Faculty and Staff
Sandy Fries
Assistant Professor, Journalism
Tel.: (630) 942-2467
Fax: (630) 942-3711
Room: IC 2113c
Email: friessan@cod.edu
Areas of Research Interest:
Mass Communication
Recent Courses Taught:
• Journalism
• Magazine Writing
• Literature
• Creative Writing
• Screenwriting
Current Projects:
I am currently writing a book.
Selected Publications, Presentations, Performances, Books:
• Paramount Studios - Staff Writer for Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Paramount Studios - Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: The Next Generation - Story Editor for CD Rom games.
• NBC, Quantum Leap - Writer
• Warner Brothers, Feature Film development deal
• Dick Clark Productions - Television development deal
• Fox Network, Spiderman - Animation Writer
• Star Fleet Academy - Novel based on my Star Trek CD Rom
• Young and Rubicam Advertising - Staff Writer for Security Pacific Bank, Ford, Gallo Wine.
• Los Angeles Times - Free Lance Writer
• My Table Magazine - Travel and Food Writer
Education:
M.A. from Columbia University
B.A. from Clark University
Awards and Recognitions:
• NBC Fellow at Columbia University
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Cum Laude honors at Clark University
• Emmy nomination for TV writing
• Special Commendation from former mayor of Los Angeles for public service television writing
• Judge for Emmy Awards
• Member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
• Former Chairman of the Writer's Guild of America Future of Television Seminar