I’m a writer, teacher, mom, Midwesterner, Buddhist. If you would like to receive notification about upcoming readings, events, and publications, please email me at sonya (at) sonyahuber.com with the word “News” in the subject line. Thanks for your interest!

“How Do I Write” is a photo essay I did for OxMag about composition, creativity, and what the writing process feels like for me.

I’ve been writing a few editorials for AOL on the healthcare debate, including “Is ObamaCare Socialism? Not on Your Life,” Dec. 6, 2010.

The complete list of my writing is here.

I am an assistant professor of English at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT, where I am also the editor of Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose. I am also a faculty member in the low-residency MFA program at Ashland University in Ashland, OH.

My work has appeared in literary journals including The Sonora Review, Crab Orchard Review, Fourth Genre, Topic, Passages North, Main Street Rag, Literary Mama, Kaleidoscope, Hotel Amerika and Sports Literate and others; in anthologies including Learning to Glow (University of Arizona Press), Young Wives’ Tales (Seal Press), Bare Your Soul (Seal Press), Reading for the Maternally Inclined: The Best of Literary Mama (Seal Press), Mama Ph.D. (Rutgers University Press), and Campus, Inc. (Prometheus Books); in periodicals including The Washington Post Magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Psychology Today, In These Times, Sojourner, and Earth Island Journal; and elsewhere.

Bio

Born in Evergreen Park, IL and raised in New Lenox, IL,  I received my undergraduate degree from Carleton College in Sociology/Anthropology in 1993, my master’s degree in public interest journalism from The Ohio State University in 2000, and my MFA from The Ohio State University in 2004. After living in Minnesota, Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Georgia, I moved to Connecticut in 2011, where I live with my sweetie Cliff and my son Ivan. I have taught at Georgia Southern University and currently teach at Fairfield University and in the Low-Residency MFA program at Ashland University.

The Unofficial Bio

Huber has worked as a waitress, an artist’s model, a trash collector, gardener, nanny, dishwasher,video store clerk, researcher for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, canvassing staff for an environmental organization, labor-community coalition organizer, receptionist, mental health counselor, overnight security staff in a mental health center, nonprofit project manager, editor, associate publisher, reporter, medical proofreader, writing instructor for engineering students, adviser to a student newspaper, and finally a professor. She is a big fan of: the Chicago White Sox, her cool son, trips by plane, train and car, coffee, and reading too much too late at night. She is not so great at: cooking and cleaning, video games, saying “no,” among many other things. Here are some other things I care about.

Courses Taught

Composition I & II
American Attitudes About Technology (Composition II for Engineering Students)
Introduction to Creative Writing
Writing Family History
Creative Nonfiction
Advanced Creative Nonfiction
Magical Realist Fiction
Art & History of the Personal Essay
Feature Writing
Intermediate Reporting & Copyediting
Advanced Reporting & Copyediting: Journalism Practicum
Writing & Publishing