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  • Black women have long stood at the crossroads of democracy and liberation. Their voices, advocacy, and resilience have driven progress toward equity and justice, yet the full acknowledgment of their contributions remains elusive. In this wide-ranging conversation, three formidable leaders—Judge Ashleigh Parker, Judge Faye R. Chess, and Cassandra Stokes—come together to share their experiences and wisdom in a conversation moderated by Stephanie Helms Pickett, Antioch’s Vice Chancellor for Equity, Belonging, and Culture. They discuss the challenges and rewards of fighting for our democracy despite facing stereotypes, patriarchy, misogyny, and misogynoir.

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    To learn more about this event and the larger Antioch Works for Democracy initiative, visit the Antioch Works for Democracy libguide. You can also watch a full-length video recording of the event on our YouTube channel.

    Visit Antioch’s university news website, Common Thread, to read our interview with Stephanie Helms Pickett.

    We invite you to listen to some of our previous conversations with Black leaders at Antioch:

    S5 E4: Centuries of Oppression Built the Racial Wealth Gap. Can Black Entrepreneurs Heal It?S3 E5: We Need to Face Racism. Womanism Offers a Path Towards Healing.S6 E7: School Counselors Play a Vital Role, Schools Need to Let Them Do Their Jobs

    This panel discussion was recorded as part of the Antioch Works for Democracy speaker series on September 17, 2024 via Zoom. It was released on October 23, 2024.

    The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor and Guest Host: Nastasia Green

    Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Grace Kurfman, Dani LaPointe, Liza Wisner, Taiwana Shambley, Natalie Obando, and Diana Dinerman.

    Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskin, Harold Hale, Margaret Morgan, Laurien Alexandre, and Melinda Garland.

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  • How do we make art in times of oppression? Do artists have a responsibility to explore questions of democracy, censorship, and human rights? In this conversation, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen talks with poet and Antioch faculty member Cathy Linh Che about their experiences of democracy as Vietnamese American immigrant writers whose work engages vistas of American democracy amidst the legacy and representations of the Vietnam War. Listen to this edited version of their live conversation in the Antioch Works for Democracy speaker series to hear their ideas about immigrant identities, the after-effects of war, and the role of artists and writers inside of our societies.

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    To learn more about this event and the larger Antioch Works for Democracy initiative, visit the Antioch Works for Democracy libguide. You can also watch a full-length video recording of the event on our Youtube channel.

    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MFA in Creative Writing program that Cathy Linh Che teaches in.

    To hear more voices from the Antioch MFA, you can listen to our roundup episode, Big Idea: How Creative Writers Work, and our interview with MFA Chair Lisa Locascio Nighthawk, S5 E9: Creative Writing Offers a Chance to Take Yourself Seriously.

    We invite you to read the books mentioned in this episode, including An Asian American A to Z: A Children's Guide to Our History and Split by Cathy Linh and The Sympathizer: A Novel and A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial by Viet Thanh Nguyen.

    This conversation between Viet Thanh Nguyen and Cathy Linh Che was recorded as part of the Antioch Works for Democracy speaker series on September 5, 2024 via Zoom. It was released on October 9, 2024.

    The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor: Nastasia Green

    Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Grace Kurfman, Dani LaPointe, Liza Wisner, Taiwana Shambley, Natalie Obando, and Diana Dinerman.

    Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskin, Harold Hale, Margaret Morgan, Laurien Alexandre, and Melinda Garland.

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  • As we face this century’s challenges—from climate change to democratic backsliding to multinational cooperation—we need new models of leadership. That’s what Antioch alum, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and President of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta says. And he should know. He was one of the leaders of Timor-Leste’s long effort to win freedom from colonization and the right to democratically elect its own government. In this wide-ranging conversation with Abigail Abrash Walton, the Chair of Antioch’s Department of Environmental Studies, Ramos-Horta discusses his country’s still-fragile democracy, the vulnerability of island nations in a time of climate change, the activist tactics he and his countrymen used to gain their freedom, and the need for a new generation of leaders on the world stage.

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    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Individual Master of Arts program that Ramos-Horta graduated from. You can also find the program pages for the MS in Environmental Studies, the PhD in Environmental Studies that Abigail Abrash Walton oversees as chair.

    To learn more about this event and the larger Antioch Works for Democracy initiative, visit the Antioch Works for Democracy libguide.

    Listen to our Seed Field Podcast interview with Abigail Abrash Walton in S6 E6: Can We Bring Resilience, Innovation, and Joy to the Climate Crisis?

    Read the profile of José Ramos-Horta that ran as the cover story of the 2021 Antioch Alumni Magazine: “A Champion for Peace.”

    This conversation between José President Ramos-Horta and Abigail Abrash Walton was recorded as part of the Environmental Justice and Democracy Fall 2024 Colloquia Series and Antioch Works for Democracy on September 6, 2024 via Zoom. It was released on September 25, 2024.

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    The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor: Nastasia Green

    Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Grace Kurfman, Dani LaPointe, Liza Wisner, Taiwana Shambley, Natalie Obando, and Diana Dinerman.

    Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskin, Harold Hale, Margaret Morgan, Laurien Alexandre, and Melinda Garland.

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  • In May, Antioch University announced a robust set of democracy-promoting initiatives called Antioch Works for Democracy. Now, the effort’s six pillars are all in motion, from the announcement of twelve awardees from the Fund for Democratic Initiatives to the first Employee Days of Action to the many events being hosted through Education for Democracy, and more. In this special episode, we tell the story of the creation and development of Antioch Works for Democracy through the voices of many of the key figures behind this effort.

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    If you’d like to find information about Antioch Works for Democracy, the place to go is the AW4D Libguide. You can find tabs for the six pillars there and detailed event listings along with registration instructions.

    If you have any questions about Antioch Works for Democracy, please reach out to the organizing team at [email protected]

    The interviews that make up this episode were recorded in June of 2024. Additional footage of Fund for Democratic Initiatives awardees discussing their projects was drawn from a recording of an event held of July 2, 2024.

    This episode was released on Aug 14, 2024.

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    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor: Johanna Case

    Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Grace Kaufman, Lauren Arienzale, Dani LaPointe, Liza Wisner, Diana Dinerman, Natalie Obando, and Taiwana Shambley.

    Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskins, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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  • Diane shares her background, her focus on diversity and social justice in healthcare education, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted existing inequalities. The conversation also touches on Diane’s personal journey towards understanding health inequities and her goals for the new school in fostering graduates who can create positive change in the healthcare system.

    Diane White has the hard but exciting job of creating a new school at Antioch: the Graduate School of Nursing and Health Professions, of which she is the founding Dean. In this conversation, Diane discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on health inequities but didnt lead to meaningful reforms, the experiences she’s had as a nurse and professor that led her to care about health justice, the unique circumstances around the formation of this new school as part of the Coalition for the Common Good, and the ways Antioch is deliberately working to ensure its students learn to see and resist the inequities endemic in our healthcare system.

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    To learn more about Diane White, read our feature-length profile of her, which we just published on Common Thread.

    You can browse the first programs to launch from the Graduate School of Nursing and Health Professions on Antioch’s website.

    This interview was recorded on June 26, 2024 and released on July 8, 2024.

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    Host: Jasper Nighthawk
    Editor: Johanna Case
    Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont
    Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Grace Kurfman, Lauren Arienzale, and Dani LaPointe.
    Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskins, Amelia Bryan, Melinda Garland, and Jenny Hill.

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  • Jen Sturge was working as a librarian supervisor when, “in about 2021, 2022,” she explains, “the nature of my work changed—and it wasn't for the better.” Organized parent groups started challenging books and getting them banned from the library. In today’s conversation with Jen Sturge and her colleague Christie Kaaland, we discuss how these book challenges take up time, resources, and enthusiasm, distracting from the vital work that school librarians do to support learning, media literacy, love of reading, and healthy schools. Before the book banners came to town, Jen says, “I had absolutely what I considered to be the best job in the entire world.” The question is, how can we as a society build back our libraries and support librarians?

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    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Endorsement in K-12 Library Media that Jen and Christie teach in.

    Listen to our interview with Jen and Christie’s colleague Deb Kachel, S6 E2: School Librarians Are Essential, So Why Are These Jobs Disappearing?

    You can explore the data about school libraries in your own city or town at the website of SLIDE: The School Librarian Investigation—Decline or Evolution?

    This episode was recorded June 11, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released June 25, 2024.

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    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor: Johanna Case

    Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Georgia Bermingham, Stefanie Paredes, Grace Kurfman, and Lauren Arienzale

    Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskins, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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  • Jude Bergkamp is a true believer in the potential of psychology to transform lives and help heal society—but he doesn’t believe that this can happen without reconciling the field’s problematic foundations with a knowledge of how systems of power impact practitioners and clients. This insight guides his work directing the Doctor of Psychology program at Antioch’s Seattle Campus as well as his contributions as a member of the Competencies Taskforce of the American Psychological Association, determining what future students will study across the entire discipline. In this interview with guest host Mair Allen, Jude tackles question including, what does social justice mean, how do you become a therapist, how does your identity shape your practice, how do systems shape your identity, and what are the challenges that students face as they enter a flawed but important system. But the wide-ranging conversation also engages the challenges of working within the criminal legal system as a forensic psychologist and the question, how you stay grounded in your work when facing challenges that affect every aspect of your life?

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    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Doctor of Psychology program that Jude directs. You can also read there our recent Common Thread article on Jude being appointed to the Comptencies Taskforce of the APA.

    We encourage you to download and read Jude’s paper, “Tugging at the Root of Oppression.”

    This episode was recorded December 5, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released February 22, 2023.

    The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

    Guest Host: Mair Allen

    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor: Johanna Case

    Digital Design: Mira Mead

    Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

    A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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  • Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Certificate in Play Therapy that Cary founded and directs.

    This episode was recorded April 22, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released May 14, 2024.

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    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor: Johanna Case

    Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Georgia Bermingham, Stefanie Paredes, Grace Kurfman, and Lauren Arienzale

    Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskins, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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  • As American public schools become increasingly diverse, tens of millions of children find themselves navigating systems that weren’t designed with their backgrounds and cultures in mind. Beyond the U.S. the problem can be even more stark—because American approaches, even when flawed, have ripple effects worldwide. Today’s guest, Syntia Santos-Dietz, says that school counselors are especially situated to make changes that better serve students around the world. In this conversation we talk about what it means for school counselors to develop cultural competence, how traveling back and forth between cultures has helped her understand the systems she works within, and her plan to bring Antioch school counseling students to work and study in her home country of Honduras.

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    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MA in School Counseling that Syntia teaches in and helped found.

    Learn more about Syntia’s work on her faculty page.

    This episode was recorded April 4, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released May 1, 2024.

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    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor: Johanna Case

    Digital Design: Mira Mead

    Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion, Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

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  • The profession of school counseling has evolved over the last forty years to encompass not just academic and career guidance but also social-emotional support for students and the entire school. Yet too often today the core work of school counselors gets pushed to the side, displaced by demands that they fill in as substitute teachers, substitute principals, and even recess monitors. According to Taqueena Quintana, one of the founders of Antioch’s MA in School Counseling, this is foolish and does long-term harm to well-being across the school. In this interview, we talk with Taqueena about this issue as well as her experiences as a school counselor, the demographic imbalance in the profession, the evolving role of school counselors, ways parents can support them, and much more.

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    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MA in School Counseling that Taqueena teaches in and helped found.

    Learn more about Taqueena’s work on her faculty page.

    This episode was recorded April 3, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released September April 17, 2024.

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    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor: Johanna Case

    Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Georgia Bermingham, Grace Kerfman, and Lauren Arienzale.

    A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland.

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  • Innovation. Resilience. Joy. These concepts are not always top of mind when we think about the climate crisis. Is that a problem? Today’s guest, the scholar, educator, and leader Abigail Abrash Walton, says that taking action like this can be an antidote to despair. In fact, this kind of small, local action might be the only thing that will help us break our dependence on fossil fuels and build a more sustainable and just future.

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    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MS in Environmental Studies that Abi directs. And learn more about Abi’s work and research on her faculty page.

    This episode was recorded March 22, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released September April 3, 2024.

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    Antioch University produces the Seed Field Podcast.
    Host: Jasper Nighthawk
    Editor: Johanna Case
    Digital Design: Mira Mead
    Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont
    Work-Study Interns: Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, Georgia Bermingham, Lauren Arienzale, and Grace Kurfman.
    A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland.

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  • As mental health professionals grapple with racism and exclusion in some of their foundational texts and concepts, a movement of reformers is working to decolonize the field. But what does that look like? And how will it impact our communities? In this episode we gather the voices of seven different faculty members from across Antioch University’s counseling, psychology, and therapy programs—and hear their insights into this important work.

    This Big Idea episode pulls clips from interviews with Jude Bergkamp, Beth Donahue, Mariaimeé Gonzalez, Catherine Lounsbury, Mariela Marin, Amy Morrison, and Syntia Santos Dietz. We invite you to listen to the full interview episodes featuring these faculty members:

    “S1E10: To Have Just Classrooms, We Must Decolonize and Reimagine Our Disciplines” with Syntia Santos Dietz and Catherine Lounsbury“S2E6: Art Therapy Can Provide Healing Beyond Words” with Beth Donahue and Amy Morrison“S2E7: Latinx/e Communities Deserve Culturally Responsive Mental Health Care” with Mariaimée Gonzalez“S5 E3: Reconciling Psych’s Problematic Foundations With Its Transformative Potential” with Jude Bergkamp“S5 E5: Cultural Self-Assessment Is a Practice With Transformative Potential” with Mariela Marin

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    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs in which Catherine Lounsbury, Mariaimeé Gonzalez, and Syntia Santos Dietz teach, the MA in Clinical Psychology in which Mariela Marin teaches, the PsyD in Clinical Psychology in which Jude Bergkamp teaches, and the Art Therapy concentration in which Amy Morrison and Beth Donahue teach.

    This episode was recorded February 20, 2024 via Descript and released February 28, 2024.

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    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor: Johanna Case

    Digital Designer: Mira Mead

    Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

    A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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  • The practice of mindfulness is increasingly popular, even showing up in school curricula and employee wellness programs, where it’s often presented as a tool for managing stress. But Susan Dreyer Leon says that for teachers in particular, mindfulness offers much more than just a stress reduction. In this conversation, we discuss how mindfulness can offer a valuable approach to help us be less reactive, more compassionate, and better able to serve our students.

    This conversation centers mindfulness and Adult Social-Emotional Learning (Adult SEL). Don’t miss our conversation with Laura Thomas about Social-Emotional Learning for students, “S3E9: To Grow Emotional Literacy, a Classroom Must Become a Community.”

    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Mindfulness for Educators concentration in the MEd for Experienced Educators and the Certificate in Mindfulness for Educators that Susan teaches in.

    This episode was recorded January 25, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released February 7, 2024.

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    Editor: Johanna Case

    Digital Design: Mira Mead

    Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion, Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

    A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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  • In this special Big Idea episode, our editor Johanna Case revisits three of our favorite Seed Field Podcast interviews about creative writing and pulls out advice and wisdom that’s useful not just for writer but for anyone making art and making a life as an artist. From MFA Chair Lisa Locascio Nighthawk’s reflections on writing from a place of emotional truth to Colette Freedman’s advice for writers choosing what to write about and Alistair McCartney’s explanation of the power of defamiliarization, this episode explores some of the most potent ideas from our full interviews with each of these writers. And each writer starts to answer to the question of whether creative writing can change the world for the better.

    Lisa Locascio Nighthawk appeared on “S5 E9: Creative Writing Offers a Chance to Take Yourself Seriously.”

    Colette Freedman appeared on “S4E8: Writing for Film and Stage Requires Collaboration—and Sometimes Just Doing It Yourself”

    Alistair McCartney appeared on “S3E6: Stuck On Autopilot, We Ignore Daily Injustices. Can Art Shake Us Awake?”

    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MFA in Creative Writing that Lisa, Colette, and Alistair teach in.

    This episode was recorded January 19, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released January 24, 2024.

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    Guest Host: Johanna Case

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    Editor: Johanna Case

    Digital Design: Mira Mead

    Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion, Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

    A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland.

    To access a full transcript and find more information about this and other episodes, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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  • As extremist school boards ban thousands of books, Republican governors restrict what subjects can be taught, and red-state legislatures seek to make English the only language allowed in public classrooms, questions of how literacy is defined and taught have only become more contested over the last two years. That’s why today we’re re-releasing this conversation with literacy scholar Heather Cheney. Everyone who cares about the education of future generations should know about the unequal ways that different kinds of literacy are accorded power in our society—and what we can do to change that.

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    Please note that Heather’s last name has changed, and she is referred to in the episode as Heather Hebard.

    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Seattle Education programs that Heather teaches in.

    This episode was recorded April 18,2022 via Riverside.fm and originally released April 27, 2022. This “Best Of” episode was released January 10, 2024.

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    The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode go to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

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  • Universities across the country are offering more and more classes outside of degree programs. These include job training programs for employers, continuing education credits required to keep certifications, and more creative classes that serve a personal interest. But why should universities be the place where we go to be life-long learners? And how do universities need to change to embrace this opportunity? In this interview with Terry Ratcliff, the Dean of Antioch’s School of Distance and Extended Education, we answer these questions and more.

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    The School of Distance and Extended Education that Terry has been talking about offers classes, certificates, and badges in lots of different areas, and you can visit its website at continuinged.antioch.edu. We’ll add that link in our shownotes.

    We’ll also link there to where you can sign up for the Continuing Education newsletter, which is the best way to keep up with their latest offerings.

    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Continuing Education offerings of the School of Distance and Extended Education where Terry is dean. And to stay up-to-date with the latest offerings, sign up for the Continuing Education Newsletter.

    This episode was recorded November 8, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released December 13, 2023.

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    Editor: Johanna Case

    Digital Design: Mira Mead

    Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

    A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland.

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  • A special panel of three educators convened to discuss the future of education, the interesting and rewarding careers that can be had in the field, and the ways that these Antiochians are pushing forward both pedagogy and institutions. Featuring PhD in Leadership and Change alum Ashley Benson, current EdD student Dani Belvin, and MEd alum Ally Muir.

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    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the PhD in Leadership in Change, the EdD in Educational and Professional Practice, and the MEd for Experienced Educators degree programs.

    This episode was recorded August 9, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released November 29, 2023.

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    The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor: Johanna Case

    Digital Design: Mira Mead

    Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

    A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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  • There’s a quiet epidemic wiping out school librarian positions across the U.S. Between 2015 and 2019, the number of librarians declined by 20%, and one in five school librarian positions was eliminated entirely. But why is nobody noticing? According to researcher and Antioch faculty Deb Kachel, it might be because there hasn’t been a nationwide data set showing the staggering numbers—until now. In this conversation, we talk with Kachel about the SLIDE project, the way marginalized communities are hit hardest by the loss of school librarians, and how communities can fight back.

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    Visit the SLIDE project’s website, libslide.org, and don’t miss their data browser where you can look up your local school district and see how many librarians it currently employs. You can also read the article that Deb and her co-authors recently published in the Peabody Journal of education: “The School Librarian Equity Gap: Inequities Associated with Race and Ethnicity Compounded by Poverty, Locale, and Enrollment.”

    Deb teaches in Antioch University’s School of Education.

    This episode was recorded October 30, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released November 15, 2023.

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    The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor: Johanna Case

    Digital Design: Mira Mead

    Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion, Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

    A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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  • For those of us who have been shut out of higher education in the past, the path back to being a successful student is full of obstacles. The right support can make this a little easier, though. In this episode, we explore this question with Russell Thornhill and Kathryn Pope, the Co-Directors of the BRIDGE program on Antioch’s Los Angeles campus—a financially free program that has helped over 700 students gain experience and credit studying at the college level. We try to answer how best to support each other as we advance in knowledge and power.

    Visit bridge.antioch.edu to learn more about the BRIDGE Program, and you can use that website to apply as a student or to make a donation.

    This conversation pairs well with our last episode, an interview with Ingrid Ingerson about the Clemente Course and educational trauma.

    To learn more about the life and work of Russell Thornhill, read our recent article on Common Thread, “Within Academia and Spirituality, Russell Thornhill Leads Towards Liberation.”

    This episode was recorded October 19, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released November 1, 2023.

    The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor: Johanna Case

    Digital Design: Mira Mead

    Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

    A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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  • For many Americans, a college degree is seen as a path to a better job. But higher education is not just about career advancement. It’s also about developing the life of the mind, critical reflection, and a love of learning. Often, says guest Ingrid Ingerson, those students who have experienced educational trauma and had interrupted studies are those most positively impacted by the chance to study the humanities. That’s why she’s worked to build on Antioch University’s partnership with the Clemente Course in the Humanities to create a first-of-its–kind, free, four-course series for non-consecutive learners. It’s called “Inflection Points.” In this conversation, Ingrid talks about her own educational history and how it brought her to this work, her research into specific Clemente instructors for her Master of Education thesis, and the transformations she has seen in students who embrace this work.

    Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the BRIDGE Program in Los Angeles and the Inflection Points Course that Ingrid helped found. You can also read our news article about the launch of Inflection Points.

    Learn more about the Clemente Course in the Humanities on their website.

    This episode was recorded June 15, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released June 28, 2023.

    The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

    Host: Jasper Nighthawk

    Editor: Johanna Case

    Digital Design: Mira Mead

    Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

    Work-Study Interns: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion, Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

    A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

    To access a full transcript and find more information about this and other episodes, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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