Writing Division
The mission of the Writing Division is to provide a forum for discussion of issues pertinent to writing for electronic and other media; to develop understanding of media writing and the teaching of writing through scholarly research to be presented at panels and in an annual competition for scholarly papers at the BEA convention; to encourage student writing through an annual, national scriptwriting competition; to encourage creative writing by faculty through an annual, faculty scriptwriting competition; and to maintain a web page with a collection of media writing resources such as syllabi, scripts, grants, competitions and links to other writing resources on the web.
Division Bylaws
Chair: Melissa Jackson
mkjcloudcatcher@gmail.com
Vice-Chair & Faculty Competition Chair: Leslie Kreiner Wilson
Pepperdine University
leslie.kreiner@pepperdine.edu
Academic Research & Scholarly Paper Competition Chair:
Carey Martin
LIberty University
clmartin7@liberty.edu
Communications Chair: Edward J. Fink
California State University, Fullerton
efink@fullerton.edu
Student Scriptwriting Co-Chair: Andrea Baltazar
Weber State University
andreabaltazar@weber.edu
Student Scriptwriting Co-Chair: Michael Crews
Georgia College & State University
michael.crews@gcsu.edu