimeé Gonzalez discussed the power of women of color in leadership, followed by an exclusive signing of her latest book, Social Justice and Advocacy in Counseling: Experiential Activities for Teaching Read more here AU Common Thread | Winter 2020 | AUS | ALUM NICHOLE KLOCKSIEM AND PSYD FACULTY DR DANA WATERS PARTICIPATE IN GEEKGIRLCON PANEL MA in Teaching alum Nichole Klocksiem organized a panel called Queer and Geeky Educators Q&A for GeekGirlCon, an event in downtown Seattle that empowers girls to pursue their “geeky’ passions, whatever they might be The panel included educators from a variety of backgrounds who are equally passionate about education and geek culture They discussed their paths to the field of education, as well as their queer identities within education PsyD faculty Dr Dana Waters served on the panel For more information go here AULA | USING POETRY AS VEHICLE FOR CHANGE For Margaret Kean, poetry has always been a part of her But finding the courage to write and share it with the world, has taken a long time The MFA in Creative Writing Program at Antioch has given her the courage to find and reveal her voice As a child, Kean read poetry, and in college, she majored in British and American literature, but she says she was too shy to try writing poetry After college, she worked in public relations for 17 years, where she wrote stories and press releases During the last 22 years she’s worked in fundraising and nonprofit management where she writes grants and proposals At home, she has always kept a journal But none of that was the kind of writing her heart desired For more go here AULA | AULA JOINED 35TH ANNUAL KINGDOM DAY PARADE “Equality For All Humanity, Our Next Step” was the theme of Los Angeles’ 35th Annual Kingdom Day Parade on January 20, 2020 For the second year, the AULA community joined more than 300 parade walkers on King Blvd to honor Dr Martin Luther King, Jr More than 30 Antioch students, alumni, faculty, and community members wore t-shirts with Antioch College Alumna Coretta Scott King’s image and her quote, “Struggle is a never-ending process Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.” Read more and view an album of photos from the parade here AUSB | SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SBIFF) The 35th Santa Barbara International Film Festival was January 15 through January 25, 2020 AUSB partnered with SBIFF’s educational programs and had an on-screen ad appear prior to the 400+ film screenings during the highly attended ten-day festival (95,000 in attendance last year) This year some of the performers honored were be Brad Pitt, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansen, and Renee Zellweger AU Common Thread | Winter 2020 | AUNE | MFT FACULTY AND STUDENTS PRESENT RESEARCH POSTER AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE Dr Denzel Jones, Marriage & Family Therapy (MFT) Assistant Professor, along with Pia Alexander and Amelia Flynn, second-year MA MFT students, presented their research at the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Annual Conference in Fort Worth, Texas Their research, The Impact of Socialization Agents’ Ethnic-Racial Identity on Communication and Socialization Processes, focuses on the ethnic-racial identity (ERI) of Black emerging adults and their communication processes as socializing agents (SAs) Read about their findings here AUS | SCHOOL OF EDUCATION HOSTS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING WORKSHOP The School of Education recently hosted a powerful, interactive event focused on Social Emotional Learning Attended by over 50 faculty, students, and alumni, the event was titled, Orienting Social Emotional Learning Towards Equity and was facilitated by Dr Deepa Bhandaru Dr Bhandaru is an educator and writer in Seattle She earned her PhD in political science from the University of Washington, where she specialized in political theory and cultural studies She’s passionate about communitybased education and spent years leading and developing arts and advocacy programs for youth of color in South Seattle For more information go here AUS | SCHOOL OF EDUCATION HONORS MAT GRADUATES The School of Education recently held a graduation ceremony and celebration for the Fall 2018 Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) cohort The room was filled with over 70 faculty, staff, family members, friends, and mentor teachers of the graduates The graduation ceremony was a joyous event Each graduate had a chance to give words of inspiration and gratitude and all were celebrated for the hard work, dedication, and collaboration that they displayed over the course of their MAT program Members of the cohort are looking forward to implementing all that they have learned over the course of the program, and are well on their way to becoming thoughtful, equitable practitioners Read more here AUNE | SPIRITUALITY, RELIGION, AND GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY: HOW DO THEY WORK TOGETHER? Lorraine Mangione, PhD and her colleague Roz Forti, LICSW, PhD, will be presenting a workshop at this year’s American Group Psychotherapy Association's Annual Conference in New York City on Thursday, March 5th, entitled "Incorporating Spirituality, Religion, Seeking Meaning and Growth into Group Therapy." For more go here AU Common Thread | December 2019-January 2020 | 10 AUSB | DR WOLFSON LAUNCHES FIRST SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY FIELD STUDY IN COSTA RICA AUSB is currently offering a unique Field Study course in Costa Rica surrounding the nature of somatics (as a practicum course) The program, Study the Art and Science of Sensory Awareness within the Environment, gives students access to specialized training This particular field study is the first of its kind, as it focuses on group and dyadic work using current case presentations, discussions, and explorations of self With the course taking place in the depths of Costa Rica jungles and beaches, students were able to dive into the field of somatic therapy and other holistic therapeutic approaches Read more about the field study here AUNE | FACULTY EMERITUS SUSAN LOMAN PRESENTED KEYNOTE AT INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT IN BEIJING Susan Loman, MA, BC-DMT, NCC is former Program Director and current Adjunct/Emeritus Faculty in the Dance/Movement Therapy program She is a Certified Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP) Analyst and is widely recognized and published in the field Loman was invited to participate in the International Summit of Creative Arts for Therapy and Education in Beijing, China She addressed the entire Summit with her keynote speech “The KMP in Action: Applications of KMP Concepts in the Family: Applying Movement Observation and Analysis to Therapy, Education and Art.” Watch an introduction to the KMP Movement Patterns by Susan Loman here AUSB | FACULTY PRESENT AT CONFERENCES Dr Stephen Southern, Chair of the Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology program, presented and participated in meetings at the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (IAMFC) conference in New Orleans He presented the following sessions: “Constructing the Story of Us: Mentoring through Creative Collaboration,” “Encouraging Sexual Health in Emerging Adults,” and the pre-conference institute: “An Integrative Model for Treating Sexual Desire Disorders.” At the end of February, Dr Ashley Nielsen will travel to Jacksonville, Florida for the AAC&U General Education, Pedagogy and Assessment conference and will present “A Systematic Retention Framework for Hispanic Serving Institutions.” AAC&U is the Association of American Colleges and Universities AU Common Thread | Winter 2020 | 11 P U BLICATIONS AULA | EDUCATION CHAIR AND FACULTY CONTRIBUTE TO TEXTBOOK Dr J Cynthia McDermott, Chair of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Education Departments, co-edited the book Empowering our Students for the Future, Encouraging Self-Direction and Life-Long Learning published by Rowman and Littlefield Education faculty Dr Fred Chapel contributed a chapter; and alumni Carlin Bell, Malaika Boyer, Jillian Eissler, Ryan Johnson , Muniza Khan, Diana Lesso, Zoe Morris, and Ian Stuart, together with faculty Jose Lovo, McDermott, and Chapel, also contributed a chapter This is McDermott’s 9th textbook collaboration AUS | EDUCATION FACULTY PUBLISHES OP-ED IN SEATTLE TIMES IN HONOR OF MLK DAY School of Education faculty member, Caryn Park, has an op-ed published in the Seattle Times in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr Day She wrote it with two colleagues and it is entitled, “How White Families with Young Children Can Undo Racism.” For the full article go here GSLC | NEW PUBLICATION HELPS NAVIGATE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMIES AND KNOWLEDGE WORK Chief Executive Officer of Pazima Technologies, Managing Partner for Curtis Concepts, and PhD in Leadership and Change alumnus Dr Wayne Curtis has co-authored his newest book entitled, Knowledge Economies and Knowledge Work, Working Methods for Knowledge Management (Emerald Group Pub Ltd, 2019) This practical, real-world focused book, defines and discusses knowledge work resulting in a guide for corporate leaders and managers, knowledge managers, workforce professionals, policy makers, labor economists, human capital researchers, and educators The goal of the book is to help diverse audiences understand the implications of this transformation and navigate this new economy Learn more about his work here AU Common Thread | Winter 2020 | 12 AUNE | KEVIN LYNESS, PHD PUBLISHES IN GROVES MONOGRAPHS ON MARRIAGE AND FAMILY The Groves Monographs on Marriage and Family is an edited book series, beginning in 2010, based on the annual Groves Conference on Marriage and Family Groves Monographs publishes work on the leading edges of theory development and empirical research in the field of family studies Individual volumes are edited by the chairs of the annual Groves Conferences For more information go here AUSB | UGS FACULTY PUBLISHES ARTICLE Undergraduate Studies Affiliate Faculty and MFA in Creative Writing alumni Andrea Tate has an essay published in the United Kingdom “A Gas Station Christmas” appeared in the Funny Pearls, a satirical journal dedicated to showcasing humor by women It is based in London, but its readership is increasingly global Read the essay here GSLC | NEW PUBLICATION HELPS NAVIGATE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMIES AND KNOWLEDGE WORK Chief Executive Officer of Pazima Technologies, Managing Partner for Curtis Concepts, and PhD in Leadership and Change alumnus Dr Wayne Curtis has co-authored his newest book entitled, Knowledge Economies and Knowledge Work, Working Methods for Knowledge Management (Emerald Group Pub Ltd, 2019) This practical, real-world focused book, defines and discusses knowledge work resulting in a guide for corporate leaders and managers, knowledge managers, workforce professionals, policy makers, labor economists, human capital researchers, and educators The goal of the book is to help diverse audiences understand the implications of this transformation and navigate this new economy Dr Curtis has worked in the financial services and economic development arenas in New York, Philadelphia and Washington, DC for over forty years Learn more about his extensive work here Click here and share your news with the community in Common Thread