Joy Goodwin

Joy Goodwin is a Professor of the Practice and Director of the Writing for Stage & Screen Minor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Wake Forest University and an M.P.P. in Education Policy from Harvard University. Her career spans live TV production at ABC, sports documentary writing/directing, theater criticism for prestigious outlets, and film development roles including Head of Feature Film Development at Plum Pictures. She has produced multiple Sundance films and exec-produced a Fox Searchlight feature.

• Education:
• B.A., Wake Forest University
• M.P.P., Harvard University

Her research interests focus on narrative development in screenwriting, theater criticism, and creative writing pedagogy. She has received notable industry awards including the 2021 Writers Lab and Tribeca Film Festival recognitions. Current projects include TV development with Skydance Media.

Teaching spans universities like UNC, Duke, and Hunter College, with prior leadership roles as Chair of MFA screenwriting programs at UNCSA and Western Colorado University. She emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to storytelling and industry collaboration.