Antioch College students spend up to a 1/3rd of their undergraduate experience in the real world— testing concepts and applying theory from the classroom while reflecting on what it means to lead an impactful life.
Welcome to the Antioch College journal of social practice and professional engagement, where we share student stories from the field and highlight the changing nature of work in local and global communities.
Student Spotlight
Faculty Spotlight
Antioch students bring new ideas & vitality to our co-op partners, powering programs and special projects through directed full-time work and research across 15 key industries & communities of practice.
Culture, Power & Change
For my co-op, I chose to work on a restoration project in Philadelphia, PA. The project, pictured below, is a Queen Anne-style Victorian house, complete with a turret, servant staircases,
You’re getting an intern. He is a student of anthropology and something else in Ohio--he can probably do some work in social media or something. And he may or may
For my current co-op, I decided to work with the Antioch College Prison Justice Initiative (PJI) on their Prison Justice Library project. The PJI was founded in 2014 by Dr.
On my first co-op with the Transgender Law Center, I've come to learn that all skill sets are needed to become an effective organizer. I've learned that you don't call
Interdisciplinary Arts & Creative Practice
My name is Akili Hayden and I’m currently a First Year at Antioch College pursuing a self-design major in Social Psychology and Arts Communications. Through Antioch’s Co-op program, I was
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. One of the largest museum collections in the country. And here I was, a second year undergraduate student. I was assisting a fashion curator
Flux Factory is an artist residency located in Queens New York
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="457"] Photo credit: Carissa Potter for Bay Area Made[/caption] The street leading up to Carissa's house is completely blanketed with the thick, sweet smell of honeysuckle. Oakland is
Global Studies & Engagement
The water pours slowly from the Villavicencio (bottled in Mendoza, Argentina) bottle into the posh wine glass and I suddenly notice the great force and energy of the movement of
I am currently working for Suisen Fukushikai, a social welfare organization that caters to a wide variety of clients and their needs. They have multiple centers for people with intellectual
[caption id="attachment_5700" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Beautiful statue in the Botanical Garden[/caption] “You didn’t understand anything we just said, did you?” Diego said to me in Castellano as I sat at the small
The Galerie Maeght, located in the center of Parisian tourism, was created in 1946 by Aimé Maeght and is home to some of France’s most famous modern artists. The Maeght
Social Enterprise & Social Innovation
This past quarter, I co-oped in Fairborn at Reza’s Roast, a small coffee roaster that is locally owned by Audria Ali-Maki. I was in charge of roasting, packaging, brewing, and
Bywater is a Community in the Ninth Ward, and a historic part of New Orleans. It is the area of which Homer Plessy was removed from his traincar in 1892.
This co-op is very interesting because I am finally learning the “behind-the-scenes” of where and how my food is being cooked. I started off just being a prep cook, went
Sam Edwards '18, a political economy student, is currently on co-op at Chroma Technology, Corp., in Bellows Falls, Vermont. Working alongside alum Paul Millman '68, he serves as the Corporate Social
Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment
As strange as it might seem, one of the best college recycling programs in the country resides in a rust-belt city of little modern renown. Youngstown State University has received
What lingers as the most dominant element of my time at Mount Totumas is air. Centered between the great oceans of the east and the west and playing host
For my second co-op, I self-designed a program which allowed me to work as an assistant project coordinate for a 140 acre farm, as well as a permaculture designer at a
"We envision a world where people live regeneratively and cooperatively in local communities that are diverse, equitable, and just." This winter quarter 2021, I have had the exciting opportunity to co-op
Psychology, Mindfulness & Wellness
What do leaves dipped in wax, seed germination, and eurythmy have in common? I learned about it and did it at Camphill Copake! Camphill Copake is an Intentional Community in upstate New York
CW: sexual assault The Blue Bench strives to one day live in a world without sexual assault and its repercussions. Its name, The Blue Bench, represents Blue for sexual assault awareness
Whenever anyone I meet asks what I am doing down here, I jokingly say, “Oh, my job is to punch kids all day,” but this really wasn’t far from the
Life has a way of surprising you. It will make you take turns down paths that you would have never expected to be walking on. When I began working at