Nancy Dodd, MPW, MFA
Biography
Currently Ms. Dodd serves as editor of the Graziadio Business Report, an online business practitioner's journal written by faculty of the Graziadio Business School at Pepperdine. She also served as editor of Marshall, a USC academic/alumni magazine, and started the Marshall Review, an online journal for the Marshall School of Business at USC. Ms. Dodd began her journalistic career as managing editor of Elan magazine, a lifestyle and arts magazine. She has also served as consultant to other non-fiction writers and to start-up magazines. More than 125 of her articles have been published in local and national publications. A writer and editor with many voices, Ms. Dodd received her master's in Professional Writing from USC with a concentration in screenwriting and an MFA in playwriting at the USC School of Theatre. She has had a play and a short film produced, received awards for her fiction, and had her short stories published and aired on public radio. Ms. Dodd also teaches screenwriting as adjunct faculty in Seaver College at Pepperdine University.
Education
- University of Southern California, Master of Fine Arts
School of Theatre, Playwriting, Los Angeles, CA
Thesis: Pitter-Patter, Guit, full-length plays; "Miss Anne," one-act play -
University of Southern California, Master of Professional Writing
Professional Writing Program, Dramatic Writing/Screenwriting
Thesis: Seventy Times Seven, full-length screenplay -
CSU, Bakersfield, Bachelor of Arts, English; Minor: Communication
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West Hills College, Associate degree, English