Daniel Post Senning
{{short description|American etiquette expert}}
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Daniel Post Senning (born {{circa|1978}}) is an American etiquette expert. He is the co-president of the Emily Post Institute,{{cite news |last1=Wickham |first1=Shawne K. |title=Vaccine etiquette: Doing the right thing |url=https://www.unionleader.com/news/health/coronavirus/vaccine-etiquette-doing-the-right-thing/article_11bbc815-c444-530d-afec-c0c3e0344940.html |access-date=April 23, 2021 |work=New Hampshire Union Leader |date=March 20, 2021 |language=en}} founded by his great-great-grandmother Emily Post.
Early life and career
Senning attended Pomona College, where he participated in the guerilla founding of the Pomona College Organic Farm{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Laura |title=Is Etiquette Dead? Dining With the Heirs to Emily Post's Empire. |url=https://slate.com/culture/2017/04/how-emily-posts-descendants-are-shepherding-her-legacy-into-a-cultural-landscape-hostile-to-the-very-idea-of-etiquette.html |access-date=April 23, 2021 |work=Slate Magazine |date=April 19, 2017 |language=en}} and graduated with a degree in molecular biology in 1999.{{cite news |title=What's Next in Etiquette? |url=https://magazine.pomona.edu/2018/fall/whats-next-in-etiquette/ |access-date=April 23, 2021 |work=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |date=August 30, 2018}} He began his career in modern dance, touring with the Laurie Cameron Company.{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=Mark |title=Manners for the 21st Century |url=https://magazine.pomona.edu/bookshelf/2015/12/02/manners-for-the-21st-century/ |access-date=April 23, 2021 |work=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |date=December 2, 2015}} He taught contact improv with the Beijing Modern Dance Company.
Etiquette career
Senning joined the Emily Post Institute in 2008 in an entry-level administrative role. In December 2016, he was named its co-president alongside his cousin Lizzie Post, becoming the fifth generation in his family to run the institute since its founding by Emily Post, a socialite who became famous for her writings about etiquette.{{cite magazine |last1=Kolbert |first1=Elizabeth |author1-link=Elizabeth Kolbert |title=Place Settings |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/10/20/place-settings |access-date=April 23, 2021 |magazine=The New Yorker}}
Senning co-authored the 19th edition of Emily Post's Etiquette. He has been widely quoted in the media as an expert on etiquette in various settings,{{cite news |last1=Martens |first1=Bill |title=What Are Your Holiday Gift-Giving And Tipping Etiquette Questions? |url=https://www.wpr.org/what-are-your-holiday-gift-giving-and-tipping-etiquette-questions |access-date=April 23, 2021 |work=Wisconsin Public Radio |date=November 21, 2018 |language=en}} including the workplace,{{cite news |last1=Barbera |first1=Antonio |last2=Koenig |first2=Rebecca |title=Navigating Office Culture With Etiquette Expert Daniel Post Senning |url=https://money.usnews.com/podcasts/wealth-of-knowledge-podcast/navigating-office-culture-with-etiquette-expert-daniel-post-senning |access-date=April 23, 2021 |date=February 11, 2019}} pandemics,{{cite news |last1=Abraham |first1=Sneha |title=Prioritizing Relationships |url=https://magazine.pomona.edu/2020/fall-winter/prioritizing-relationships/ |access-date=April 23, 2021 |work=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |date=December 3, 2020}} and online spaces.{{cite news |last1=Jargon |first1=Julie |title=Mind Those Manners: Kids Need Lessons in Email and Phone Etiquette |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/mind-those-manners-kids-need-lessons-in-email-and-phone-etiquette-11581417001 |access-date=April 23, 2021 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 11, 2020}} Since 2014, he has co-hosted, with Lizzie Post, the Q&A podcast Awesome Etiquette, which is produced by American Public Media.
Senning advocates for the reframing of the idea of etiquette for contemporary society, responding to the notion that it is an outdated or elitist concept. He defines etiquette as a combination of manners, which are context-specific, and guiding principles, chiefly "consideration, honesty, and respect for others".
Personal life
Senning lives in Duxbury, Vermont,{{cite news |last1=Kohlsaat |first1=Eleanor |title=Out & About: Emily Post descendant dishes on modern etiquette in Springfield, Vt. |url=https://www.vnews.com/Out-and-About-24484014 |access-date=April 23, 2021 |work=Valley News |date=March 30, 2019}} with his wife Puja ({{nee|Gupta}}), whom he married in 2015.{{cite web |title=Daniel Post Senning |url=https://emilypost.com/author/daniel-post-senning |website=Emily Post |publisher=Emily Post Institute |access-date=April 23, 2021 |language=en}} He has two daughters.
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Category:21st-century American writers
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