Ask a White Guy? - 1/11/2021

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Mark Hower has been the Provost/CEO at AULA for the past three years. He previously taught and held administrative roles in Antioch’s Seattle campus, including as core faculty in the graduate programs of the Center for Creative Change. Prior to Antioch, Mark worked for ten years with the Peace Corps, initially as a volunteer in Sierra Leone, and concluding as Country Director in Tonga. Mark has a PhD in Leadership and Change from Antioch University.

David Tripp, PhD taught at USC, CSULA, Southwest CC, and Glendale CC before teaching his first course at Antioch in the summer of 1989 and he's been here ever since. He served as chair of the BA program (1998-2002) and was the Founding Director (1999) of the Bridge Program. Always passionate about teaching and suffering from an "infinite curiosity problem," over the years he has designed over 40 courses or workshops for undergraduate students.

Asa Wilder is the Reference and Instruction Librarian at AULA. He was raised in a middle-class Jewish household in suburban Kansas City, Missouri. He is interested in how libraries, archives and museums shape historical narratives and he currently serves on the University's Antiracist Task Force.