{"id":23,"date":"2023-03-21T20:27:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:44:13","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"margin-top:0;min-height:498px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"302\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-28\" alt=\"Bridge Community Class\" src=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bridge-Community-Class-2048x772-1.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bridge-Community-Class-2048x772-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bridge-Community-Class-2048x772-1-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bridge-Community-Class-2048x772-1-768x290.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-slate-section-numbered-list-and-image gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-equal gb-has-custom-background-color gb-has-custom-text-color gb-columns-center alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:6em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:6em;padding-left:1em;background-color:#ffffff;color:#1f1f1f\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-3 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bridge-Mural-1200x680-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bridge-Mural-1200x680-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bridge-Mural-1200x680-1-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column gb-is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading gpb-fluid-4 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1f1f1f;font-size:40px\">Our Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission &amp; Vision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bridge creates a community of learners who inspire:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Continuous learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Critical and creative thinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Civic agency and activism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resulting in an expanded horizon of possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antioch University\u2019s Bridge Program changes lives and cultivates educational justice by providing a one-year college credit humanities curriculum at no cost to low-income adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-1 gb-1-col-equal alignwide\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bridge Partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clementecourse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Clemente Program<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/centers-institutes\/antioch-community-therapy-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Antioch Community Therapy Services (ACTS)<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-team-join gb-layout-columns-1 one-column alignfull\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-team-1 gb-layout-columns-1 one-column gb-has-custom-background-color gb-columns-center\" style=\"padding-top:8%;padding-right:5%;padding-bottom:6%;padding-left:5%;background-color:#f1f1f1\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:5%\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-container gb-block-container\"><div class=\"gb-container-inside\"><div class=\"gb-container-content\" style=\"max-width:700px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Meet our amazing team.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-4 gb-4-col-equal alignfull\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"164\" height=\"165\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-37\" src=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/David_Tripp.jpg\" alt=\"David Trip\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/David_Tripp.jpg 164w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/David_Tripp-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/faculty\/david-tripp\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Tripp, PhD<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Founder<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\"><p>In September of 1999, David designed and then served as Founding Director (1999-2006) of an innovative new program that brings courses in the humanities and writing arts to the poor and working poor of Los Angeles. Working closely with Blair Smith (former Administrative Director of CHE\/Bridge), David developed the Community Humanities Education (CHE) program (now the Bridge Program).&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"gb-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2904\" height=\"2192\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-239\" src=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shari-Foos.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shari-Foos.png 2904w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shari-Foos-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shari-Foos-1024x773.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shari-Foos-768x580.png 768w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shari-Foos-1536x1159.png 1536w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shari-Foos-2048x1546.png 2048w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shari-Foos-1200x906.png 1200w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shari-Foos-1400x1057.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2904px) 100vw, 2904px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/faculty\/shari-foos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shari Foos, MA, MFT, MS<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Founder<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\"><p>In 1999, Foos co-founded the&nbsp;<em>Bridge Program at Antioch University Los Angeles<\/em>,&nbsp;an accredited Humanities program provided free for adults without access to higher education. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Antioch, where she teaches&nbsp;<em>The Narrative Method<\/em><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div><ul class=\"gb-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"497\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-39\" src=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Russell-E.-Thornhill.jpg\" alt=\"Russell E. Thornhill\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Russell-E.-Thornhill.jpg 496w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Russell-E.-Thornhill-300x301.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Russell-E.-Thornhill-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/faculty\/russell-e-thornhill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russell E. Thornhill, EdD<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Co-Director<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\"><p>Russell is a progressive theologian, liberated Biblicist, and social justice advocate who has a profound love for his family and proclaims the love of the Creator for everyone. Russell has worked in the nonprofit arena for 20 years and is on the AULA Teaching Faculty in nonprofit, and is the Co-Director of the Bridge Program.<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"gb-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"165\" height=\"164\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-40\" src=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Kathryn_Pope.jpg\" alt=\"Kathryn Pope\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Kathryn_Pope.jpg 165w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Kathryn_Pope-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/faculty\/kathryn-pope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kathryn Pope, MFA<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Co-Director<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\"><p>Kathryn completed her graduate work in Antioch University\u2019s MFA program. Her teaching has covered a range of writing, education, and literature classes, covering topics of composition, language, research, literature, and creative writing. Kathryn is a core faculty member in the Undergraduate Studies Department at Antioch University, as well as Co-Director of the Antioch University Bridge Program.<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"gb-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-4 gb-4-col-equal alignfull\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-41\" src=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Fabian-P-Cereijido-768x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fabi\u00e1n Cereijido\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Fabian-P-Cereijido-768x768-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Fabian-P-Cereijido-768x768-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Fabian-P-Cereijido-768x768-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Fabian-P-Cereijido-768x768-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/faculty\/fabian-cereijido\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fabi\u00e1n Cereijido<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Faculty<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\"><p>I am an artist, educator, and writer born in Argentina, living in the US since 1984. Before moving to the US, I lived 8 in Mexico as an exile. My video installations, drawings, and sculptures, which have been exhibited in museums and galleries in the US, Mexico, and Argentina, deal with fictional trips in milk and everyday rituals.<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"gb-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-43\" src=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Erin-Aubry-Kaplan_Final-62-768x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"Erin Aubry Kaplan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Erin-Aubry-Kaplan_Final-62-768x768-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Erin-Aubry-Kaplan_Final-62-768x768-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Erin-Aubry-Kaplan_Final-62-768x768-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Erin-Aubry-Kaplan_Final-62-768x768-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/faculty\/erin-aubry-kaplan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erin Aubry Kaplan<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Faculty<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\"><p>Erin Aubry Kaplan is an journalist and author who has been writing about race, politics, culture and identity since 1992. She contributes regularly to the opinion pages of the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, and in 2007 became the first African American weekly opinion columnist in the paper\u2019s history. In addition to teaching literature and writing for Bridge, she has taught in Antioch\u2019s MFA writing program (creative nonfiction).<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"gb-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"512\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-265\" src=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lorinda.jpg\" alt=\"Lorinda Toledo \n\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lorinda.jpg 402w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lorinda-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lorinda-300x382.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/faculty\/erin-aubry-kaplan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Lorinda Toledo&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Faculty<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\">Lorinda Toledo (she\/her) earned a PhD in literature with creative dissertation from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where her writing won a Barrick Graduate Fellowship and a Black Mountain Institute PhD Fellowship. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. As an educator, she seeks to empower students to intersect coursework with their lived experiences and personal interests to self-actualize toward their goals and create positive change in their communities.<br><\/div><ul class=\"gb-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"421\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-245\" src=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tanjerine-Vei.jpg\" alt=\"Tanjerine Vei\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tanjerine-Vei.jpg 421w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tanjerine-Vei-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bridge.antioch.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tanjerine-Vei-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/faculty\/erin-aubry-kaplan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tanjerine Vei<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Faculty<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\">Tanjerine Vei received their Ph.D. and M.Ed. in Education, Culture, and Society. Their research focuses on pedagogies that promote critical consciousness and healing, spiritual activism, and community building. Their dissertation, \u201cQueer Spiritual Activism: Nepantlera Performativity and Transformative Pedagogies,\u201d was a critical, decolonial participatory action research (C\/DPAR) project. C\/DPAR is research conducted for communities by communities using a decolonial ethical framework. In this project, a team of activist educators traced the presence of underlying oppressive forces that can manifest in activist approaches to teaching and learning. They used spiritual activist and decolonial ideologies to guide undoing and (re)creating their educational practices in an ongoing process of studied change. 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