Jo Hsu, professor in the Rhetoric and Writing, shares their journey from a love of storytelling and fiction reading as a child to an MFA in writing and PhD in Rhetoric at Penn State. Along the way we learn of the power of story to open us to new ways of seeing and experiencing the world—to “constellating homes”—and to the transformative possibilities of language.
Fiction
Into the COLAverse – Episode 2: Heather Houser
Heather Houser, professor in English, shares insights into her journey to become a scholar of literature and what environmental fiction and nonfiction can shed light on our climate crisis and open new pathways implementing solutions.