Passion and Practicality: A Liberal Arts Podcast
Passion and Practicality is a podcast series produced by Southern New Hampshire University‘s online Liberal Arts department, which includes academic programs and courses in Communication, Composition, Creative Writing, English, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, History, Literature, and Philosophy. In this podcast series, faculty, staff, and guests discuss the career paths open to graduates of those programs, the research and creative work of practitioners in the field, and other interesting stuff.
Episodes
In part two of our conversation, MFA alum and entrepreneur Brittany McMunn shares the steps she took to channel her passion for writing into a thriving career as an editor and publishing partner, and how that decision helped her transcend a difficult period of her life. She describes how the value of tenacity, and creative writing skills of storytelling and landing a message set her and her clients apart in roles across industries.
...In this History Speaker Series event, Monique Taylor discusses her book, Suicide Jockeys: The Making of the World War II Combat Glider Pilot, which describes the training and missions of glider pilots in the US Army Air Corps, who were charged with delivering soldiers and equipment behind enemy lines. Here, Monique will discuss with Rob and Jimmy her career and training as a historian and the research and writing process for Suicid...
SNHU alum Brittany McMunn shares her winding path from pre-med student to healthcare industry manager to publishing entrepreneur, revealing how a personal crisis led her to rediscover her passion for writing and editing. She explains how her communications degree and MFA gave her the skills to command a room, understand diverse perspectives, and ultimately build three literary ventures that help authors find their place in the indu...
Wireside Chat welcomes Online MFA instructor Alex DiFrancesco! A multi-genre writer and transmasc person (they/them), Alex is the author of the novels Transmutation, All City, Psychopomps, and Breaking the Curse. Their work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, the Guardian, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, Tin House, and more. Join us as we talk with Alex about genre-bending and blending, climate fiction, and the reali...
Our guest Aimee Terravechia shares her “zigzag” career journey from a bachelor’s in English literature to roles in sales, marketing, journalism, nonprofit leadership, and advocacy. She illuminates how academic skills like critical analysis and storytelling became professional strengths that help her navigate complex legislation to make real community impact.
Word for Word opens a new season with our annual Instructor Spotlight event! We are thrilled to welcome MA instructor Dan Gleason and Online MFA instructor Tracy Crow as our special guests! Dan is a graduate of the famed Iowa Writers' Workshop who has worked as a journalist for an array of top national magazines. His new true-crime book, "Life Without: The Wrongful Conviction of Sandy Shaw," was just published from Bloomsbury. Trac...
In this History Speaker Series event, Roger Newman discusses his recent book, Boys. Dr. Newman is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, specializing in the care of women with multiple gestations. He has authored hundreds of papers, chapters, and books. At this event, Dr. Newman discusses his approach to historical fiction, how the book reflects real events in his family’s past, and the book publication process.
Join us as Wireside Chat welcomes Online MFA Instructor Cindy Skaggs! Cindy is the author of seven novels, two novellas, and, most recently, a guidebook for new novelists, "Dear Someday Writer." She holds an MA and an MFA in creative writing and has ten years of experience teaching writing and creative writing in higher education. She is an advocate for military and veteran issues, and in 2019-2020 spearheaded the Veteran Expressiv...
Join us as Wireside Chat welcomes Online MFA Instructor Jerico Lenk! Jerico's fiction and poetry combine formal experimentation, queer identities and mythological reimaginings. His current work in progress is a novel adaptation of the Apollo and Hyacinth myth. He is the author of The Missing, a YA novel set in the Victorian-era and featuring queer ghost-hunters, and his novel In the Pines was shortlisted for the First Pages Prize i...
In this History Speaker Series event, historian Aly Riley discusses her recent book, She Spies: Women of the American Revolution, Their Heroic Missions, and Agent 355 Revealed, her experience with self-publication, and her future projects.
Wireside Chat welcomes Online MFA instructor Cynthea Liu! Cynthea has published with Penguin Random House, Disney/Marvel, S&S, Sterling, and Scholastic in formats including picture books, transitional readers, chapter books, middle grade, and young adult novels. She has also written film adaptations and audiobook scripts for full-cast narration. As a consultant and editor, she takes on publishing projects requiring a story arch...
Wireside Chat welcomes Online MFA instructor Holley Cornetto! Holley is a writer, librarian, professor, book reviewer for Publisher's Weekly, and transplanted Southerner who now calls New Jersey home. She is the author of the novels They Are Cursed Like You (with S. O. Green, 2023) and We Haunt These Woods (2022). Join us as we talk about the horror genre, book reviewing for fun and profit, the joys and challenges of literary colla...
In this History Speaker Series event, public historian Beth Van Duzer, a recent graduate of SNHU’s graduate program in History, discusses her career as a historian and her work with local government in preparation for the America250 celebration.
Wireside Chat welcomes MFA instructor Marianna Boncek! Marianna is an author, teacher, performance poet, playwright, researcher, and Egyptologist--yes, that means mummies! She has published poetry, nonfiction about ghost-hunting and missing persons, and works of fiction, both YA and adult. Join us as we talk about her writing journey and her love of mystery and the macabre! And mummies!
Alycia Harris presents “Eco-Icons and Green Signals: Examining the Visual Language of Sustainability.” Alycia Harris and Helen G. Hammond present “Sustainable Minds: Teaching Conscious.” Lisa Jacovsky presents “Sustainable Futures: Green Innovation and Entrepreneurship as Agents of Environmental and Social Change.” Kathy Spencer, Linda Savage, and Kiley Church present “Reimagining Environmental Justice: Addressing Past Injustices, ...
Patricia Weeks presents “Imperfectly Perfect.” Mac Scotty McGregor presents “Reclaiming the Earth: How Positive Masculinity Can Reshape Environmental Conservation.” Alena Shellenbean presents “Wild Home: The View from the Tent Flap throughout American History.” Georgena Luiso “Waste Not Want Not: How Cultural Perspectives Towards Plastic Implementation Hinder Large-Scale Plastic Waste Mitigation Techniques.”
Saikat Pradhan presents “The Past, Present and Future of Environmental (In)Justice in India: A Bioregional Reading of Orijit Sen’s River of Stories.” John Bessai, Independent Scholar presents “Reclaiming the Toxic Sublime: Environmental Witnessing and the Aporia of Canadian Public Memory.”
Lisa Jacovsky presents “Framing Change: Artistic Expressions of Environmental and Social Transformation.” Scott Courtney presents “The Silk Road and the Sound of Exchange: Musical Instruments as Environmental and Cultural Artifacts.”
Jacob Haqq Misra presents “Long-term Scenario Modeling of Governance on Earth and Beyond.” Jeremy R. Pauley presents “Maximizing Potential: Through Neuroscience, Psychology, and Ethical AI Integration.” Michael A. Babcock presents “Stewardship in Artificial Environments: An Ecological Approach to AI Pedagogy.”
Christopher Lee presents "Animal Crossings: Rethinking Roads in a Shared World."
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