Laura Joyce Davis

Bio

Laura Joyce Davis is the CEO and co-founder of Narrative Podcasts, which provides online education and live workshops for audio storytellers. She was previously managing editor at the Stanford Storytelling Project, and currently teaches with Stanford Continuing Studies. She leads team trainings and courses at Google, is an editorial consultant for the podcast Think Fast, Talk Smart, and was named a Podcast Magazine Top Influencer in Podcasting. Her work has been recognized with a Fulbright scholarship, a PRNEWS Social Impact Award, and an International Women's Podcast Award. Davis received an MFA in fiction writing from Mills College.

Academic Appointments

• Casual - Other Teaching Staff, Continuing Studies and Summer Session

Administrative Appointments

• Instructor, Stanford Continuing Studies (2023 - Present)
• Editorial Consultant, Think Fast, Talk Smart, the podcast (2025 - Present)
• Lecturer & Managing Editor, Stanford Storytelling Project (2022 - 2025)

Honors & Awards

• Finalist in 3 Categories, Sonic Bloom Awards (2024)
• Shortlisted for "Changing the World One Moment at a Time Award", International Women's Podcast Awards (2022)
• Silver Medalist, W3 Awards (2022)
• Social Impact Award winner for Mentorship Program, PR News (2022)
• Top 22 Influencers in Podcasting for 2022, Podcast Magazine (2022)
• Finalist for Descript Studio Sound Award, Descript (2021)
• Honorable Mention for the Golden Crane Podcasting Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association (2021)
• Winner of the "Changing the World One Moment at a Time" Award, International Women's Podcast Awards (2021)
• Fulbright Senior Scholar Finalist, US Fulbright Program (2020)
• Finalist for WNYC Podcast Accelerator Contest, WNYC (2019)
• Pushcart Prize Nominee, American Academy of Arts and Letters (2018)
• Honorable Mention for Short Story Award for New Writers, Glimmer Train Magazine (2017)
• Winner for Fiction for the California Exchange Award, Poets & Writers Magazine (2013)
• Fulbright Student Award for creative writing, Philippines, US Fulbright Program (2010-2011)
• Pushcart Prize Nominee, American Academy of Arts and Letters (2010)
• Nominee for the Best New American Voices, Best New American Voices Series (2006)
• Winner Ardella Mills Prize for Graduate Fiction, Mills College (2006)
• Winner Ardella Mills Prize for Graduate Fiction, Mills College (2005)

Professional Education

• BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, English & Creative Writing (2001)
• MFA, Mills College, Fiction (2006)