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.
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Leadership

Antonio Zarro | Chair
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Antonio_zarro@pba.edu

John McHale | Vice Chair & Faculty Festival Chair
Illinois State University
jpmchal@ilstu.edu

Michael Whalen | Paper Competition Chair
Santa Clara University
mwhalen@scu.edu

Evan Kropp | Student Festival Co-Chair
University of Florida
ekropp@ufl.edu

Jonathan D. Mabee | Student Festival Co-Chair
Missouri State University
jmabee@missouristate.edu

Mary Beth O’Connor | Recording Secretary
Purdue University Northwest Hammond Campus
mboconnor@pnw.edu

Edward Fink | Newsletter Editor
California State University, Fullerton
efink@fullerton.edu

Marty Shafer | Webmaster
Oakland University
mdshafer@oakland.edu