Teaching

I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the English Department, including courses in the Film Studies Minor and Master of Arts in Professional Writing program.

• Undergraduate Courses
  • Introduction to Screenwriting (FILM 3105)
  • Introduction to TV Writing (FILM 3125)
  • Advanced Screenwriting (FILM 4105)
  • Advanced TV Writing (FILM 4125)
  • Film Authors* (FILM 3250)
  • Women in Film* (FILM 3560)
  • Topics in American Cinema (FILM 3220)
  • Research Assistant Experience: Women Writers of Film & TV (HON 3002)
  • Directed Study: Women Genre Writers in Film & TV (ENGL 4400)
  • World Literature (ENGL 2110)

      ^{*Cross-listed with Gender & Women's Studies (GWST 3030: Gender in Popular Culture)}

• Graduate Courses
  • Screenwriting I (STVW 6940)
  • Screenwriting II (STVW 7940)
  • TV Writing: One-Hour (STVW 6496)
  • TV Writing II (STVW 7495)
  • Capstone Project (PRWR 7960)
  • Special Topics: Film & TV from Script to Screen (PRWR 7900)

I also enjoy working with motivated students on directed studies and MA capstone projects. Please check out my research interests. If you have a project or research area you would like to discuss, you can reach me at aweinst6@kennesaw.edu.

It's About Engagement!

I am proud to participate in KSU's Quality Enhancement Plan, It's About Engagement, which encourages innovative teaching practices and the dissemination of student work. We create, critique, rewrite, polish, and then share our work with the larger community.

In my screenwriting classes, students have opportunities to pitch their film and television projects to industry professionals and present their screenwriting research at KSU's Symposium of Student Scholars.

KSU Symposium of Student Scholars - Award Winners & Recognitions

• Spring 2021

  Second Runner-Up, Undergraduate ($150 prize)
  Gabrielle Jones, "Women Genre Writers in Television & Film"

• Fall 2021

  First Runner-Up, Graduate ($200 prize)
  Will Amato, "Guest Who - An Analysis of For Your Consideration by Christopher Guest"

• Spring 2023

  Top Presentation, Undergraduate ($250 prize)
  Aaron Bell, "The Symbiotic Relationship of Screenplay and Storyboard: Arguing for the Crucial Role of Screenplay in Animation"

• Fall 2023

  Selected to Represent RCHSS, Undergraduate
  Mariam Janad, "Chicks and . . .: How New Girl was Written by a Woman and Reads Like a Man"

• Spring 2024

  Selected to Represent RCHSS, Undergraduate
  Olivia Smith, "Trapped" a pilot script

I also encourage my students to enter screenplay competitions, participate in staged readings for the public, and pursue industry internship opportunities. My students have presented original research at regional and national conferences and have placed in top national screenwriting contests. Many of my former students are now working full-time in the film and television industry in Atlanta, New York, and Los Angeles.

If you are interested in learning more about our screenwriting program at KSU, please don't hesitate to reach out!