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Wendy Eley Jackson

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Assistant Professor of English at Westmont College
📍 Santa Barbara, California, United States

Wendy Eley Jackson is a Producer, Director, and Professor with over 30 years of experience in film and television. As Principal of Auburn Avenue Films, she develops content for major networks and has earned a Producers Guild of America award. She holds an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Georgia and is described as visionary, collaborative, and decisive.

Originally from Atlanta, Wendy is a passionate storyteller who believes in the power of film to create social change. She is married with two children and lives in California. In her personal time, she enjoys watching movies. Her father was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, a legacy which deeply informs her work.

She recently co-wrote and produced the movie "Napa Ever After" for the Hallmark Channels Mahogany banner.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Assistant Professor of English
Job Level
Junior
Location
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Social Impact Storytelling
Her company, Auburn Avenue Films, specializes in entertainment that raises social awareness. She produced documentaries on systemic racism, disability rights, and civil rights figures like Maynard Jackson.
Screenwriting Education
As a professor at Westmont College and UC Santa Barbara, she is passionate about mentoring the next generation of diverse writers and filmmakers, seeing teaching as a form of activism.
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Career

Work history

9-2020
Assistant Professor of English
Westmont College
8-2019
Continuing Lecturer
UC Santa Barbara
1-2015
Principal
Auburn Avenue Films
1-2015
President
Auburn Avenue Films
8-2014
Advisory Board Member
American Voters League
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Education
2017 - 2019
Master of Fine Arts - MFA
The University of Georgia
1989 - 1992
B.A
University of California, Berkeley
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