Joe Slowensky

Joe Slowensky received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the USC School of Cinema-Television and a Bachelor of Science degree in Radio-TV-Film Communication from the University of Texas at Austin.  He has written and produced movies of the week for ABC, Disney Channel, and CBS. 

Slowensky began his career in Hollywood in the 1990s working at CBS Television in Business Affairs and later in the development of movies and miniseries. 

Slowensky’s first produced feature, the CBS Sunday Night Movie Miracle in the Woods, was seen in more than 14.5 million homes and received the highest ratings of the week (except for the World Series) beating both Friends and Seinfeld during its first airing. The film is currently available on Amazon Prime. His second CBS film, Three Secrets, also won the ratings battle during the highly competitive May sweeps period. 

Slowensky is an emeritus member of the Writers Guild of America, West and has been a member of the exclusive Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Writers Peer Group, where he served as a juror for the annual primetime Emmy Awards.  

With a passion for teaching and creative arts administration, Slowensky joined the faculty of Dodge College of Film and Media Arts in 1995. Shortly thereafter, he was elevated to chair of the school's Graduate Conservatory of Motion Pictures and later appointed as film division chair where he worked closely with faculty colleagues to design and implement many of Dodge’s most successful programs. Because of his effectiveness in working with faculty and designing curriculum, Slowensky was invited to join Chapman’s Office of the Provost in 2009.

Promoted from director to vice provost and then to vice president, Slowensky became a key member of the University’s senior administration and the president’s cabinet. He has since rejoined the Dodge College faculty as a professor of film production and screenwriting where he teaches both graduate and undergraduate students in the Writing for Film and Television and Film and Television Production programs.

Over a 15-year period, Slowensky held responsibility for Chapman’s Offices of Diversity and Inclusion, Assessment and Accreditation, Institutional Research and Decision Support, the Office of Faculty Advancement, and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.