Faculty and Staff

Jess Folk primarily writes stories about queer women, identity, loss, and untold stories from history. Her screenplays have received various honors and awards at both national and international screenplay festivals and conferences, including the LGBTQ+ Los Angeles Film Festival, the California Women's Film Festival, the Richmond International Film Festival, the ScreenCraft TV Pilot Competition, the University Film & Video Association juried competition, and others. Her poetry and creative nonfiction pieces have appeared in Ghost City Review, Sinister Wisdom, and in two anthology collections from Exisle Publishing.