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Sunday April 19, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
This annual panel provides the opportunity for student writers to pitch their films, television shows, or other narrative media to professional screenwriters. The students receive feedback on both their scripts and their pitches. This session is part one of a two-parter with the same writers; it is followed immediately by their second panel, “Media Writers Q&A Session.”
Moderator: Raymond Dennis Seymour Anderson, University of Guam
Panelists: Rosanne Welch, Stephens College
Jon L. Vandergriff, Cal State Fullerton
David Morgasen, California State Fullerton
Moderators
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Raymond Anderson

Professor of Communication and Media, University of Guam
Script writing
Cinematography
Editing
Media and Film studies and history
Speakers
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Rosanne Welch

Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting
Rosanne Welch (Ph.D.) is the Executive Director of the Stephens College MFA program in TV and Screenwriting in LA. She has written for Beverly Hills 90210, Picket Fences, ABCNEWS: Nightline, and Touched by an Angel. She edited When Women Wrote Hollywood (2018), runner up for the... Read More →
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Jon Vandergriff

Cal State Fullerton
Jon Vandergriff (MFA Screenwriting, USC) has written professionally for sitcoms, including Coach and Home Improvement, serving on the latter as Staff Writer and then Supervising Producer. He was also Co-Executive Producer on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Along the way, he wrote... Read More →
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David Morgasen

Cal State Fullerton
Dave Morgasen (MFA Screenwriting, Cal State Fullerton) got his start on primetime awards shows, writing jokes for everyone from Eddie Murphy to Dick Van Dyke. Since then, he has written, directed, and/or produced for film, television, and viral online content. His parody of David... Read More →
Sunday April 19, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
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