Antioch University Los Angeles

Antioch University Los Angeles Antioch University Los Angeles is a place where individual spirit thrives, and collective community grows.

Antioch University’s Los Angeles is a diverse and dynamic campus of Antioch University, where students turn passion into practice through social justice-focused degrees in psychology, creative writing, sustainability, education, and more. With more than 8,000 distinguished alumni, AULA has been honored to serve the diverse communities of the greater Los Angeles area since 1972. Our core values of

social justice, service to community, and life long learning comprise the heart of our undergraduate degree completion programs in liberal studies, applied studies, applied arts and media, urban communities and justice, and technology and business leadership, and masters degree programs in nonprofit management, education and teacher credentialing, psychology, urban sustainability, and creative writing. Partnerships with community organizations provide our students with unique experiential learning opportunities. Our low-residency MFA in creative writing was named among the top five programs in the nation by The Atlantic, and our graduate clinical psychology specialization in lesbian gay bisexual transgender (LGBT) studies is the first of its kind. The MA in Urban Sustainability was developed in response to the growing awareness of the interconnections among environmental, economic and social issues. The unique, interdisciplinary program prepares well-trained, well-informed scholars, community leaders and activists to advocate for sustainable urban policy and social change in the face of the growing global environmental crisis.

The Bridge Program at Antioch University Los Angeles has provided free, high-quality humanities education to low-income ...
06/01/2026

The Bridge Program at Antioch University Los Angeles has provided free, high-quality humanities education to low-income adults since its inception in 1999. Each week, Bridge students attend class to begin college, earn up to 12 transferable units of university credit, and study philosophy, literature, art history, writing, and urban studies, at no cost.

To find out about the program’s eligibility, you can attend the Bridge Open House on June 8, at 4 p.m. PST:

Welcome to the open house for Antioch University's Bridge Program!

05/29/2026

Alums, submissions in all genres (poetry, fiction, CNF, screenwriting/playwriting) sought for the third annual AULA MFA Alumni Circle Dorland Arts Prize. One winner will receive a week-long stay at a Dorland Mountain Arts cottage in Temecula, California. Apply by July 15. First-time application: $20; no fee to applicants from previous years. Link to apply in bio. Email questions to [email protected].

05/28/2026

We're excited about our June Residency! One of our special guests is Kathy Pories, special guest editor.

Kathy Pories joined Algonquin Books as an editorial intern while finishing herPh.D. in Renaissance Studies and teaching undergraduate literature. She acquires a broad range of fiction, primarily literary and upmarket, and select nonfiction. She has been with Algonquin for over two decades, during which she acquired and edited Gabrielle Zevin’s NYT bestselling The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, Oscar Hokeah’s PEN/Hemingway winner Calling for a Blanket Dance, Lauren Grodstein’s Jenna Book Club Pick We Must Not Think of Ourselves, Thrity Umrigar’s Reese Book Club Pick Honor, Gabriel Bump’s Ernest J. Gaines Award winner Everywhere You Don’t Belong, Lisa Ko’s National Book Award finalist The Leavers, and Whiting Award winner Jaquira Díaz’s Ordinary Girls among others. Her authors’ books have been finalists or winners of numerous prizes including The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Kirkus Prize, the National Book Award, and the Thomas Wolfe Award. For seventeen years, she worked alongside Barbara Kingsolver as a judge for and editor of the winners of the PEN/Bellwether Prize.

And we're already accepting applications for December. Learn more about how to apply at link in bio.

As we lead up to Pride Month, we want to highlight our Q***r Studies concentration, a minor of Antioch Los Angeles' BA i...
05/21/2026

As we lead up to Pride Month, we want to highlight our Q***r Studies concentration, a minor of Antioch Los Angeles' BA in Liberal Studies degree.

Students explore the complexities of s*x, gender, s*xuality, identity, and representation while enhancing their understanding of the intersections with social justice.

Some course examples include Le***an & Gay History in Documentary Film and LGBT Identity Issues. Students also have internship opportunities that provide real-life experience in q***r and LGBT affiliations and organizations.

Are you interested in transforming your life and the lives of others? Learn more about the program and see application requirements here: https://www.antioch.edu/academics/undergraduate-studies/liberal-studies-ba-aula/q***r-studies/

May is Jewish American Heritage Month. From an early age, MFA in Creative Writing alum Jess Ballen experienced antisemit...
05/19/2026

May is Jewish American Heritage Month.

From an early age, MFA in Creative Writing alum Jess Ballen experienced antisemitism, realizing for the first time that they were different.

“My best friend in third grade approached me during recess and declared that she could no longer be my best friend. ‘Because you’re Jewish,’ she said,” Jess says in this Antioch Voices essay. “By the time she tried to makeup, something had already shifted in me. I couldn’t unsee our differences.”

Read more of Jess' experiences growing up Jewish and how this led to their own journey of self-discovery: https://commonthread.antioch.edu/what-a-proud-jew-wants-others-to-know-about-jewish-american-heritage-month/

05/18/2026

Paper Pre-order Price Guarantee until July 3, 2026 This title will be released on August 21, 2026 In Something Good in All That Darkness, the natural world isboth refuge and remedy. Whether it be on a mountain trail, beside a colony of blackbirds, or in a bundle of c...

Did you know the MFA in Creative Writing program has earned a spot on MovieMaker Magazine’s list of the 30 Best Film Sch...
05/16/2026

Did you know the MFA in Creative Writing program has earned a spot on MovieMaker Magazine’s list of the 30 Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada for three consecutive years?

You can learn from the literary experts, educators, and creatives part of the program during the program’s June 2026 Residency. This 10-day hybrid experience offers mentorship, community, and hands-on experience into the life of a writer.

Learn more about the MFA program here:

Master of Fine Arts MFA in Creative Writing Home › Program Finder › MFA in Creative Writing Alumni Publications and Projects Featured Dramatic Writing Alumni Learn about our student-run literary journal, Lunch Ticket Learn about our podcast, LitCit: Ant...

Dr. Douglas Sadownick, Founding Director of the LGBTQ Specialization in the Clinical Psychology program and Colors LGBTQ...
05/16/2026

Dr. Douglas Sadownick, Founding Director of the LGBTQ Specialization in the Clinical Psychology program and Colors LGBTQ Youth Counseling Center, returns to Antioch University to present a staged reading from Healing Gay S*x and Love: A Group Experience on May 19 from 6:30–8:30 p.m. on our Los Angeles campus.

This work emerges from decades of clinical practice, teaching, and research, bringing that depth into a vivid theatrical form. Set within a Hollywood support group that quickly exceeds its mandate, the piece explores desire, shame, power, and intimacy as lived psychological realities rather than abstractions.

Space is limited. RSVP here:

Dr. Douglas Sadownick returns to Antioch University, where he founded the LGBT Specialization in Clinical Psychology and helped develop Colors LGBTQ Youth, to present a staged reading from Healing Gay S*x and Love: A Group Experience on May 19 from 6:30–8:30 p.m. This work emerges from decades of ...

Dr. Douglas Sadownick, founder of Antioch Los Angeles' LGBTQ Specialization in the Clinical Psychology program and found...
05/15/2026

Dr. Douglas Sadownick, founder of Antioch Los Angeles' LGBTQ Specialization in the Clinical Psychology program and founding director of Colors LGBTQ Youth Counseling Center, is presenting a staged reading from Healing Gay S*x and Love: A Group Experience on May 19, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

This work emerges from decades of clinical practice, teaching, and research, bringing that depth into a vivid theatrical form. Set within a Hollywood support group that quickly exceeds its mandate, the piece explores desire, shame, power, and intimacy as lived psychological realities rather than abstractions. The narrative follows four men through rupture and repair, tracing a movement from toxic shame toward the reclamation of body, history, and desire as the ground of the True Self.

Space is limited. RSVP here:

Dr. Douglas Sadownick returns to Antioch University, where he founded the LGBT Specialization in Clinical Psychology and helped develop Colors LGBTQ Youth, to present a staged reading from Healing Gay S*x and Love: A Group Experience on May 19 from 6:30–8:30 p.m. This work emerges from decades of ...

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