Rebecca Semik

Rebecca Semik serves as a Faculty Associate in the English Department at Arizona State University, teaching screenwriting courses including Fundamentals of Screenwriting (FMS209) and Principles of Screenwriting (FMP261) since 2022, with expanded responsibilities in the Film and Media Studies Program beginning in 2024. Her academic journey includes teaching screenwriting workshops at Boston University during her M.F.A. studies and facilitating ASU's Short Script Incubator program.

Her educational background features:

• Boston University: Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting
• Texas Christian University: Bachelor of Arts in Film, TV & Digital Media and English

Ms. Semik's creative scholarship centers on developing LGBTQ-inclusive screenplays through iterative festival submissions, adapting feature works into short formats while exploring identity narratives. Her methodology integrates workshop pedagogy with practical industry engagement, evidenced by multiple festival recognitions across five years.

Her major creative awards include:

• Best Feature Screenplay, Hill Country Film Festival (2016)
• Finalist, The Great Gay Screenplay Contest (2016)
• Semifinalist, Austin Revolution Film Festival (2016)
• Multiple finalist placements for 'Going Back' (2017-2018)
• Semifinalist recognitions for 'Two Fluid Ounces' (2020)

She actively mentors undergraduate screenwriting students through course instruction and incubator programs, with documented teaching experience spanning Boston University and Arizona State University since 2020, though no research grants or laboratory affiliations are specified in available materials.