Biography

Stephanie Rice has been involved in television production for over 25 years. She spent her early career in independent television producing on-air promotions in Nashville, Tennessee her home town. From there she went on to cable television producing numerous entertainment shows for The Nashville Network. As a freelancer Stephanie produced literally hundreds of TV commercials shooting film and video. When her career relocated her to Atlanta, GA Stephanie started her own production company producing corporate communications for such companies as The Burger King Corporation, United Van Lines, Fender Guitars, and more. Stephanie began her teaching career in 1988 when she was hired to teach video production classes covering both technical and creative aspects of television at The Art Institute of Atlanta while she maintained her outside production clients. During her stint at AIA Stephanie was named Director of the Video Production department and Acting Director of two new departments Multimedia and Computer Animation. Stephanie obtained her Master of Arts in Communication from Vermont College a part of Norwich University in 1998. Since then Stephanie has dedicated her career primarily to teaching. Stephanie joined UCF in the fall of 2004 and enjoys a warm rapport with her students and the community. Stephanie continues to keep busy in the industry producing TV shows for the UCF channel and documentaries about subjects she is passionate.