<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/our-faculty/amy-straus.aspx" dsn="faculty"><email>astraus@chapman.edu</email><image-overwrite><img src="/our-faculty/files/larger-photos/faculty/straus_a_l.jpg" alt="Amy Straus"/></image-overwrite><name-overwrite>Amy Straus</name-overwrite><rank-overwrite/><departments-overwrite/><expertise-overwrite/><office-hours-overwrite/><office-location-overwrite><span>Marion Knott Studios 266</span></office-location-overwrite><scholarly-works-links-overwrite/><degrees-overwrite/><bio-overwrite><span>Amy Toomin Straus is a veteran TV writer, having written on the staffs of ten shows, including Friends and Grounded for Life. While on Friends, she co-wrote “The One With the Embryos” which, in retrospect, should have been named “The One Where the Girls Lose Their Apartment to the Boys.” She also has co-written pilots for ABC and CBS as well as a screenplay for Malcolm in the Middle. Most recently she has created branded content for Zillow and is in post-production on a documentary. Straus holds a BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.</span></bio-overwrite><scholarly-works-overwrite/><cv/><media-contact>pr@chapman.edu</media-contact><lecture-requests>astraus@chapman.edu</lecture-requests><phone/><website/></item>