Sandy Fries

Fries, Sanford

Mass Communication

Assistant Professor

Phone: (630) 942-2467

Office Location: MAC 291

Email: friessan@cod.edu

Office Hours

• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, NETVIRTUAL 11:00-12:40 p.m.

Areas of Research Interest

• Mass Communication

Courses Taught

• Journalism
• Magazine Writing
• Literature
• Creative Writing
• Screenwriting

Projects

• I am currently writing a book.

Selected Publications, Presentations, Performances, Books

• Paramount Studios - Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Staff Writer
• Paramount Studios - Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Story Editor for video games
• NBC, Quantum Leap
  Writer
• Warner Brothers Films
  Feature Film development deal
• Dick Clark Productions
  Television development deal
• Marvel Studios, Spiderman
  Animation Writer
• Paramount Studios, Star Fleet Academy
  Novel based on my Star Trek video game
• Los Angeles Times
  Free Lance Writer
• New York Times
  College Correspondent

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

Note:
As a journalist, Professor Fries has done one-on-one interviews with two Presidents of the United States, several U.S. Senators and the former Director of the CIA.