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