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Shannon Dobson

MFA Faculty Mentor

sfopeano@stephens.edu

Education

MFA, Stephens College; BS, Northwestern University

About Shannon Dobson

Shannon Dobson is a screenwriting instructor, television writer and independent filmmaker. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America, a graduate of Northwestern University, the Disney/ABC Writing Program, and the Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting, where her thesis project was to research and compare the efficacy of various methodologies in the teaching of screenwriting. Shannon’s television writing credits include Once Upon a Christmas Miracle (Hallmark), Crash & Bernstein (Disney), and Baby Daddy (Freeform), and as well as hundreds of episodes of reality TV, including fan faves House Hunters and House Hunters International. Shannon just completed production on her directorial debut, I Live On Your Visits, a short film which she adapted with permission from the Dorothy Parker short story of the same name.